I'm a Pot Hole

Hey! Big news.

Scott agreed to do my pushup challenge with me.

Turns out he actually reads this blog.

He is going to do 2000 also, but he works so much it will be a fair challenge.

He says I should count girl pushups at first cause it's better to do a full pushups than to try to do real pushups and not lower myself far enough...apparently he knows these things.

Maddy is hilarious.

She is so smart.

She had learned to take her diaper off, take it to the kitchen, put it in a grocery bag, then throw it out.

Sounds helpful right?

Nope.

It's a nuisance. Half the time her diapers is brand new, fresh and dry, and she throws it out.

Lille is massive!

In a good, chubby, squishy, chunky way.

She is SO long too.

She is in size 2 diapers, 3-6 months clothes, and has more rolls than the Michelin Man.

I love it!

Oh yes, I'm addicted to Ruzzle.

It's a game on my phone...kinda like Boggle, and you can play against your friends.

I'm weird like that. I love words. 

My brain just figures things out really quickly I guess.

But that stupid game...Gems Free...it's like Bejeweled with numbers and you play against friends...hate that game. It's so stupid. 

Actually I like to play it, but I'm just not good at it.

It takes too much forethought to arrange the jewels rights to get all the bonus points.

I get anxiety when i play that game.

I filed our tax return.

Thank goodness for that.

I think the government should have to pay us interest on our money...I mean, they get our money for an entire year, then at the end of the year if we paid extra, they just give it back. Like...Oops, here is your money. I just found it in my pocket, but I'll give it back now.

But if one of us had the government's money, they'd have a freaking task force spying on us and we'd have to pay 39% interest on whatever we owed. (ok i exaggerate, but still)

What a scam.

Scott hasn't said enough lately to do a whole post, but this morning he said "I think all I did as a kid was listen to country music."

To me, that is hilarious. And probably true.

The man seriously knows the lyrics to EVERY song that comes on the radio. And he knows more country music than a Kicks 101.5 DJ. seriously.

Tomorrow is my first day of pushups. I'll keep up with them and let you know how many we get done.

k bye.

 Oh, and just so y'all get it, when I say "k bye", this is why: 

2000 Pushups

Right now I'm a stay at home mom slash housewife.

I don't really like to say housewife because it makes me think of older women and desperate housewives. 

Heck...I'm only 21. No need to start feeling old yet.

I want to homeschool the girls, so that means spending a good deal of time at home with them.
However, financially (and, let's be honest, for my sanity), I will eventually need to get a job.

My preference is that it be a career.

And I would love to go into law enforcement.

Scott beat me to it, but that doesn't mean I have to give up on it.

Scott's is ok with it for the most part.

He just has a few rules.

It has to be something local, because he isn't going to give up his position here.

That being said, I'm not allowed to work for his agency.

Partly because he already works there, but also because he feels like Albany is particularly dangerous for law enforcement.

He prefers that I look into some smaller agencies in our surrounding counties.

I don't mind. I really want to be a police officer for a few years, then go into crime scene analysis.

I've taken a few classes on it. I love all of it and I'm pretty darn good at it.

So I figure I have a few years of staying home with the girls before Scott is able to help with their schooling. I actually have talked to some couples in law enforcement who homeschool and they just make sure they always work different shifts. They love it.

So I have that few years to get in shape, mentally and physically, to do the job I want to do.

Problem.

I can't even do real pushups. 

That's a requirement for the police academy.

I definitely need to get in shape with my running too, but right now I need something to focus on that doesn't involve dragging the girls around or having to pay a babysitter.

So I'm starting with pushups.

I want to be able to do 40-50 pushups at once without stopping. That's a lot.

So for the month of february, I'm going to do pushups sporadically thorughout the day, every day.

My goal is to have done 2000 by the end of the month.

That's an average of 70 pushups a day. 

It sounds goofy to me, but now that I've told you I'm doing, I would rather do the goofy pushups than face the embarrassment of giving up. 

Hey. It's better than nothing right?

Maybe in March I'll do situps or crunches or something. Then by the time the weather is better, I can move on to running.