Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Where the Heck Have I Been?

Well, seriously, where have I been?  Here I go starting this daily challenge, and **poof** not even six days go by, and I've vanished for nearly a week.

Sorry for that.  Entirely unintentional and unforeseeable.  

I had an extra baby here for a few days.  Uno has been on deployment in Germany for a few months now.  He called me a week and a half ago to ask whether or not I might be able to watch his fifteen-month-old son, so that his fiancee could go visit him.  They had a babysitter lined up for the trip, but they cancelled last minute.  

Well, I said yes, obviously.   Uno's son, let's call him Bambino, came on Wednesday night and...well, I pretty much haven't slept since.  At most, I've had about three hours a night.  Sometimes less.  Even the last two nights, after Bambino had gone home.  Unfortunately, Terza's got a cold and Quarto's nighttime schedule is all messed up.  Which all boils down to an exhausted Mama.

However, all whining aside, I'm glad I could help out.  Bambino is seriously cute.  Prima and Secondo got some nice time with their brother.  And, thank goodness, we all survived!  

Luckily, although I wasn't really able to exercise while he was here (minus a no-doubt-hilarious-looking trip outside with the three of them, Bambino and Terza in the double stroller and Quarto strapped to the front of me in a Baby Bjorn), I did take it easy on the eating, and I logged every flippin' calorie I ate.  (The non-flipping ones, too).

It was no coincidence that the only day my calories went into the dreaded "eating to gain" area was yesterday, when I made THIS:


So, that's where the heck I've been.  Expect me back, daily (with a vengeance), with those mini-posts.  

"All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line.  Many a man has taken the first step.  With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first."  --Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let's make it a great week, lovelies.  

all love, 

nik*


1 comment:

  1. It must have been fun to have a little one around! The pie looks divine! I would not be able to control my eating with that either!!!

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