The Circus

Well, we tried to take Gabe to the circus. He was SOOOOO excited to go, and talked about it all weekend. So the big day comes, and he is barely able to sit still. Gary and I pick him up early from school, and we head across the street to the traveling circus. Gabe sees the tent and gets even more excited. We walk over to the elephants, and everything is still going well. Then we enter the huge tent, and I feel Gabe starting to grip my hand a little tighter. We walk around to find some seats, and that's when it happens-Gabe sees the white tigers in the cage, clawing and pawing angrily to get out. He starts FREAKING out, crying and yelling "I want to go hooooommmmeeee!" It was really pitiful. We try to take him outside to calm down, but by this point it was too late. Then he sees the clowns outside, and it gets even worse! Nothing is calming him down, so we head over to the ticket booth to try and get our money back. Luckily the woman remembered us and did not give us any trouble in reimbursing our money.

I just couldn't beleive he reacted this way! Gabe was so excited to see the circus, but I guess we should have better explained the circus to him! What does a 3 year old know about the circus? He did so well at the zoo, so the animals spooking him really amazes me. Long story short, here are the only 2 pictures I was able to shoot before it all went wrong. Maybe next year :(

I'm free!

I submitted my last paper this afternoon, so I am officially done with spring semester. Only two more semesters to go!

Tonight was the first chance I had to sit down and make some cards,and I had forgotten how much I miss it! One is a graduation card for a friend, and the other is a birthday card for my nephew. I also forgot how long each card takes-I spent 2 hours on 2 cards!

I have a ridiculously long list of things to do while I am on break (I start back May 18), and catching up on cards and blogs are just two of them. I have no idea what everyone has been up to!

Anyway, I will keep the posts coming for a while until school starts to consume me again. At least I am only taking 2 classes this summer.

Oh yeah, and the last recorded weight was 172.8 last week!

Weight

I have finally broken away from the 175 barrier! Today I weighed 173.8, and I am feeling lighter than ever. I was right on track with my four pound weight loss last month, so as long as I can keep it up, I will be at my goal weight by June.

I will get back to blogging in another week or so after my final assignments are turned in. Spring semester is KILLING me!!!!

My first vinyl wall art

My mom used her Cricut to make me this wall art for the family room. It looks AMAZING! The pictures don't do it justice. I will have to come up with some more projects for other rooms. What a great way to add some visual interest to your home!

New stuff!

Race Time!

I am so excited for the Habitat race tomorrow! I have been running for just about 1 year now (seriously running), so I hope that all the hard work will pay off tomorrow. The last race I did in Greenville last summer (before my surgery) I ran a 5k in almost 36 min. The last practice race Chris and I ran was close to 33 min, so tomorrow I am shooting for 31 min. Then the following weekend, the Young Life race is in Washington. The Pirate Alumni race is in April, then finally the Not too Hot to Trot in Washington this June. If all goes well, I hope to hit the under 30 mark for the last race. It's nice to have these kinds of goals.

On a side note, I weighed 174.8 this morning, but I have been "carb-loading" this week for the race.

Spider time

Arachnophobia:the irrational fear of spiders

The reactions of arachnophobics often seem irrational to others (and sometimes to the sufferers themselves). People with arachnophobia tend to feel uneasy in any area they believe could harbor spiders or that has visible signs of their presence, such as webs. If arachnophobics see a spider they may not enter the general vicinity until they have overcome the panic attack that is often associated with their phobia. In some extreme cases, even a picture or a realistic drawing of a spider can also evoke fear.

(I actually tried searching an image for this post and then felt like I was about to puke when the first images came up. Seriously, try searching spiders and you'll see what I mean)

Anyone who knows me knows I have a HUGE fear of spiders. It makes me sick to my stomach to see one, and I get all panicky and nervous and my heart starts beating really fast. I even have dreams about spiders coming down the ceiling onto the bed when I am in that almost sleeping stage right before you actually fall asleep. Gary could tell you more about this in extreme detail. I actually swat away the "webs" and jump out of bed running to the other side of the room. Crazy, I know.

Anyway, so it has warmed up and we have had some rain. That means it's time for our annual spring time visitors to arrive. I don't know what it is, but every spring for about a week, the wolf spiders come out and we see one a day for about a week, then they never come back. It's really weird. Long story short, the first one came 4 days ago, of course when everyone else was in bed. I saw it scurry across the floor while I was watching TV, so I found a heavy book and threw it on top. That's where it stayed until Gary found it the next morning. I felt so sick, I just went to bed. Then #2 came the next day, making its way down the hallway. I screamed for Gary to come get it, and here comes Gabe running down the hall to see what's going on. The poor kid almost stepped on it, which made him freak out. Sick. #3 came out late Sat. night, ironically just after me and Gary said I guess we weren't going to see one tonight. Wrong. And lastly, this morning- what greets me in the shower? Of course #4. I am freaking out here, people!!!!! I can't take these things anymore, and why is it I am the one finding it each time???????? If the same holds true this year as in past years, we should only have a few more days of this left. I am just about at the breaking point. I would just about take anything over a spider. HELP!