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Finally Working Out

Hi everyone!

As you all know I had a baby 5 months ago. About 5 weeks ago I finally got on my Peloton. I pay my mom to watch after my baby and well I have worked my schedule out to where when I get home I jump on the bike and then after I shower and make myself a juice to drink on the way to pick up my baby.

Finding time for myself as a new mom is hard. I loved binging shows before having my son. It has been a bit hard to squeeze them in. I recently started watching an episode a day when washing his bottles at night. So that has helped.

I got on the Peloton last week and realized they have added Netflix to their bikes. Now you can watch your shows while tracking your workout. So I gave it a try. I work out one episode of Selling Sunset at a time haha. The episodes are between 30 to 40 minutes. So I work out at least that long. Then I will do a 10 minute arm work out.

So I feel happy that i can keep up with my shows now, just not on the sofa.

Everyone is talking about Emily In Paris but I need to finish Selling Sunset before I start working out to Emily In Paris haha

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Work & Money Update

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Well the auditors came two weeks ago and they showed up at 4pm on a Friday. Yikes lol Long story short we passed with a minor deficiency so we will remain open it seems. My office is awaiting their final letter to officially be in the clear but it seems we passed.

I like it because well I didn't want to find another job. I hate change. What I did learn in the midst of all this, is that other jobs pay more. So I will definitely keep that in mind. I get paid well but its nice to know the market value of your position out there.

I started tracking my expenses last month because I want to get my financial shit together. Im good with money but I was on maternity leave for 5 months and the new expenses with a baby aren't cheap as you all know. Now that i have been back to work for a month and was able to track my spending for the month of August its time to double down and bring certain expenses down so I can build my savings up again.

Having my savings while i was off on maternity leave allowed me to live comfortably while i stayed home. So i am more than determined to grow it even more. I know having savings helps but when you think you don't need it maybe you don't save as much. And this just showed me why I should always save. But now i want to save more!!

I started making my iced coffees at home since last week. I brew my own coffee but when out I'd pay for iced coffee so I stopped myself lol I learned on tiktok how to make my own pumpkin cream foam for my iced coffee so i don't have to pay $10 at Starbucks for that seasonal drink haha

I'm doing two no spend days during the week as well and Eating out twice a week only. This is just to start. I need to just cut back a bit so i can rebuild my savings.

Anyways, hope you all are doing great!!!

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Meeting Montana Boy

I am 41 calling him Montana boy haha. Here is the story.

It was 2021 and the world was starting to distance itself from the harsh Covid restrictions. The whole year I had been taking a trip or two a month. I was single and needed it for my mental health.

I went through a break up in 2018/2019. I chose to walk away from a relationship where he wasn't sure if he wanted children or I felt it was me because he would always say he wanted kids so i don't know. So I decided to walk away from a really chill relationship because I didn't want to resent him later for being childless. I felt if I didn't have children because I didn't have the opportunity to try because I was single or in menopause Id be okay with that vs not having kids because I was waiting on him and it was too late.

Covid hit shortly after so here I was newly single, depressed, and now living alone when the whole world shut down. I didn't do so well. In that time I started a podcast to keep myself busy and I bought a peloton so i could just work out at home.

As the world opened up I started traveling. I went to so many places. In November 2021, I went on a girls trip to Montana. The goal was to go to Yellowstone. Not going to lie this trip was inspired by the show. We had a full itinerary. We would only be there 5 days. We decided the first night we would just go out to dinner in Bozeman and check the city out. We had dinner and then went to a local dive bar.

Two guys approached us and one was very chatty and the other was not. The chatty boy was trying to get me to talk to the mute one haha. So because I had a few drinks I said why not here is my phone number. He text me later and asked if I could go have dinner with him while we were in town. I told him I couldn't because the girls and I had a set schedule. He told me he coincidently was moving to LA with his chatty friend who already lived here and would like to take me out then. I said sure why not thinking this would Never happen. We would text here and there and then the next month he text me he was in LA and would like to take me on that date. I said don't you want to wait a week or two to settle in and he said no. So we went out. He seemed cuter than I remembered. And so as dinner progressed i said to myself okay if he asks i can definitely see myself going out with him again. Lets just say we saw each other 5 times in a week. We hit it off.

Fast Forward to the present, I am a mommy to a sweet 4 1/2 month old boy. I don't know what the future holds for me and Montana Boy but I do know that my son is the best thing to ever happen to me. I never thought I would be a mom. I had accepted that I wasn't going to be one and was content. But I am so glad God allowed me the opportunity to meet my son.

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Work Update

Hi everyone!!

Well its been a couple weeks since I have been back to work and I was so sad to see how many people left and how sad the whole office felt. I don't blame people for looking for another job. I mean in this economy we all need security. A coworker told me when they were told we might be shut down how my fellow coworkers took it. Some freaked out because they had just bought a house or their kid was going to college this year. We all need money to survive.

So obviously I felt sad to return to a company half the size of what it used to be. The auditors haven't been back yet so its still all up in the air. I myself interviewed for another job but i didn't like a few things about how they went about things so I declined it. But also their health insurance sucked.

My works insurance right now with my hospitalization for having my baby and my re-hospitalization for postpartum preeclampsia a few days after only cost me $670. I ran the numbers for this job I interviewed for and I would have been responsible for $10,400 on the insurance they provide. Yea, I like to run the numbers lol

So for now I will wait it out but keep an eye open for any new jobs I may consider interviewing for.

I will also try to write a post about how me and my Montana guy (he isn't from Montano but thats what he is known as) met since I have not updated you all on that haha I just decided to show up here with a post about having a baby after all this time haha

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Hello Fellow Tumblr Bloggers

Its been a while that I have really gotten on this app. I have kind of been through a lot in the last two years.

Since we last may have "talked" I have become a mommy to a beautiful baby boy. Im currently on maternity leave but am scheduled to return next week to what may be a very stressful job more than when I left it. My job was audited while I was on maternity leave and apparently it didn't go well and were set to close. They appealed the decision and have gotten a 90 day extension and another chance for another audit to redeem themselves with their plan of correction.

I was devastated initially that i would be laid off but i still have a job during the extension so I guess i will go back. I was very blessed to be able to have taken 5 months off. 4 months being with my boy.

It hasn't been easy. After having my son i got admitted for postpartum preeclampsia which i have ptsd from but i am happy to be alive.

I think I will write about my experiences as a first time mom at the age of 41. It definitely brings a different perspective to motherhood I am sure. Also most of my friends are moms and thier kids are going to college so as you can see we are on different chapters haha

I do hope everyone is doing great!

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So … this one I messed up on. I didn’t realize until I was done that I put the decal upside down smh. So I gifted it to my boyfriend so he could drink his beers out of haha 🎃 Major fail

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Cute coffee cow print Libbey glass can for the coffee drinker who wants to make statement 😉🐮

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Check out our new Witch’s Brew Libbey glass can to get you into the Halloween spirit 🎃

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New Halloween Starbucks Inspired Glass Libbey Can w/ bamboo lid and two straws 🎃

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New Halloween Glass Libbey Can w/ bamboo lid and two straws 🎃

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Started an Etsy shop on a whim ah

I only have two coffee mugs up. I hope to add more.

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Cooking at Home

This year I want cook at home more. I don't eat out as often but I noticed I did a few times a week. So I want to minimize it as much as possible this year and see how I do. Will this make me a better cook? I think so hehe

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After more than 2 months off we are back. On this ep of the #podcast we talk about a movie I sadly had never watched: Dirty Dancing. We also talk about the Netflix Jeffrey Dahmer series. Join us 🎙️ #NowPlaying #NowStreaming #JeffreyDahmer #Neftlix #PatrickSwayze #DirtyDancing #SoCal #LosAngeles https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj1wJY3rYzA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Ewww

What’s with the new tumblr app logo?

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I’m here to remind you to hydrate and smile! I hope you have a sweet sweeeet day ☁️ oh also, I’m proud of you for doing your best it’s good enough

Thank you

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Long distance

Have any of you guys had a long distance relationship? If so, how did it go? Is it doable?

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HELLO!!???

Thought about some people I haven't seen things from, and you ran across my mind. How are you and things?

Hey. Things are great. I have been logging on and reading posts but I never have time to write it seems lol I should make an effort to write more hehe