Moving with the kiddos

I took an unintentional break from blogging because, Dear Reader, life got stupid. It takes very little these days to overfill my schedule because baseline, it's hectic and this week was very hectic. I had the kiddos Wednesday and Thursday, which is always great, but also, is it? Because kids can be assholes sometimes. Thankfully, they weren't, but the potential is always there. 

Wednesday night, we did an Urban Air night, which is like a trampoline park. There was a school fundraiser, so I figured we'd go because the kids would definitely get a kick out of it and it would mean maybe helping out the school. I doubt the school made much money out of it because there were very few kids who came, but we did our part...ish. It also allowed me to get some movement in with the kiddos. One of the things I sorta kinda realized with my divorce is that Nasur was the parent who predominantly did the active playing with the kids. Part of that is because I tended to be the busier of the two of us, but it's also because I am not nearly as physically fit as that tiny jacked Ugandan is. I mean, don't get me wrong, they want to play a board game? No problem. Sit and watch a movie? Consider it done. Go for a walk? Totally game. Run around and jump on things? Hard stop. So I've been trying really hard to at least try and/or do my best during the kids' active play time. So, Wednesday, I jumped on some trampolines and scurried after them. On Thursday, I would consider myself a parent playing success. Thursday was Reyah's last soccer practice and her coach coaxed us into a scrimmage of parents versus kids. The kids had the best time and I played soccer for the first time since I was like 10. And even though my lungs felt like they were bleeding for the first bit, I did it. Nasur was also there and made it look stupidly easy and did all these fancy foot work tricks, but alas, I am not African and thus was not raised on soccer as a way of life. So, I'll take my little bit and be proud.

Friday, Saturday, and today I'm the on call doc for the day shift. This obviously severely limits my ability to do other things, but on Friday, I made it to Reyah's last soccer game and got to be home when the garbage disposal stopped working and I got to discover the outside freezer was pretending to be a refrigerator. That was cool. I fixed the garbage disposal and thawed the whole freezer and hoped it would work again after that. On Saturday, I was able to get back home, plug the freezer back in (it's currently working) and clean out the hot tub before our sprinkler blow out. I also got to clean up my house. I'm hosting a work meeting there tomorrow and I'd like the people I work with to come to a home that is cleanish and it's easiest to clean when my kiddos aren't around. So, cleaning was a success. I also made a trip to Whole Foods to get some ingredients for a salad I really like that a chef I follow posted.

Today I'm at the hospital where we are stuck in house, so I'm catching up on charts, went for a walk, and was able to help a residency pal prep for her boards. Normally it's absolute chaos at this hospital, but perhaps less folks are coming out and about given that it's cooling down a bit. And for those of you who are wondering, I did a Peloton walk listening to my boo, Alex Toussaint again. His voice is smooth, he's got good rhythm and his playlists are killer. If it continues to be slow, I may be able to go do another little walk with my Peloton boo. Time will tell!

Self care after call

Lazy Day

Today was a lazy day. Unintentionally, but it happens. I was kinda bummed, to be honest because my days of freedom are coming to an end. 

We got up and did a day care tour. It was a real bummer because I was lead to believe they'd have an infant spot soon, but in reality we had to get on a waitlist that is over a year in length - the next available spot is likely in December 2020. I also called a lot of women who do in-home daycare. I don't know why, but that makes me nervous. We have more tours on Thursday, so we'll see how things go.

After our daycare tour, we headed to the store to buy some goodies to attach our new license plates. Nasur put mine on for me and he also did some car surgery to put his plates on his car. He's a bold man - I wouldn't have drilled into my own car.

Once we had all eaten lunch, Nasur had to watch soccer, so the nugget and I went and took naps in our respective bedrooms. Unfortunately, my nap lasted far longer than I anticipated so our plans to go walk about the sculpture garden were scrapped. We played a bit, had dinner, put the nugget to bed and then watched the finale of AGT. I'm not sure who I'm hoping to win, but I miss Heidi and Mel B this season - I miss the sass and honesty. I'm not sure I'll watch again.

We also got all packed up for our day trip to Boulder tomorrow. One of our family friends used to live there so she's going to take us to the hot spots and spend the day with us!

I guess I wasn't as great at taking photos today as I thought I was. Oops!

Dinner: steak bowl from HelloFresh

Our little bathing beauty

Photo update/Phupdate

For those of you who are new to the blog, welcome! I hope you don't regret stumbling upon this treasure trove of my thoughts. Because I said yesterday that I would write a blog update post, here you go. My last post was in 2017. It's been two years. I'd laugh, but residency took all the humor from my life forever. Just kidding. But it did take up all my time. And then I had a baby, so when I thought my time was already all taken, I was wrong. Here's a photographic life update of highlights from my last post in 2017 so that tomorrow we can move on to the task at hand: tackling my journey to health.

We went to Texas to see rocket ships

And to see some animals (not just fake ones)

We spent time with Detroit friends

We got our first fake Christmas tree

I took photos of my husband he hated

I met Lucy in Ethiopia

Ethiopian sun burned me bad

Spent time with Ethiopian friends

Became besties with an Ethiopian cabbie

Went to see a concert with my favorite folks

Became chief resident with this kiddo

Got pregnant

Traveled to California at like 9 weeks pregnant

Spent some time at the pool in Michigan

Saw a soccer game in Ann Arbor

Loved some Michigan summer

Watched the baby bump grow

Prepped for a baby

Went on a job search and tried to minimize the bump with smart suiting

Maternity dress for a baby shower

Had a great shower

Bump with the husband

Reyah meeting her dad in the operating room

First photo in the warmer

Had some newborn photos taken

Got to have a bilirubin blanket for two days

Learned how much I would miss sleep

Learned how cute sleeping can be

See? So cute.

Watched this nugget get older

And older

And older

Went to the zoo with some pals

Got older

Became a fan of Manchester United

Such a cute fan

Introduced some solids

Wasn't sure if solids were better than boob milk

Watched Reyah get older 

Finally took a family photo

Celebrated my first mother's day

Spent some last few weeks with these folks

Introduced the nugget to a swimming pool

Dressed up to celebrate being done with residency

Swam with the nugget some more

Graduated from residency

Reyah kept aging!

Last day with these folks

Went house hunting in Colorado

Fell in love with this kitchen

Took the nugget to the lake in Michigan

Watched her age some more

And become squirmy

Hung out with some of Nana's friends

Said goodbye to Nana and Michigan

Said hello to Colorado

Enjoyed some Colorado pools

Spent some family time exploring Colorado

And now I plan to spend some time being a bit healthier. I want to be a good role model for the nugget. But I also don't plan on cutting whole food groups out of my life. I want this to be sustainable. I want to make the folks I know proud. I want to make myself proud. And damn it, I want to weigh less!