A day out with mom

My mom, my babies, & me!

Yesterday we took my mom to her home town of St Marys West Virginia for her younger brothers calling hours. Normally taking your mom somewhere wouldn't be that big of a deal but if you have read my about me section you will notice that she had one of her legs removed this year. She was in therapy for a while but checked herself out of the rehabilitation center to come home, where she sits in bed all day and does nothing. She is weak and won't even try to help her self. So needless to say this trip was a HUGE production to get her there and yes we took the kids too...we are brave folks!

Every time we of out of the van Joel would have to pick my mom up, swing her out of the seat, and set her in her chair. I would stand behind the wheel chair and grab her bottom to kinda move her where she needed to go or to push her back up into the van. Also I was the pusher! I never realized how hard it was to push those chairs on different surfaces...my aunt Mary's yard just about killed me. I am so sore today in my back and shoulders. The whole day yesterday was mentally & physically exhausting for everyone.

Me and Mom

It is so sad to see my mom so helpless, but I am very happy that still have my mom and that my hubby & I were able to get her out of the house to interact with other people. She definitely needed that, it was too cute watching her with her old friends and family yesterday and listening in on their conversations. I don't think that mom really knows how many people care for her and love her...I am hoping that yesterday she saw it.

After we finished visiting & calling hours were over we went to a pizza joint called The Station (as in train station, the town has rail road tracks that are still in use right down then middle of main street.) They have to best pizza EVER! I had tried to go the healthy route and ordered a salad with dressing on the side and took one of the bread sticks Joel ordered. Once the pizza came out Joel took a bit and said "WoW, you have got to taste this, it's the best pizza ever!" Of course with that being said I took one...he was right, it was perfect. I ended up having two slices.

After everything we did yesterday there has been zero motivation around the house today. Landon didn't want to get up for school today, but tomorrow is his last day so he had no choice but to get up and go. When I got home from the bus stop I made my oatmeal. Today it was oats cooked in half water half almond milk with chia seeds and topped with cinnamon. After I eat my breakfast I normal take a shower and get ready for whatever we are doing that day, but today I just curled up on the couch till 10:30. I thought with such a good breakfast that I would be able to really stick to my calorie goal of about 1600 today but, unfortunately I don't think that happened. I had left overs from the station for lunch then I started craving something sweet so I ended up binging on peanut butter and mini chocolate chips. It started out with a small spoonful of pb dipped in the mini chocolate chips...which lead to about 4 more smallish spoon fulls. I stopped counting calories after that and I am determined to do better tomorrow. I am not going to beat myself up about it but I know I can do better. There is a good thing about today's binge...now I have an empty pb jar for oatmeal in the morning! You always have to look for the silver lining!