Lights out Juneau!

Snettisham is down because of an avalanche, causing all of Juneau to be on Diesel power all summer long. With the Diesel come WAY high prices....5 times the amount that we pay now. Juneau was asked to conserve. How may you ask...why by sitting in the dark, washing dishes by hand, not drying your clothes and try not to turn on the heater...etc. It has been a surreal experience....Fred Meyers has half it's lights turned on. Ian's class sits in the dark half the day....genji's lights at work (the state) has the lights deemed low....this is kinda like the twilight zone. I am in the same town, but somehow it is different ;)
I truly feel like a pioneer...i don't know if i like it. I hate dishes with a Passion...but yet i find myself having to wash them. I have been taking luke warm showers because the owner has turned down the water heater...ugh. Sitting in the dark has been the real challenge....Ian and sashi...just don't know what to do about this. We keep reminding them that if they are not in a room turn off the lights. I must tell them this 500 times a day. "But why mama, why do we." This is Ian's cry...haha.
I wonder what the cruise ships are going to do....they might have to pay out the nose this summer to light up their boats?? Well, wish us luck in keeping the bill down...yikes!

Working out is killing me!

So i am on the quest of getting into shape! I started this quest about a month ago watching what i ate, but now i am moving onto other things ... exercising. I started working out my upper body and now i have moved on to the lower body. I have to tell you...i am WAY out of shape. I did 20 sit-ups and 50 leg crunches as a start. The squats came next then the running. I did really well. I wasn't tired at all, UNTIL...the next day and night! Golly, what happened?!? I was walking around like an old lady. I couldn't stand up straight, my legs couldn't straighten out, at all, and my lower back was cramping like crazy. I started to panic on Saturday, when i found out that my body couldn't do the most simple thing...walking. I had rubber legs! I thought to myself, this is no good i need to walk or something ... get these muse ls working again. So i went for a hour and half walk. I have to say i think this was also a mistake. By the time i came home...my legs just didn't want to go up stairs or anything. I sat on the couch and just thought...ugh. Working out sucks.
I know that i must have done too much all at once. I really thought my legs could handle the work load....they carry me around all day. This was a big wake up call to work out slowly. I will continue to work out, but i think i should spread out the days. Maybe not everyday but every other.
Why does being healthy have to be so much work? :)

Love,
mia

Today is Sunday April 6, 2008.

Today i was pondering what sleep was. I know that sleep is something all animals and humans have to do. Most people need about 7 to 8 hours of it a night, some people need more or less. I know that without it our brains become silly or sometimes grumpy. But the thought kept me up, just what is sleep? My husband LOVES sleep. He talks so fondly of snuggling down with tons of pillows and blankets. He loves to brag how it only takes him a few seconds to fall asleep. He looks forward to sleeping and will do this as much as life will allow him to do so. I also enjoy sleeping. However, i have found that one can survive with hardly any. I have come to find this out after having children. My children have kept me awake for nearly 9 years....lol. My son loves to sleep, but he doesn't sleep well. He has been diagnosed with sleep apnea. He stops breathing randomly through out the night...causing him to be very restless. He also talks, walks and kicks in his sleep. I have found him many times sitting in bed eyes wide open and just staring around. I can talk with him and he will answer all of my questions....he is however, very much asleep! I remember one night i found him in the hall and i screamed because he scared me to death. He said he wanted to check the door. I told him the door was fine and that he needed to go back to bed. He had the wide eyes and i knew he was sleep walking....i have to tell you it is one of the strangest things to see.
I have a daughter who has many issues, but one issue has kept me up for nearly 5 years. She is always in pain. She can be up for hours in the middle of the night wanting me to "help" her with her hurting legs. We call these her flare-ups. She has been having these pretty much this whole last week and i have had very little sleep. So now i find myself asking the question what sleep is and what is the point of trying to get it. I already know the signs of sleep deprivation is.
1) eyes burning when you have just woken up.
2) Brain cant think at all for the first 2 hours after i am awake.
3) All i think about is chocolate and soda (caffeine and sugar)
4) I keep forgetting where my things are ....when they are right in front of me!

I want everyone to know....that i do function surprisingly well...for lack of sleep. I think the scary thing is...bodies do adapt.....but i wonder....will my body at one point want to make up the lost sleep?!?

Love,
mia