A little bit different

Today was a little bit different for me!  Last night, I had trouble falling asleep (I had taken a nap earlier in the evening), so I ended up taking a melatonin.  After I took Kyle to the bus stop and made sure he got on the school bus, I came home, had breakfast, and ended up falling asleep a few hours later.  I took a two hour nap and it was so nice!  Normally I would have worked out shortly after breakfast!  I am enjoying the peace and quiet while Kyle is at school! 

A few hours after Kyle got home from school, I made time to workout!  I am still working on my new workout program and trying to stick to the workout schedule.  However, I have modified the schedule.  There are a couple of videos that require equipment that I don't have, but I still do the workouts.  I am already feeling a difference in my body and strength! 

Looking for work

I applied for 3 different retail jobs yesterday and also applied for 2 jobs with McDonald's! I don't mind working in either retail or fast food. We're going to get the Sunday paper as well and look for jobs that way. I also search everyday on a few different job sites.

Shannon's unemployment issues are still up in the air. His hearing was yesterday (over the phone) and we still don't know the ruling. If it doesn't go in his favor, he will have to appeal. Of course, we are both worried about what will happen and hope he can keep his unemployment. In the meantime, I am still job searching for Shannon and applying for many!

In other news, Shannon is doing very well in school. I asked him if he knew his grade so far, he said he has a 4.0!!! He's already halfway through this class. He's aiming to get a 4.0 throughout college, so hopefully he can get a full ride scholarship to law school!

Kyle is doing good. His sleep schedule seems to be getting into a routine. He's falling asleep between 7:30 PM and 8:30 PM, which is a HUGE improvement from before. He used to fall asleep around 9:30 PM or later!

Kyle is on Medicaid and I am waiting for the list of doctors to arrive in the mail. Once I get that information, I will be calling around to set up an appointment and inquire about speech therapy. I want to be able to hear my son's voice, from what I have heard, it's really cute!

Blast from the past

Last night I used my lavender & chamomile body spray and it calmed Kyle down pretty fast! He was asleep by 7:45 PM or so! It was great! He woke up this morning around 6:40 AM, 11 hours of sleep. He hasn't done that for at least a year and a half or more!

It must be magic!

Body Spray Miracle?

I have some lavender and chamomile body spray that I bought a few months ago from Avon. I originally bought it for Shannon because he was having trouble falling asleep. I was going to have him use it, to spray around the room to help him relax and wind down. He never got around to using it! LOL

I started using this two nights ago for Kyle. I spray it all around the room and on the bedding. It really seems to calm him down and he falls asleep soon after! So far it's been working, so I have no complaints and so glad that I bought it!

Remember when you were a kid?

Remember when you were a kid, you could fall asleep anywhere? Well our little man finally turned this new leaf this week. The other day, my husband was taking a nap and he woke up from our son sitting next to him in bed. Anyway, my husband pulled our son down so that he was lying on his chest. Our little guy fell asleep right there. When my husband got up from the bed, our DS just flipped over to the other side of the bed and kept sleeping.

Then tonight, our DS fell asleep in my arms as I was lying down on the couch watching tv.

I am so glad knowing that our son can fall asleep just about anywhere, especially with our upcoming road trip across the U.S.