Yesterday I did surprisingly well in my quest to give up the sauce (which for me is Mountain Dew). I got my hair cut, my brows waxed (again, I am now an eyebrow whore), had coffee and water, and was generally ok.
Today, however has been a different story. I started off my day by weighing myself for motivation. I haven’t weighed myself in like, well, forever. It’s been a long time. At least six months, I’d say, but probably more than that. I was not surprised, but I was disappointed to see that I’ve gained six pounds since the last time I weighed in. So…that was good motivation for me to keep going. I did Pilates this morning for the first time in over a year (I know, I am TERRIBLE!) and I was humbled by not being able to properly do exercises that used to be quite simple for me. Let’s just say I am feeling my core! I was reminded that I really actually like Pilates (as much as it is possible for me to like exercise) so that was good.
So, anyhoo, I was doing fine, until after lunch when Joshua announced, “MOM! Sophie smells like POOP!” I chased her down and laid her on the floor to change her…and when I pulled off her pants, somehow my right leg became COVERED in poop from knee to ankle. It. was. SO. GROSS. Needless to say, Soph was also a huge mess. It took me like 27 wipes to clean her up. And Joshua kept asking me questions about his train track the entire time until I had to SCREAM at him, which I love doing, to get him to stop. I promise you I asked him nicely at least twice to shut it until I was done de-turding his sister. You’ll just have to believe me.
Anyways, after disposing of the mound of diaper/wipes/poop, putting my clothes and Soph’s in the washer, running around my house pantsless, and getting new clothes for both of us, I REALLY wanted a Mountain Dew.
I had to settle for a Diet Sunkist. Didn’t *quite* do the trick. So I’m jonesing…but I wasn’t about to put the kids in the car to go get a Dew, so I guess I am not too desperate…yet.
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i will make sure i DON’T bring any dew tomorrow… oh i got my giggles soap. it is awesome.
Oh you poor thing!
I am so proud you resisted your urge! Major Kudos!!
hang in there!!!!
Three days and you will be past the caffeine addiction. Problem is you may not be able to be a casual (Mtn. Dew) drinker anymore. Do they have Mtn. Dew Anonymous??? I keep going off my my Diet Coke/Pepsi but, I always get sucked back in, ha ha.
I’d have crawled to CVS for some Dew after THAT! You deserve a medal. Or a new pair of jeans. 😉
Girl, I know how you feel. The days I hopped off the wagon were always the worst teaching days.
Did you ever notice that Sunkist is actually Sinkist? Take a look at the can next time you pop the top. 🙂
de-turding is my new favorite verb!
That is funny because I just recently started taking up drinking Mountain Dew for the first time in my life (and I’m in my 30s). I’ve even been to two Walgreens stores this week looking for the new blue flavor Voltage 12 packs. Deal – Get a free Voltage 12 pack when you buy 3 12-packs of Pepsi products (no Voltage packs have arrived yet though).
When you are all covered in poo you are allowed to yell at who ever you like. It’s a rule, honest, go look it up.