That Pain in My butt....

OOOOOOK! So I am right back on track to knocking this "operation get smokin'" right out the front door....We have had a Wii Fit for going on oh what a year now?! and besides the occasional playing for fun it really hasn't been used much. Well I decided a little yoga in the morning would be a great way to start out my fat burning, so I did just that! Great! Felt energized, felt refreshed...def. did not feel like I worked out! OHHH i can do this i thought....that was at about 8:30 AM...I got dressed headed off to work and about lunch time noticed my butt muscles seemed to be burning slightly...ohhh i thought perhaps it does really work you out! NICE ...i love the slight tingle you get from a good workout! it makes me feel like I have actually done something...so I happily continued through my day not really noticing that my butt muscles had moved from tingling to slightly burning...I continued this lil' routine for about 3 days. The 3rd day I woke up and thought something was wrong. It felt like a tiny scorpion had snuck into my sheets and stung me right smack on my bottom! It hurt to walk, it hurt to sit, and most of all it hurt to squat!! I thought maybe I had walked the stairs at work or home more then usual?...perhaps I had stepped wrong.. then as I was brushing my teeth I spotted it...there beneath the tv stand it stuck out as if it were laughing at me... Like it was saying haha chubby girl I toasted you alright...NOOOOOOO way I thought to myself...this could NOT be...I can NOT be sore from a VIDEO game! how sad is that?! lol...I marched myself (ok so I waddled myself) over to the tv pulled the board out and proceeded to the yoga work out I had done two days ago.

I did not even get into the full position for the first move when that small scorpion bite turned into a GIANT stab wound!!! AHHHH! i literally let out a yelp...there i was bent down in the middle of the living room looking like a fool completely humiliated by something designed for even children to use, and Mychal walked in...he didn't say anything at first he just looked at me half concerned half amused and finally through the smile smirked "what is going on?"...I turned around with a look that surely could have killed and growled for him to stop making fun....bound and determined i was going to beat this thing I proceeded to go back and complete the work out....

Move two was where i slammed the game off muttering how stupid it was and walked back into the bathroom to finish getting ready...have no fear this is NOT the final standoff.....I will win this battle ....as SOON as I can walk again!

A shower and a hair brush....

..Last weekend I began the wonderful task of "spring cleaning". Removing the clutter in our lil' shoebox of a townhome...anyhow in the midst of sorting through the what nots I came across some old photographs.

With my long hair, manicured nails,dark skin, petite frame, and polished face one would have thought it was a special occassion. But the truth is I was more then likely just up and about for the day. I was looking thinking wow that must have been so long ago and then I noticed the date...not even a full three years...WHAT?! where is that woman?

I looked up into the bedroom mirror with my messy bun, faded leggings, and husbands football jersey on. Is THIS what marriage does?!...or perhaps a deployment, or uprooting yourself from everything you know?! Maybe it was a bit of it all compiled into one either way...that reflection...that rundown woman in the mirror was/is NOT me...and then all of the sudden it hit me...It is ME!!..and I was ok with it. WHAT?! I thought and laughed...it's true! I was happy with the fact that I had in a way "traded" all that "crap" in for something with substance...

As moms/wives we give up so much not just our time, not just our space or needs but in a way I think we give bits of ourselves. I dunno why? Life just seems to wash over us like some giant tsunami wave and drench us and "frump" us down. It's funny how the "mandatories" of yesterday become the "luxuries" of today without us even realizing or caring. Sure we have days where we think I'd kill for the "used to be" days...but then we look at our babies and husbands and realize no we wouldn't give just "Anything" maybe the dishes, or laundry but not our families...

That is a true trophy wife! The one that gives/cares more for her hubby and family then about herself. The one that wears those yoga pants and t-shirt and ROCKS IT lol

I held the picture next to me and said "Honey look at who you fell in love with and look at who you married!", my husband God bless his soul simply laughed and said "The only difference between you and her is a shower and hair brush" haha gotta love him!

The reason for this insanity...

So this man I am working so hard to be "a perfect 10 for"...I decided I MIGHT oughta let ya know a little bit about him and just why he is worth all this pain and suffering of beauty, grace, and all that in between.

Well, his name is Mychal for starters. We were high school sweethearts and he treats me just as romantic and sweet as he did from day one. We are complete opposites and yet so much alike it's funny. We think alotta like, and act completely different. When I yell he whispers kinda thing. He's so laid back that the only real complaint i have is he WON'T fight with me lol...I'm pretty hot headed and strong willed, while he is easy going and calm...He is conservative, southern, and traditional much like myself. He plays guitar and loves music of all kinds, He's a man after God's heart and that is one of my favorite qualities of his. He is humble, kind, and a real "stand up man".

He's the kinda husband that brings home flowers for no reasons, and does his fair share of the dishes. He is a combat medic/ health care specialist in the U.S. Army, and has served a 15 month tour in Iraq. I honestly think it was the best experience we ever had. We saw what it was like without each other around and it makes every moment we have together that much more precious to us.

I look up to him as a person for the way he carries and conducts himself. He's the funniest person I know and I have yet to meet anyone who doesn't genuinely enjoy his company. This chicken scratch of a description doesn't do him justice by any means but if i continued you would be bored and sick of the ooey-gooey love fest lol.

After 5 years together i still find something new each day to fall in love with him all over again, he treats me like a princess and that is why I strive to be "royal worthy"...for a trophy husband surely deserves a trophy wife!

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