Things are looking up

So, do I dare write it... oops, I already did, in the headline. Hopefully I have not jinxed myself. I am having a good week. Baby C is five weeks old and I swear she smiled at me twice yesterday. Her smile is just gorgeous. How did I manage to have such a pretty baby girl? Love her!

The toddler man is adorable. He has been "hugging" his baby sis. Today he was calling her "sissy" after I was explaining to him that she is his sister. That's what I call my sister sometimes, so that really made me smile and feel happy that he will have a sister. Who is coming to visit us next week! I am ridiculously excited. It is tough living in a city with no family. I wonder how much work she minds doing, haha.

The teenager is in Iowa with his dad for spring break. Based on my Facebook snooping -- because teenagers really can't keep much to themselves -- it must be going OK, though he mentioned rabbit-hunting with a pistol in his grandma's garden. (They live in the country, but still, eep! I hope someone's watching him closely with that thing. The teenager is a city kid, not a country kid!)

I also had job interviews at three different places this week. Feeling good about that. Won't say any more as I am very superstitious about job stuff. I will hit the "been unemployed six-month mark" next week.

And, I *think* my post-partum roller coaster ride is slowing down, too. Maybe it's over. I hope so. There were some really dark moments in the last couple of weeks when I felt so down. But the last few days have been much better and less weepy.

And my running is going awesome! Let's talk about that. I am elated at how strong I feel. I've been doing a ton of cross-training, including yoga and Pilates and strength training (Jackie Warner, love this DVD) to help build my strength overall, and I'm running three times a week, 3-4 miles at a time. I started some interval work last week. I'd like to run a strong half marathon this fall and, maybe, even beat my personal best time of 2:12. Dream goal would be to go under 2 hours. We'll see how it goes.