Five On Friday

1) We hit up the Ex yesterday with all four kids.  Colby came to help us out plus he had to work the cattle gates later in the afternoon.  We had a blast.  We stuffed our faces with poutine, fried chips, perogies and cabbage rolls and spud nuts.  No wonder I'm having stomach issues today! We bought a wristband for the rides for Katelyn and that was very well used…she did each ride several times in a row so we know we got our money's worth there!  For Andrew, we just bought a package of ride tickets since we weren't sure how well he would fair on the rides.  He ended up doing the carousel, the giant slide with Daddy and Charlie the Choo Choo train twice.  All in all, it was a great time at the Ex!

2) We came home and all napped for about an hour.  Next up it was time to get ready to go to the water park! Apparently we like to do all the summer in one day.  Friends of ours had rented the water park for their daughter's 13th birthday…double yay for having the place all to ourselves!  K and A played in the little kids' splash pool and had it all to themselves.  Towards the end, Katelyn and I decided to do the tube run.  I was terrified the whole way down, afraid we were going to flip over the edge!  When we hit the pool at the bottom, our tube flipped and both K and I were dunked!  Even though we were choking on water, we were both laughing!  Cupcakes and pop were a great way to finish the evening…nothing like a little sugar loading before bedtime!

3) On Wednesday, I woke up with series of red dots all around my lips.  Over the last few days, they have gotten worse.  They sting and burn and are slightly itchy.  My cousin recommended putting coconut oil on them…that has provided much relief in the last hour since discovering that! I have no idea why my lips are like this…it's not like I added anything new to them.  Maybe it's stress? The full moon makes me go a little wacky sometimes and I had a horrible day on Monday…super low on my 1-10 scale.  Ran at about a 3 for the whole day…low enough to get my parents to take the kids for a sleepover since I was not in any shape to put the kids to bed that night.

4) I've been trying to wean myself off my meds as I've switched over to a regimen called True Hope.  After a long month of zaps and zings, I'm finally off my main med (Cipralex) and now all that's left is my sleeping pill and two anti-anxiety meds.  I'm off of Thrive (way too expensive to keep that up on a monthly basis) even though it had a good run.  I always feel so great in the summer (hello Vitamin D!!)…it's winter that is my downfall and I want to have a good regimen in place before winter hits.  The point of True Hope is to replace all pharmaceuticals and while I've read wonderful success stories, I don't know if this will be possible with me.  My anti-anxiety injection that I get every two weeks keeps me in a nice place…calm and cool for the most part.  I want to sub more than I subbed last year…I didn't get in nearly as many days as I would have liked.  So, if I have to find a balance between True Hope and a couple of my meds, so be it.  I just can't have another winter like I had last year!!

5) I continue to list and sell things on Kijiji and various buy and sell sites on FB even though it's a huge pain in the ass.  I'm happy when items finally sell, but getting there can be quite cumbersome.  You don't realize how many stupid people there are out there until you start using these sites.  You also don't realize how many inconsiderate people are out there…the ones who say they will show up at a certain time and keep you waiting an extra two hours.  I'm smartening up and not giving my address until they say they are ready and on their way.  I also post items as First Come, First Served so I'm not holding items for people for a week who then change their minds or just never answer you again.  An interesting aside…I've been trying to sell my big camera that comes with four lenses (one of them is a telephoto lens which is worth $200 alone) and had it listed at $425.  No interest in it.  So I jacked the price up to $625 and I've had a ton of interest in it.  Like I said…dealing with idiots, people.