NSV - non-scale victory

Yesterday I decided to try on some skirt outfits that I haven't worn in years.  I don't believe I've worn any of the outfits I tried on yesterday since before I moved to Mt. Vernon, and I've lived here 4 and a half years.  I've tried them on but I couldn't get them past my thighs.  I don't know why I keep things I haven't worn in years and years, things I can't even fit into.  I guess I keep them because I really like the outfits and hope that someday I'll be able to wear them again.  Anyway, yesterday I tried on 3 different skirts and matching tops.  I was able to get all three past my thighs, and hips, and zip them up!  I was soooooo excited.  I didn't wear any of them because they were all still tight, I had quite the muffin top, and looked more like a sausage, but the fact that I could get them over my hips and zipped thrilled me!

I have been feeling really tired and just down lately.  It seems like Chris and I are grumping at each other constantly and I'm just plain tired of my life right now.  Maddox still does not sleep through the night and I don't really know how to get him to sleep all night.  I realize it is my fault, he slept in my bed with us until he was about 8-9 months old.  I still breast feed at night, and a few times during the day, so he would wake up and I'd just stick a boob in his mouth.  I decided he needed to sleep in his own bed, so he's been doing that for 2 months or so, but he wakes up at 10:30ish and again at 12am and 4am.  The biggest problem with this is that I automatically go in his room and end up laying down with him and fall asleep, actually I don't even really wake up, I usually just wake up in his room not remembering going there.  I don't really do this at 10:30, but by 12 I am completely out and just do it.  This makes me very tired all the time.  Even though I don't wake up fully, it still disturbs my sleep.  Plus, Damian is so busy all the time, I just don't feel like I have any time to just sit and do nothing. 

So today I told Chris I wanted to go out to dinner after Zumba.  We went to a mexican restuarant near our house.  I'm not crazy about Mexican food, but I LOVE margaritas.  So we went there so I could have a giant margarita.  They have one dish that I like a lot and since we haven't been there since before I had Maddox I thought it was FABULOUS.  I ate waaaayyyy too much, not to mention the margarita (yes, I drank the whole thing).  We got home and I felt full and bloated.  I like to walk when I eat too much so I told Chris I was going to walk around the block. . . my block ended up being about a mile and a half.  It was so peaceful, I didn't take my headphones, so it was just me and the city sounds and the sunset.  It was nice.  I stole took some lilacs from a couple different yards.  (They are my favorite spring flower and my bush only has 4 blooms, so I don't want to clip those.)  :-)