mid-week recap

Call me a lunatic, but I've been feeling guilty lately.  Guilty about leaving my fur-child home alone too much...ok cue the crazy comments.  With all of the overtime I have been picking up to pay for our upcoming cruise, Mr. Jax spends a lot of time talking to himself all day. If I feel this bad with a fur-baby, how the heck am I going to feel with a human baby?  He gets extra kisses and treats when I get home from work and extra walks and playtime when I am off and not out running around.  Maybe I should take him to the gym tomorrow to watch me teach my class. I'm sure he could hang :)

Vacation with Matt is the only thing on my mind lately.  I am so excited! Even though it's a quick trip I am hoping it will still feel like we got away.  We both have off the day before we leave and I think we will carry on with tradition and head down to Oliver Winery to celebrate our anniversary.  We have a bottle of last year's sparkling wine that we saved until this year's anniversary to drink.  I am hoping we can find something this year to save to for next year too!  I made reservations for Fogo De Chao on Tuesday night for our actual anniversary.  I think my body requires a year in between the food coma that ensues after dinner there.  

I don't know what I got us in to, but I signed Matt and I up for the Color Me Rad 5K Run next weekend.  We are doing it with a big group from Kiwi so it won't seem so bad.  I have never ran a 5K. Heck I never run.  The most running I do is in the 3 minute track in BodyAttack.  Matt hasn't run since...I don't even know. Last year?  We will probably be a big pile of sore muscles the next day.

cruisin'

Matt and I haven't been on a vacation since our honeymoon to Jamaica 2 years ago.  We are getting ready to celebrate our 2 year wedding anniversary (and 8 years together!) so we figured what better time to get away.  Matt hasn't been able to take vacation time since he started at UPS, but now that he is able to take time for vacation he is going to take off 3 days.  I've already got my days covered for work, now I just need to find a sub for my BodyPump class.

I spent a lot of time researching where we should go.  We tossed around somewhere in New England, Florida, Las Vegas, Colorado, Michigan, and came to the conclusion that our best bet to really feel like we got away and to be the most efficient with our money was a CRUISE!  Matt has never been on a cruise and I haven't been on one since I was 10. We are taking a 3 night cruise to the Bahamas. 

 I finally booked it last night after pondering back and forth I just decided we needed to book it.  We haven't booked our airfare yet because we are trying to figure out a plan to see our friends in Jacksonville the day before we ship out.  With how busy the NICU has been this summer, we are going to be able to pay for this entire vacation strictly from money I make from overtime and bonus pay on busy days.  That, ladies and gentlemen, is phenomenal.  Yes, I have been kicking my butt by working so many hours non-stop, but the end is in site and it is quite a sweet deal.  5 days of uninterrupted time spent on a big cruise ship and beach with my husband.  No work to do, no stress to be had, just relaxation and celebration :).

By the time we get to our vacation we will definitely look like these joyous people frolicking... :)

playing harder

Life has been so packed busy and I haven't been taking the time to blog.  These are the times I should be blogging to know where all the time is going!

Matt and I have both been working our butts off.  He has been swamped at work.  They really need another supervisor in the department where he supervises and it looks like that might be happening soon which will be so awesome.  Matt comes home so exhausted.  Last week he went in at his normal 6 am start time but stayed until 8 or 9 pm every night.  The part-time supervisor that was helping in there quit at the beginning of the week and his other full-time supervisor was on vacation so it was all on Matt.  I know he can't wait to have some more help in there so he can do his job and be able to come home at a decent time. I will love that too.

I have also been working like crazy...it seems to be our theme this summer. I am shocked we still find time to see each other and do fun stuff.  The NICU has been steady at 80 babies for about a month now.  We technically have a capacity for 75 babies, but we somehow squeeze more.  We are putting twins into the same bedspot and triplets into rooms to free up space. It's almost comical when we all think we simply cannot admit anymore babies and we get a call that we are getting twins.  Then we scramble to figure it out and shockingly it gets done.  I have been using this opportunity to get in a little overtime...well a lot of overtime.  I've been steady at over 50 hours every week since the beginning of June.  Although I am tired and feel pulled in about 50 different directions with work, Kiwi, time for family and friends, and time for Summer fun I am also thankful to have a job that I love and that I have the opportunity to get overtime if I wanted to.  The more I work the better vacation we can take...

After all that work talk, it solidifies my contemplation of us going on a vacation for our anniversary.  We need it. Badly.  Matt is going to take a couple days off towards the end of that week and we are getting away. We don't quite know where yet but I know we are going somewhere.  We are considering a 3 day cruise, but we also may go somewhere we can drive to.  Who knows. All I know is we are getting away :).

Other random news.  Jax got his first ear infection last week and I got my first speeding ticket today. Matt washed our cars today while I layed out...and then I had to wash the windows but that's ok. I am going to the dermatologist this week for a spot on my shoulder-it's been there for awhile but I have been brushing it off.  The paranoid nurse side of me is forcing me to finally have it checked out.  We have some fun pool parties and a golf tourney and a beer pong tourney coming up these next couple weekends so that will be super fun and summery. 

Here's to working hard and playing even harder :)