Where did the month go??

A whole month has gone by since my last entry. Lots has happened since then. Dh is back from Iraq! For good! (We hope...)

The adjustments around the house are difficult, as to be expected. Everyone's world has been turned topsy-turvy, and it takes some time to get used to the changes. Lots of laughter seems to be the best way to make the transition. That, and patience.

Everytime Dh returns from a long deployment, I go through a period of time where I just sit. Just. Sit. He sort of "takes over" because I am busy sitting. In a stupor. It's almost as if my mind and body needs some time after being a single parent for so long. I know that he feels that he has caused me to shut down, but it's that his presence has *allowed* me to shut down! He's been here for a week, and I am beginning to feel very guilty about the piles of laundry he has done, the dishes he has washed and the children he has bathed. It's time for Mommy to "come back".

I joined the gym on Monday. Did some cardio for about 20 minutes, got very tired. Did some weight machines for about 20 minutes. Got more tired. Came home and SLEPT in the early evening, was up for a couple of hours and then went back to sleep for the night at 10 PM. I am sore where I didn't even exercise!! It's pathetic how out of shape I am!! Yesterday, we walked while the kids rode their bikes. I slept like I was dead and woke up sore again! I promised myself I would go to the gym at *least* every other day, so I am hauling my sore old body over there later this morning.

I also rejoined Weight Watchers online. I was doing it before I got pregnant last fall, and it really helped me eat heathfully, remember my water, etc.... I think it will be good for me again.

And, in the spirit of self improvement, I would like to do more spiritual reading and more time for prayer. That isn't coming along as well as the exercise, but one thing at a time, right?