The Queen's Rambles

My mom kept harping on me because all my jeans were saggy and baggy. I wanted to buy some new ones, but we are on a much stricter budget these days and I hate jeans shopping. It’s the worst kind of shopping, short of swimsuit shopping.

This morning when I was shoving some stuff into the closet I noticed my box of too small jeans. Could they really fit? When was the last time I went through them? Post-Elsa birth, I think.

Score!

I am shocked. I feel so fat and schlubby and gross, but the jeans! They fit! I just found myself a whole new free, smaller wardrobe! It does wonders for the self-confidence.

Also, we found out that our insurance will cover a chiropractor so I’m going to make an appointment on Monday. I suppose I could try calling today and see what happens, but with Thanksgiving tomorrow I doubt I’ll get in before next week.

Today I’m wearing one of my militant boulder-holder bras. It’s not nursing friendly, but I hope it will help my back a little. As a bonus, it makes everything look a lot better so I”m not feeling so schlubby.

I’m really wishing my gym had a swimming pool. The nice gym with a pool is three times the price of my current gym, making it unobtainable on our current budget restrictions.

Plus, Elsa is a mama’s girl and I haven’t been able to exercise for longer than 20 minutes at the gym without getting called to childcare so I suppose that point is moot.

Wouldn’t it be divine to do an hour’s worth of swimming, then relax in the hot tub? Not that I could swim for a non-stop hour right now. It would probably take a good month to work up to 60 minutes.

And now I need to go off and try to find some fleece pants for Ms. Elsa. All the old ladies are on my case about putting mittens on her (it was 60F yesterday!), but I’m much more concerned about her little legs. She currently has a bevy of little knit pants that are perfect for diapers since they have stretch. They don’t seem like they will be perfect for keeping her warm when the temperature drops. There was frost on the car a few days ago so I suppose the temperature may drop soon.