But Still I Worry

Skip and I are leaving tomorrow {on a jet plane!} for California.  My cousin is getting married on Tuesday and I could not be more excited to celebrate his special day with him.

But if I'm being honest with you all.  I'm freakin' out a little.  I've never been away from the girls for this long....and I've never been this far away from them.  You know, a whole plane ride away...like thousands of miles away.

I'm not worried about them...my parents are watching them here.  So I know they'll be safe, happy, and very well taken care of.  They'll miss me, though I hope not too much.  They love my parents and I'm happy for all of them to have this special time together. 

But don't worry, I'm leaving them little presents to open every day we're gone, just in case.

And I really am excited, thrilled to be taking this time away with Skip.  We haven't been on a vacation alone together since we went to Paris together...in 2008...when I was 10 weeks pregnant with Emmy. 

I think it's so important to spend time with your husband, especially once you have kids.  I'm excited to just be with Skip, laughing and having time together.  We're getting to spend some time with family and really great friends.  AND WE CAN SLEEP IN:)  It will be so fun, relaxing, and we'll come home refreshed and rejuvenated.

So what's the problem?  Why am I stressing this all so much?  It all sounds like a win/win for everyone.  But still I'm nervous.  It probably has a little to do with the slight anxiety problem I have.  But still, I'm nervous.  I'm worried I won't get all the packing, cleaning, note-writing done that I have to do.  I'm worried I'll forget to do something big.  I'm worried I'll miss the girls too much and won't be able to handle being away from them for that long.  I'm worried our travelling won't go smoothly.  I'm worried our flight will get cancelled, our rental car reservation will get messed up, or our hotel won't be ready for us. 

But most of all, and this I don't even want to think about, I'm worried something will happen to Skip and I.  It's a scary, scary world we live in.  Bad things happen to good people all the time.  And I really, really don't want something bad to happen to us. 

I know this is all silly.  I'll get everything done.  Our travelling may not go smoothly, but we'll figure it out.  We'll miss the girls and they'll miss us, but we'll all get through it.  I'm sure nothing bad will happen to us.  I'm sure we'll have a wonderful, amazing time. 

But still I worry.

Is this normal or am I a total freak?


Also, I've got a few posts scheduled for while I'm gone, so make sure to keep checking back as I doubt I'll be on social media much at all!

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Happy Birthday Buddy

Today would have been Braddock's fifth birthday.  I still miss my poor sweet boy all the time. 

Here he is on his birthday last year. 

If I had known it was his last I would have spoiled him a little more...bought him a few more toys....made him a special dinner. 

I never thought he wouldn't live to see his fifth birthday.

I know he's just a dog, but I still miss him every day.

Hope you're having a birthday party in heaven Mr. B.

Thirty Miles in Thirty Days

Time for another week with Nikki for 30 miles in 30 days!!

Thursday May 16 - 2 mile run

Friday - 2 mile walk

Saturday - Nothing

Sunday - Ripped in 30 level 2 {no miles}

Monday - Pushup and ab workouts {no miles}

Tuesday - Pushup and ab workouts {no miles}

Wednesday - 3.1 mile run

Weekly total: 7.1 miles

Monthly total: 39.1

I'm really disappointed with my total this week, but what can you do.  I've been sick, suffering from bad allergies and have had a lot on my plate.  I just have not been making workouts a priority.  And unfortunately I know it's not going to get better this next week since we'll be away for most of it.  I hope you've all been doing much better than I have!

Hope you're all logging lots of miles so far this month!  Go link up with Nikki and boast your stats!

Little Bits

- I'm tired and cranky and it's not even 9:00 am yet...this does not bode well for the rest of the day

- I have more to do than time to do it in the next few days.  But instead of being productive I'm sitting here writing this worthless post.

- My bestie brought over some extra cannoli cake she had the other day.  I may or may not be eating icing off it with a spoon right now.

- That along with the fact that I pretty much haven't worked out in a week means I'm not quite as bikini ready as I'd like before CA.

- Good thing it's only going to be about 65* while we're there, so I won't actually need a bikini anyway

- I'm totally embarrassed by the amount of clothes sitting on my bed waiting to be put away.  But I can no longer see a giant spider that was in my room this morning, so that room is quarantine till further notice;-)

- My overall level of crankiness is way less than it could be though because of the warm weather.  As long as it's above 80* nothing can bother me too much:)

- This year has been so craptastic {yes that's a word} and I'm over it.  I'm determined to just be happy and make only good things happen for our family.  This will be our best summer yet.

- Charlie and I are heading out on a missing to find white earrings...I didn't realize what a challenge that would be

- I'm wearing a $10 dress from K Mart to my cousin's wedding.  It's fabulous though and I swear you would never know.

- I'm pretty sure 98% of my body is made up of coffee and Diet Coke these days.

- I'm so excited that a lot of the NJ beaches will be open for Memorial Day.  We are Jersey Strong and will continue to rebuild from the devestating hurricane!

- None of this post is making sense anymore, so I'll just leave you with some pics of my sweet babes:)  Happy Wednesday!