What’s Up Wednesday: January

Oh, Wednesday is here! I don’t know if i’m excited about it or not! Ha!

Link up with Mel, Shay, and Sheaffer for What’s Up Wednesday today. Every last Wednesday of the month, we all blog about what’s been going on with us. If you missed my posts last year, check them out!

What I’m eating:

Lately, it’s been a lot of my creamy chocolate fudge protein shake. I’m pretty sure I have one every day, if not, then every other day.

In the mornings, i’m swearing by my toast (I love the charred black on it so I like to burn my toast), avocado smeared on top, and then scrambled egg whites on top of that. Throw on some pace picante and you have a nutritious, filling breakfast.

I made my peanut butter cup protein pie when Morgan was home…and all I got was ONE SLICE and it was gone. She ate the whole thing in like 2 days. It’s good, friends, it’s good.

What I’m reminiscing about:

Well, since I just mentioned Morgan…i’m reminiscing about her being home this past month. She was excited to go back but we had some fun while she was here!

What I’m loving:

Lately, it’s been sleep. When I can get some sleep that is…I feel like i’m constantly tired. Monday night I crashed around 11:30, like didn’t even get my episode of One Tree Hill in because I was so tired. Well yeah, I woke up at 8:15 yesterday morning with no reason to. WHY BODY, WHY?

What we’ve been up to:

Mom has been gone this week visiting her dad so my pops and I have been watching The OC together like we used to. Other than that, we’re just trying to survive on leftovers, dirty laundry, and paper plates 😉 I kid about all that…we’re self-sufficient when she’s gone but it’s easier when she’s doing all those things. Haha

What I’m dreading:

Probably if anything, work this weekend. I’m working two jobs while i’m going to school full-time, so the last thing I want to do is wait tables on the weekends. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

What I’ve been working on:

Creating a healthy balance for myself…

Between work, school, sleep, exercise, food, seeing my family, a social life, and “me time” i’m just trying to find the right balance in a healthy way. Feel free to let me know if you’ve mastered it all. Share your tips!

My blog friend Angie did a great job talking about self care in her guest post, you should read it here.

What I’m excited about:

I officially activated my gym membership on Sunday. So now that i’m “up and running”, i’m ready to keep on it with my group exercise classes…but also (because this is just me) i’m a little nervous because now i’m like “I won’t like it”, “This is 2 years”, “What if I get bored with it?”, you know…just being my normal anxiety-filled self. Working on that too!

What I’ve been reading/watching:

I talk about what i’m reading on next Wednesday, February 3 for Bookworm Wednesday!! You should link up with Katie and I for that.

At night, you can find me re-watching an episode of One Tree Hill before bed. Am I the only one that loves the older seasons better?? I kind of feel like that’s how it is with all my shows though. My dad and I are thinking of not even going into season 3 of the OC because it gets all dark on us.

What I’m listening to:

Right now, i’m typing this post during my break in between classes so i’m hearing students walking around, typing, talking, etc while i’m playing NF radio on Pandora.

But when I get out of my night class, i’m heading home to finish watching this week’s Bachelor episode! Watching some of my favorite shows has become my “me time” lately when I need to relax!

What I’ve been wearing:

On Tuesdays and Thursdays, these leggings (well and other pairs) are on. When i’m sitting in classes all day I do not want to be uncomfortable. I always have some leggings and a t-shirt/tank/sweatshirt on.

And then MWF,

I’m wearing my work clothes with my coffee. Coffee is part of my uniform on those days. It’s just what M,W, F calls for 🙂

What I’m doing this weekend:

I’m working Friday night, which i’m bummed about because I could have gone to a family dinner.

Saturday is going to be my relaxation day. I usually always try to have one day each weekend where I don’t have anything to do. This gives me time for exercise, schoolwork, blogging, etc. I totally recommend this if you’re not doing it already!

Sunday i’ll probably do some yoga before I work the dinner shift at work.

What I’m looking forward to next month:

Next month, i’m looking forward to…uh…nothing right now. There’s honestly nothing about February that gets me excited. It’s cold, there isn’t a holiday off from school. Well I guess I can be excited because it is a short month???

Oh wait, I know…

Fuller House premiering at the end of the month!!

What else is new:

Nothing that I haven’t already shared!

What is my favorite Valentine’s Day treat:

As I looked at this question, I definitely thought of those little Debbie chocolate brownies with the icing and sprinkles. So random, but that’s what came to mind! However, #thankyougluten I can’t have them. Maybe i’ll try and make my own??

Last year, I made a heart shaped cake for my family because i’m #sosweet 🙂

Nothing too exciting, but that’s what’s up this month!

Friday Favorites: Lots o’ Kids Edition

 

 

Friday favorites time!!! Join Andrea, Erika, and Narci by grabbing their graphic and linking up to them.

Sleeping in.

My 8:00am class was cancelled on Friday and I knew that would be my favorite part of the day.  Once I got home from work on Thursday night I got ready for bed and CRASHED. I didn’t set an alarm for the first time in soooo long and I woke up at 10:15. It was the most wonderful thing. I went back to my room and laid in bed for a couple minutes just to soak in the fact that I had slept that long. Apparently I was tired?

Hanging out with kiddos.

Sometimes I wonder why I chose not to go into elementary education or something of that nature, because I love kids. Even though they aren’t my own, my favorite thing is taking care of them, hanging out with them, playing games with them, and making their parents happy by giving them some time to themselves.
Not only did I work this weekend, but I babysat too. Saturday night I hung out with a family that I met through Collin, littlest one I nanny. They are a super sweet family. The top picture is the best picture I could get of the four of us. You can see little feet on the bed, gray pants by the nightstand and yellow shirt running at me!!

Then, I had to stiff arm yellow shirt as he kept trying to knock my phone out of my hand. Haha boys will be boys. When in doubt, stiff arm them out. (This is a joke…no children were harmed in the making of this selfie.) (in fact, he laughed his butt off.)

Bargain finds.

I babysat for about 7 hours on Sunday for a different family and was lucky enough to get gum stuck in my hair from one of the girls. Needless to say my favorite part of Sunday was my sporadic trip to Target in between Church and babysitting. I tell you. They roped me in. I saw so many sales and so much that I had to have and came back with a bag full of things.
Don’t you love these scarves?? Click to shop them now!! Plus, free shipping on all orders!

Fun texts from friends.

My least favorite part of Monday was this text I received from my girls, Em ‘n Mads. They wanted to eat Monday night to catch up because we all live in different cities around the same area and only get to see each other at work. And I couldn’t go because I nanny. and I missed them!!! They sent me a pic of them Halloween shopping & I got sad 😦
p.s. yes, they call me milky.

Productivity.

Tuesday I was super productive. After my class in the morning my mom and I headed over to the museum. I have to go there for a project in class and she said she would go, so I brought her along with me. Then, it was “me afternoon” while she napped. I got a hair cut, really a trim, and then got my eyebrows waxed. Keeping it real with my selfie. No make-up. However, my favorite football player was on the field that night. Love supporting my little #26.

#nannylife

You already know there’s gotta be a #nannylife picture every week. If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen that on Wednesday I was soccer nanny and sat out at Collin’s soccer practice. Then we came home, got them dinner, and took a couple selfies. My favorite thing about these kids is the fact that they make me smile even on days I may not want to. I got some sad news a couple minutes after getting to their house, but they helped keep my mind off of it.

 Mommy/Daughter day.

 

Mommy/daughter days are my absolute favorite in and of itself. She’s going to visit her best friend this weekend, and I always miss her. So I went along with her to run her errands and do what she needed to accomplish. Then, I worked last night so of course I had to get that selfie in.

Oh, one more thing before we go today,
I sent this picture to some of my people.

Smile!!!! It’s the weekend 🙂