I have two amazingly wonderful glorious announcements to make.

I fit into my old pre-pregnancy jeans! By chance, this morning all of my normal jeans were dirty and I thought, just maybe, I could squeeze into an old pair. But they slipped right on. It was a glorious moment and if I had a picture of my face at that moment, I would frame it. My pre-pregnancy weight was 126 but by end the end of it I was 184. I’ll admit it – one too many orders of carne asada french fries and way waaaaay too much ketchup!!!

Second super amazing announcement: I earned an A in my English Class! This is truly amazing. Again, a moment I wish I caught my expression on camera. This one wasn’t easy. Over the last 16 weeks I’ve lost a lot of sleep, hit a new level of stress (note the twitch in my left eye), and overall was spread way too thin. My schedule was basically this: Work 8-9 hours per day (half at home and half in the office), come home snuggle Lily for as long as possible until she would fell asleep around 9pm. Then I would work on my laptop, in bed while snuggling Lily. I would do homework and wrapped up any extra work from the day which usually lasted until 12pm. Wake up (intermittently throughout the night to feed Lily and then) at 7:00am. Rinse. Repeat.

But, you know, it wasn’t just the rigorous schedule that was out to get me. I can handle that. It was something else…I would call it cruel and unusual punishment. For example, just trying to turn in my final research paper – I worked all day and all night to write 11 pages. It came out beautifully and was ready 30 minutes before class. I try to print it at home, the printer runs out of ink half way through… I take it to school to print it there but I need a print card, Downstairs…I get a print card, back Upstairs…it doesn’t have enough funds on it to print all pages, back downstairs…Insert frustrated monologue here about schools should be environmentally friendly by now and how we have the technology to email 11 page research papers instead of printing them…Upstairs…paper is in Word 2007, computer is not…banging head on table.

Regardless of the obstacles, as soon as I saw the A, I immediately had motivation to consider taking a class next semester. I know it is crazy talk but I LOVE School. It feels so right. If I could have one dream right now, it would be to go to school full time. In high school, despite my wild ways, I graduated with a 3.8 GPA and 1.5 years early. Looking back on it, I still wasn’t focused 100% (But how is that really possible when you are a teenager?). I wish someone would have told me how much fun school could be. I hope Lily has a thirst for knowledge as strong as Stan and I. I suppose that is why she is already watching Little Pim (But not in a overbearing, pushy, football player’s Dad who is obessed with the game kind of way).

Anyways, I am hoping to find a Saturday morning class. That way my Mom can get her weekly fill of Lily time in while I am in class and I can use the remainder of the weekend to do homework during Lily’s naps and after bedtime. We will see what happens…right now, I am looking forward to a relaxing Christmas break.