Busy, busy, busy!

Life here is busy! With working part-time (again...I don't know how full-time moms do it!), taking care of Kaylee, training for the marathon, and somehow trying to find the time to make my house at least presentable...I am pooped! It is definitely difficult, but I try to carve out the time needed to train for the marathon because honestly it keeps me sane! Somedays I come home from work and my head is just pounding. It's not a "hard" job per se, but it has a lot of challenges and can definitely be very stressful.

Kaylee is growing like a weed! She is getting bigger and bigger and I love it. A lot of parents wish their babies wouldn't grow up (that they remained babies forever) and while I miss Kaylee's baby stage, I truly love the stage she is in now. I really do believe that they just get more and more fun as they get older. She is in everything, trying to make new "words" (I am going to start calling Kayleenese because only she can understand herself lol), running, throwing tantrums (I thought these didn't start until age 2?!?), and just loving everything about life. She's so sweet and I just love everything about her. Her hair is growing too! This morning I gave her pigtails for the first time ever! I was sooo excited that I went and bought her some hair ties because she can't use mine...they're just not pretty enough. ;-)

Clay is being scheduled pretty much every night. Some nights he does get cancelled, but for the most part he is going up. While I wish I could say this was good, it's only backseat flights and they don't really count for anything...merely a fill in time until he can actually fly (he has enough back seat hours but they don't have enough prowlers that actually work so he is stuck just flying more backseat hours to waste the time away).

Saturday, after running my 12 miles and after Clay gets done with his sim, we're going to Seattle. A few people from my high school graduating class are up near the Seattle area so Kaylee, Clay, and I are going to meet them at the Cheesecake Factory (YUMMY!!!) to have a little reunion! I can't wait to eat some yummy cheesecake. Sunday we'll get our taxes done (I am a LOT upset that those filing for the first time homebuyers credit can not e-file and have to paper file their returns!!!). Lots going on and another busy weekend! Maybe sometime I'll find the time to make my house "presentable"......maybe?!?

Grr.

I should have NEVER went back to school and gotten my MBA. It is so frustrating to see that money go down the drain and to know that I will probably never use it. It's so hard in this lifestyle to feel like something matters (something that I have done) but the fact is that nothing I have done matters because I will never use any of it. No matter how hard I have worked to get to where I am, I will never make the type of money that I want to. No matter how much money it has cost me, I will never see the return of it. It's so hard and so frustrating and quite frankly it just makes me mad.

Marathon training

The Whidbey Island Marathon is April 11th. It feels as though it is just around the corner. Traning is coming along. I ran 10.5 miles yesterday and I will run 12 next weekend. I am definitely more sore than when I trained for the half marathon because I am increasing a lot more per week and 11 miles was the most that the half training called for. It's amazing to think that after just 6 weeks, I could techinically go out and run a half marathon right now. I've been traning with our friend, Mike Ammendola, and he's definitely keeping me on my toes. He's fast and I'm trying to stay up! Yesterday, we ran our 10.5 miles at a 8:25 pace. We've been trying to stay at or around the 8:40 pace range. It would be amazing to run the marathong in 4 hours (a 9:00 pace)...but I don't expect that to happen so I am aiming for a 4:30 marathon time (a 10:00 pace). I can do 10 miles at a 8:25 pace, but I just don't think I can do 26 miles at a 8:25 pace! Anyway, marathon training is going great. I am loving it so far and I can't wait to take my stab at my first marathon in April! :-)

An end is in sight!

Well, Clay is "scheduled" for the June boat. Hopefully, he'll make it and not get pushed back to a later boat. While I don't want Clay to start deploying anytime soon (and a boat most evidentally means that there will be a deployment in the near future), I do want him to start flying. Next month marks the year mark since Clay has last flown. The Prowler RAG is insanely backed up and slow. Clay being scheduled for the June boat means he will start to fly within the next couple of months (hopefully very soon!). I know he is very excited about it and I am happy for him! So, an end (or a beginning rather) is in sight! :-)

Awesome day!

Today was such an awesome day. I had the day off because I have to work on Saturday. It was so nice to be able to spend time with Kaylee. We went for a 5 mile run at the most perfect time of day! It was sunny and warm and just awesomely beautiful out for the run....it didn't last too long, but I am so glad that I was able to enjoy it when I ran! Kaylee enjoyed the run just as much as I did. She talked to herself, sang, and laughed the whole run! It is days like today that make me miss staying at home. I know though that working is best right now so that we can save a little extra cash. It's not forever and I just have to remind myself that I am doing what is best for our family. It's hard working and being a mommy. I know that being a stay at home mommy is a full-time job, but working and being a full-time mommy is much harder than I ever realized. Trying to find time to get both you and someone else ready before work is a daunting task! I have soo much respect for women that work full-time and raise their children...it takes sooo much out of you. Anyway, I enjoyed my day with my little girl! :-)

Flight is booked...Kaylee and I are going to San Fran!

So, after Kim and Siobhan's visit in September so that Kim and I could run the half marathon, Siobhan got excited about running! :-) She told me that she wanted to work herself up to running a 10K. I promised her that if she worked herself up that much then I would come run the 10K with her! March will be Siobhan's first 10K. Kaylee and I will board a plane to meet Siobhan in San Fransico for her birthday weekend and we'll run the 10K on that Sunday. I am so excited. I will have a lot of making up to do for the marathon when Kaylee and I get back because I am suppossed to run 18miles that Saturday and I'll only be running 6.2 in the 10K, but that is okay....I will gladly make it up the next weekend! I can't wait to run the 10K with Siobhan and visit San Fransico!

Happy 2010!!

Happy New Years everyone! I hope you all had an amazing New Year's Eve.