For Me For Life

Ok, so I realize it’s been forever, but I have to say, there is so much going on.  Here are some updates:

1)  We sold our house and bought a house!  We close on our current house on June 30 and close on the new house July 1.  WOW!  It all happened very quick and this particular market, that’s a lot to be grateful for!  I’m SO EXCITED about our new house.  It’s bigger (as it should be for our growing family) in an amazing neighborhood, has a swingset in the backyard…I’m just so excited!  It took awhile to find the house we wanted and we had to compromise on some things we were looking for, but I think we made a great choice!

2)  Our son was in the hospital for febrile seizures.  He had 4 in two weeks…3 of them within 24 hours.  It was absolutely horrible and something I wouldn’t wish on anyone.  My hubby and I are working very hard on our fear and worry…something that is just so hard.  Our kid is amazing.  You wouldn’t even believe he’s been through what he’s been through.  He had a final test yesterday and we’re assuming it’s just fever seizures…and we are learning how to work with them…and at this point, he may never have one again!  Whatever!

3)  I have gained an enormous amount of weight with this pregnancy and continue to work on not stressing out about it.  I feel ok, but I’m really exhausted.  I wanted to cry all day today, but managed to come home and make a super healthy dinner.  The weight will come off…and I can hardly wait to be done being pregnant…not to mention meeting this new baby!  Having an addition to our little family is totally worth it all!

4)  I love my hubby more than anything. He’s kind, supportive, and just generally amazing.  The man is in the middle of writing his dissertation and you wouldn’t even know it.  He’d do anything for me and I could not be luckier.

5) I’ve made an incredible contact with a potentially amazing job where we are moving.  I had a great first phone interview and I’m expecting to do a face to face next week sometime.  It’ll mean going back to work pretty soon after the baby is born, but it’ll be worth it.  We’ll have family around and my hubby is a huge contributor to this all, so while it’ll be hard, in the end, it’ll be great.  But who knows?  Maybe the job won’t work out and then it just wasn’t meant to be.

6)  When my doctor found out we were moving June 30, she said we could induce early June.  She said we’d talk about it as we got closer.  I was induced with DS due to preeclampsia and would rather not A) have that again and really B) be induced again.  BUT, if it gave me a couple of extra weeks that would be GREAT.  Things are going well with the pregnancy, so we’ll see….maybe baby 2 will just come on her own early!  That would be even GREATER!

So that’s it.  LOTS has happened, but generally I think I’m hanging in there.  I’m not sure what Roni is doing with the blogs and I’m wondering if I’m going to lose everything…but between the baby, the move, the new house and the new job, I’m not sure how much I’m going to be able to be here.  BUT I’LL BE BACK!!!  And I am still reading..and responding here and there!   Cheers to you all and I’ll keep you posted on all that’s new because it certainly stays interesting around here!

Hey–I’m a teacher, so what can I say?  Plus, I really need a distraction from my severe moodiness right now! 

A - Age: 32 and I’m ok with aging as long as I’m doing it well–living life to the fullest and not wallowing in age

B – Bed size: Queen–should be a king though!

C - Chores you hate: anything that has to do with dishes–cleaning them, putting them away…yuck!

D - Dessert you love: Hot fudge sundae

E - Essential start your day item: Diet Coke!

F - Favourite actor(s): To look at? Matthew McConoghey (or however you spell it) –to delve deep into the performance- the first person that’s coming to mind is Billy Bob Thorton

G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5′5″
I - Instruments you play: Piana

J - Job title: Professional Educator (thank you very much)

K - Kids: 1 - 15 months 1 due in June!
L - Living arrangements: Own a 3 bedroom home

M - My name is: Courtney
N - Nicknames: gina, Court, mama
O - Overnight hospital stay: 2 both for baby #1—to get tested for preeclampsia and to have the dude

P - Pet Peeve: repeating myself 957 times a day

Q - Favourite quote: “I have people!”
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: 2 –1 older brother and one older sister

T - Time you woke up today: 5:00 (thanks Abes)

U - Unique habit: Wow–such a good question–I don’t know if I have one…I watch the Weather Channel ALL THE TIME…an I can Tivo my way through a week’s worth of General Hospital in less than an hour.

V - Vegetable you hate: Brussel sprouts

W - Wishing for: A healthy new baby, good health for my current family, to find a home and have a smooth move this summer

X - X-rays you’ve had: teeth, ankle
Y - Yummy food you make: I pride myself on cooking, so I hope most of it!

Z - Zodiac Sign: I’m an Aries

Now you know my ABC’s … Tell me yours

Man, are my hormones out of whack or what.  We had a very full, very eventful weekend.  We took Abel up to the Dells for his first (and mine!) experience at a water park.  He was apprehensive at first (which was surprising because he LOVES baths), but after he was taken down a couple of slides and had some water dumped on him, he had a ball!  Sat. night we went to the Badger hockey game and it was super fun.  However, the eating included amusement park food (basically) and burgers before the game.  Are you kidding??? On Sun. morning I had to take off my rings my fingers were so swollen from all the fried food full of sodium.  By the time afternoon hit, I was in a pool of tears, exhausted, telling my hubby how unpretty I feel.  My ass and hips are getting positively HUGE not to mention my size J boobs and I’m just feeling enormous.  SO, yesterday I came up with a new plan.

 Inspired by calorie counting on The Biggest Loser, I’m starting to keep track of all my food and the calories I intake.  Because I shouldn’t be trying to lose weight, I figure if I stay right around or below 2000 calories a day, that’ll be good.  I’m also really pushing the fruits and veggies and just trying to concentrate on eating well.  Yesterday, Day 1, was ok.  I was getting really into it (I LOVE calorieking.com!) and then I decided to indulge in about 12 pieces of chocolate after lunch.  They were just the bites or Hersey kisses, but still.  I didn’t need it and wasn’t even craving.  I knew it was there, so I ate it.  We had a meeting after school with snacks.  I had some cheese and crackers, some grapes, and some trail mix.  I was full enough that I skipped dinner and just had a 100 cal. pudding before I took my multi-vitamin (if I take that on an empty stomach, it’s a disaster!) I felt ok when I woke up this morning and didn’t feel quite as huge.

Today is going well too.  I didn’t eat any chocolate and as of after lunch, I’ve consumed about 1200 calories.  Dinner is a planned stirfry with whole grain rice, broccoli, chicken, and red pepper.  So, I should be ok.  I swear, I have to stop gaining so much weight.  I was preeclamptic (I have no idea how to spell that) with my last pregnancy and I should really do everything I can to be as healthy as possible.  I’m an eater.  But there’s no reason to gain so much weight with my pregnancies! Plus, I was kicking butt with eating and weightloss prior to getting pregnant again!

I vowed to exercise but it’s just not happening yet.  It’s freezing outside and when I get home, I want to play with the kid and hubby…not put them on hold while I go down on the treadmill.  By the time I get Abel in bed, I want to go to bed, and usually do.  Excuses excuses, but really, there’s only so much I can do!  When it gets warmer, I vow to walk with the toddler (I guess that’s what he is now!) when I get home from work.  That’ll make a huge difference!

Anyway, that’s my scoop from here.  We are so busy, it’s ridiculous and time is absolutely flying by.  I’m excited to have the baby and move and get going with life, but man, there seems like there is so much to do (and there is!) But, I continue knowing that it will all work out and all is well!  Cheers everyone!

Ok, first for the ups.  After much deliberation, a making of several lists of pros and cons and the ultimate flipping of a coin, my hubby and I decided to find out the sex of the baby.  The big reasons were the following:

1) We are moving and in order to make our house look more appealing we have to put a bunch of stuff in storage.  So, we decided it would be really easy to pull out the clothes that would work from DS rather than keep them all wondering whether or not it was going to be a boy.  We didn’t find out if it was a boy or girl the first time, BUT, he came 3 1/2 weeks early and we had NO clothes!  So, everything is pretty much boyish. 

2) Secretly, way way deep down, I really want a girl.  I would love my child no matter what, but I am a girl and I would love to raise a girl (and hope I do it well!)  I wouldn’t want any post-partum issues to even remotely go back to thinking, “Well if it had been a girl, maybe I wouldn’t feel this way!” By finding out, I could prepare myself in advance!

3) We have so very much love for our DS.  He’s really the center of our lives now!  I sometimes really worry about what to do to make Baby Deux (that’s what we’ve been calling it) seem just as special, especially when there is so much going on in our lives right now.  We thought that maybe by finding out and doing it differently from Abel (DS) it would make this baby special in its own way.

4) Heads we find out, tails we don’t.  It was heads!

So we found out and it’s a girl!  Isn’t that exciting??? I’m very over emotional about it all…I’m over emotional about EVERYTHING, but yesterday was a very overwhelming day for me!  And who knows…they are very clear to say that they won’t guarantee anything, but there really weren’t any signs of boy parts!

Now for the downs….I gained another 8 pounds.  It’s killing me.  Just killing me. (I think my font just got bigger and I really don’t know why!)  I feel like I am making such better choices this pregnancy than last, but gaining just as much weight.  So, I’m planning on really really really watching what I eat, staying away from sweets as much as I can and starting up an excercise routine again.  I got up to 260 the past pregnancy and I was pre-ecclamptic (I have no idea how to spell that).  At the rate I’m going, I’ll get to 260 even if I don’t have issues like I had last time.  My pants are starting to get tight and my sides are bulging just as much as my belly.  It’s really bumming me out…more so today than others.  I know it shouldn’t matter.  I know it’s about the health of my baby…but at the same time, I want to feel happy and healthy and when I’m bulging, I just don’t!  SO, after we are out of town this weekend, I’m going to start posting on my exercise page again and hope that I can do something 3-4 times a week (if not more) to add in more movement….and HOPE that makes a difference!

Anyway, I’m feeling more up than down, but I’m really really really looking forward to not being pregnant and losing this weight and feeling good about my body again.  It’s not horrible…the happiness I feel I really think is outweighing (pardon the pun!) the irritation I feel about weight gain, but still, weight and my body have been on my mind since I was about 8.  Why would that suddenly change?

Anyway, cheers to you all!  Have a great weekend!

Thanks to Desertmama and Bonita for getting my butt in gear to post!  I’ve been meaning too, really I have, but I’m not going to lie when I tell you my life is complete chaos and I do everything I can to not go over the edge!

Our holiday was spent traveling all over the country.  It was an unbelieveable week.  Driving here, flying there, driving to another here….when we all got home all 3 of us had the stomach flu BAD.  I couldn’t believe it.  For the first time in my married life I really wanted my mom!  But, we all survived.  I ended missing my first day back to work and I’m still catching up on laundry, but we will survive!  Pretty much anyone who walks into our house ended up with our sickness.  Even two weeks later someone got it….I realize they could have gotten it from anywhere, but it’s quite ironic!

Baby and I are doing well.  I’m gaining weight quickly (again) even though I feel like I continue to make better choices this pregnancy than I did last.  I’ve kind of resolved myself to accepting my body is going to gain weight quite easily unless I A) exercise all the time…which I’m not doing, sorry, but I go to bed instead! and B) putting absolutely NO BAD FOOD in my mouth…and really, every once in awhile, I’m going to have a chip with my chili.  But in all seriousness, my eating has been MUCH better this time around and I”m really working hard at not stressing out too much about the gain.  I”m still keeping track on my weight progress page, so I can look back on it a year from now and realize how much I really kicked ass in losing it all!  Which, by the way, I’m really looking forward to!

We are still moving and I know it will be great.  We are starting a house hunt and really struggling with that.  Moving with kids and putting our personal wants aside is proving to be very hard for us.  But I  know we’ll find the right house that will hopefully make all of us happy.  We’ll put ours on the market at the end of Feb.  and in all reality, can’t buy until we sell anyway, so why stress?  However, looking at houses online has become my new hobby!

Our ultrasound is on Wednesday!  I’m really struggling with whether or not to find out the gender.  We didn’t with our 14 mo. old and it was so fun.  However, I’m trying to figure out what I can do to make this one equally special and thereby different from what we did before.  We also have to put a ton of stuff into storage (I swear, we have so much stuff it drives me nuts!) and if we know we are having a boy, I know what to keep.  On the other hand, he was born in Nov. and this one will be born in June, so other than those initial onesies, all the clothes will be different anyway!  So I don’t know.  I’d love to know what it is, but I sure did love the surprise, so it’ll probably be a last minute decision!

So that’s all from here.  I made Roni’s sauce tonight, but had to make some modifications because my store didn’t have turkey sausage.  I hope it turns out ok so we have good leftovers this week!

I’m still reading your blogs!  I thought about joining Swizzlepop’s exercise challenge, but I don’t want to disappoint myself…..because seriously, I go to bed ASAP every night!  I am SO TIRED this pregnancy!  And there is no way I”m going to get up early to work out! Anyway, keep up the great work.  I’ll check in Wed. after my ultrasound and let you know what we decided to do!

Cheers!

Ok, I need to thank strawgirl for posting on my last post (in what, like early November???)  for inquiring about how I’m doing and where I am.  Things are going really well.  SUPER BUSY.  I believe I’ve never been this busy before in my life, but it’s all good busy (for the most part) and I’m just kind of motoring along.  So, here’s a quick update!

1)  Still pregnant!  You know, people say you grow quicker with your second pregnancy and blah blah blah.  Well let me just say, that is completely true.  I feel like I popped really quick and then have been slowly growing since then.  I finally told people at work when I was 13 weeks.  I had gotten so many nice compliments on all the weight I had lost and then boom! I suddenly did not look like that anymore.  I am VERY WELL endowed (being pregnant I’m in letters of bra sizes that I didn’t even know existed….let me just say my 38 Fs weren’t fitting anymore!) and I just looked like one big blob in the middle!  I’ll be 15 weeks on Wed. and I”m feeling good.  We go back to the doctor on Wed.  I’ve kind of reached the point where I’m ready to go, I want to hear the heartbeat and know everything is good.  That is definitley the hardest part of being pregnant!

2) Eating!  Man…I swear all I crave are carbs and sweets.  Especially carbs.  It’s the only thing that sounds satisfying.  I’m trying to make good decisions, but it’s just so hard.  I know I’ve put on too many extra pounds, but I do feel like I am legitimately doing better than I did the first time around. I’m working really hard to not stress about it too much.  No use in doing that.  I buy most of my maternity clothes at gap.com and they fit well and make me look as nice as I can at this point.  So, I’m not complaining.  Christmas (as always) is going to be a challenge, but I’m up for it.  Just saying no to certain things has kind of been my motto.  It’s easier than I thought!

3)  I’m craving dieting and working out.  Isn’t that weird?  I was so into it and doing so well!  Makes me think that that may be the reason why saying no to certain foods has been easier.  Plus, I’m hoping it will jump start me after I give birth!

4)  Work is pretty stressful.  I already don’t love my job.  I’m a teacher, and I love teaching, but I’m dying to continue on with my career and find people who love teaching as much as I do to work with.  In the next couple of years, I’ll be making a change…as an administrator, maybe getting a degree as a Reading Specialist and begin work on a PhD…or working in educational policy.  It’s out there and I’m ready, but I’ve got to pop kids out first!  I simply can’t do it all.  This semester has been more stressful because I have a student teacher who is really struggling.  I feel like I’ve done everything I can to help her…. but she has litle control over the class.  She just gives up in lessons.  Not a good thing for a teacher to be.  The worst part is, she’s almost 50, has waited her whole life to go to college and get a degree, and now, well, it may not be the thing for her.  So, I’ve felt guilty about that….besides I’m pregnant, tired, and have a million other things going on!

5)  We’re moving!  My hubby has been interviewing for jobs and found one he especially liked in Indianapolis (near you Amanda!).  He hasn’t signed on the dotted line yet, but the best part is, I feel like after 8 years we’re finally going home.  We both went to Butler, worked there for 3 years after college, and most of my family is there.  So, we’ll be moving this summer (um yeah, I’m going to give birth, pack my house, move my family all in a month….and let’s not even talk about having to sell our house and buy a new one this spring while my hubby is supposed to be writing a dissertation!  It’ll al work out!) I’m very excited as I haven’t loved our move to Wisconsin we made in 2004.  We made some good friends and had our first (and second!) child here, but it has never really felt like home.

6) Your blogs!  I check them whenever I have a free moment and sometimes even when I don’t really have a free moment!  I’m behind, I rarely comment, but really my excuse is busy busy.  I’m trying to keep up with as many of you as I can.  I really wish I could get in on Swizzle’s exercise challenge…I might join in Jan. if she does it again.  But at this point, I pretty much go to bed when our one year old goes to bed…or shortly thereafter.  It makes the days much easier!

So that’s it.  There are probably many new people out there who have no idea who I am, but as soon as time presents itself, I’m going to try to do better with the blogs!  I’ll do a better job at updates…and THANK YOU to those of you who care!

I haven’t posted in awhile because, well basically nothing much is new. My days are so incredibly full with work and being a mom and trying to remain somewhat insane during this first trimester. I’ve been feeling positively icky and positively tired and basically go to bed ASAP. I go to the doctor next week for the first time. I really hope there aren’t heartbeat issues…she doesn’t really do ultrasounds unless there is a problem or just for the big one where you can find out the sex, so I’m just remaining positive. I just feel so sad for those who have struggled with their pregnancies. It SUCKS! But, I have to know that if something were to happen, it has to be for a reason….something just wasn’t right with the baby. It’s just really really hard to think about.

I’m definitely quite a bit rounder. Even my size 18s I’ve been wearing are super tight at the end of the day. I’m ready to move into maternity pants, but still feel kind of weird doing that before people at work know…and with my growing belly and the incredible fullness of my boobs, well, they probably just think I’m gaining weight…which I am…about 7 or so pounds so far. The exercise has basically stopped because I’m so dang tired at the end of the day, and as soon as it stops, the weight starts to pile on…regardless of what I eat…and I definitely feel like I need more carb heavy foods to help settle the ickyness. Anyway, I’m trying really hard to eat out less, make sure I’m cooking healthy meals and making the best choices possible. I am super hungry though at times!!! SO, that’s what’s going on!!!

We are going to NYC this weekend for a visit. My hubby is presenting at a conference on Friday morning and then we’re going to play the rest of the weekend. The dang Stagehands strike is going to keep us from seeing play we’ve been dying to see, but what can you do? It’ll be awesome to be back in the city, feel urban (which always makes me happy!) and take Abel (DS) for the first time. He just turned 1 last week and is just totally awesome.

That’s my news in a nutshell. Cheers to everyone out there!

Jodi (note I’m calling you Jodi, but everyone calls her Jo) tagged me!

 The Rules:

1-Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog
2-Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird
3-Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs
4- Let them know they are TAGGED by leaving a comment on their blog

Seven facts about me:

1) During this pregnancy, when I see a commercial for a certain kind of food, or when someone mentions a certain food, I want it immediately and I am so so so satisfied when I actually get to eat it!

2)  My dog’s name is Wrigely due to the fact I’m a big Cubs fan.  My dad has been a card carrying Die Hard Cubs Fan since he was 9 years old.  The card is still in his wallet.

3)  I lived in NYC for 4 years while I worked and went to grad school.  My heart and soul are in NYC and I think about it everyday.

4)  My husband is my number 1 best friend in the world.  He’ll do anything for me and we have worked incredibly hard at being a true partnership.  I’m madly in love with this man! We got married when we were 22, right out of college, and I don’t regret a day of it.

5) My first crush was Michael J. Fox.  My second crush was River Phoenix.  I had both of their autographs and now I can’t find them anywhere!

6)  My favorite band is Dave Matthews Band.  I have a not so secret crush on Stephan Lessard, the bassist…although I think in real life he might be a real jerk.  The last concert I went to was this summer.  I met some 16 year olds there who were 2 when I first saw Dave Matthews Band open for The Samples at a small bar in Chicago.  It was 1993, and I was 18.

7) My true dream and goal is to one day work with schools to make them the very best learning environments for teachers and students.  I want to use this work to lobby for education, testify on Capital Hill, and make sure that useful, relevant, and  child and teacher-friendly laws are made for schools.

Most people have been tagged, but I’ll go ahead and try to do 7…even if they are repeats!

renee

desertmama

laceyq

baggypants X2

nextstep

Core and Goal by 29

autumnhour

These 10 days have flown by. There is so much going on in my life, I barely have time to pause and take a breath. My “morning” sickness hits at night and really, the best choice is to just get Abel to bed and then head to bed myself.

My parents came for a visit this weekend and my eating has simply not been very good. I’m not snacking a ton (except for a few Halloween treats today ), so that’s good, but my meals haven’t been the healthiest. I’m not getting in enough fruits and veggies and not drinking as much water as I should. I have to pay more attention to this. Really, isn’t pregnancy the time to really concentrate on putting the healthies possible things in your mouth?

There will be improvements because all of the celebrations/family visits/busy-ness seems to be slowing down. I vow to get in those fruits and veggies! I’m still wearing my regular pants, but I am definitely rounder and they won’t last much longer. I pulled out some 18s earlier this week to just have breathing room…I like my pants like that! I’m determined to get through my first trimester without having to put on maternity pants…my 18s will help me do this!

Why does size 18 seem so much bigger than size 16? I was so psyched when I fit into 16s at the start of this school year!

I don’t go to the doctor until the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. I won’t have an ultrasound until 16 or 18 weeks. They’ll listen for a heartbeat. Until I get an all clear and through the first trimester, I can’t help but to have the worries.  Plus, I’m pretty confident they won’t find a heartbeat due to all the extra skin and padding from my first pregnancy!  YUCKO!  I’m feeling great though and proud of all I’m doing, and that’s really important.  I just need to make sure I keep the exercise up and eating well!  That’s the KEY to all of this!

I’m keeping up on your blogs and trying to comment as much as possible.  My days are just so full.  It seems that everyone is doing a great job though!!!  Cheers to a fantastic end of the week!

So, after my not so good 24 hours (that was followed by a great 6 hours and a not so great hour) I feel like I’ve bounced back.  We spent the weekend eating well….for the most part.  We went to Potbelly’s for lunch yesterday.  While dieting, I always either get a salad or the turkey sandwich for 7 points.  From what I understand, you’re supposed to kind of stay away from deli meat while pregnant.  If it’s heated, that’s better, but to be honest, I really don’t eat it much anyways.  SO, I got the chicken salad and baked chips.  The chicken salad is high in calories due to the mayo, but I’m not stressing too much over it that.   On to the little things…

Here’s what I’ve noticed during this pregnancy as I’m trying SO HARD to make it a much less weight-gain than the last.

1)  When we go out to eat, I order water.  I’m a Diet Coke drinker.  I love Diet Coke and have basically been drinking it as my sole drink since I was about 12.  While pregnant, I have a couple of caffeine free ones a day. When you eat out, caffeine free isn’t really an option.  You can get Sprite, or root beer, or lemonade….but those are all loaded with calories.  Last pregnancy, I would always get one of those to satisfy that love for soda.  This one, I’m sucking it up and just drinking the water!

2)  When I got out to get a sandwich or something for lunch (like Potbelly’s on Sat.) I get baked chips with it.  I treated my last pregnancy as a free pass to eat Doritos (um, yeah, I like those just about as much as Diet Coke and don’t get me started on how I think Diet Coke and Doritos are the one of the world’s best combinations…right up there with peanut butter and chocolate!) or any other “real” chip.  This pregnancy….NO!

3)  I’m exercising.  It’s hard.  Really hard…but I walked 4 times this week.  3 miles each time.  And it seemed like it took forever to get those 3 miles as I feel I’m walking with all my energy. However, I’m always SO GLAD I did it. This is way better than the absolute no movement that accompanied my last pregnancy.  It helps that I have a one year old who I want to get outside, but at the same time, I’m just more motivated.

My last pregnancy, I spotted through my whole first trimester.  It was the hardest 12 weeks of my life and made me want to be very still and not disrupt anything that was supposed to be going on.  This one, I’m just trying to be more healthy, focusing on the positive, and not worry so much.  First trimester worrying is excruciating for me!

Finally, this weekend, I kind of popped a little bit.  We were all at Toys R Us shopping for Abel’s birthday on Sat. and my hubby looked at me and said, “Wow…you have a little pooch!”  And it really is there.  I can still fit into my pants, but they are snug.  I’m not even 7 weeks yet….I’ve heard you grow faster your subsequent pregnancies, but this is nuts! I pulled out the maternity pants from last fall and some were way too big, others fit fine.  I’m going to have to make a couple of purchases (ok fine, it’ll end up being a bunch of purchases!), but during this in between time, I also have a few pairs of pants in 18s and 20s from while I was losing weight.  As much as I wanted to be a ravishing 140 pounds before I got pregnant again, I guess it’s not so bad as I actually have some clothes that will fit!

Ok, enough babbling for now.  I tried posting on some new blogs tonight.  There are just so many out there!  But everyone is just working so hard.  Cheers to a wonderful week!