Running around

Today is just a beautifully clear and crispy Michigan day...I should be outside enjoying the sun and getting some movement. Because I work for the YMCA I get a free membership but I don't seem to use it as much as I should. Plus with lovely days I should take advantage of the outdoors! Maybe I'll get Jon to walk with me along the Kent Trails. Mom and Dad bought me some great Nordic Walking Poles which I want to use more.
Yesterday we had a 2 hour school delay at my site which meant I still needed to be there by 6:30am just had to stay an additional 2 hours on top of the normal schedule. It really wasn't even that snowy. So after I got done, instead of heading home to GR or errands elsewhere I decided to stay around the area and keep busy. I started at Target where I quietly looked through the maternity section. It was nice and empty because it was midday. I grabbed a bunch of stuf and headed for the dressing rooms. It's weird to see yourself looking differently in a mirror. I have taken double takes of myself because the Laura in my mind's eye is supposed to look a certain way and the mirror-Laura is morphing into something different. I think I'm in that chubby looking stage where you might not ask me if I'm pregnant out of fear that I'm just packing on the holiday pounds.
Anyway, I found some good, comfy finds. They seem to make maternity clothes from the softest fabrics! I bought 2 long sleeves and a dress that could pass as non-maternity too. Very comfy :)
After Target I drove to Field's Fabric, used my Xmas gift certificate to by 3 fabrics to make into a mobile. I am trying to work on monthly sewing projects and a mobile is first because it doesn't have to be perfect and I won't feel depressed if the animals are a little strange looking :)
From Target to Subway- yum. Then to the Library to read some favorite magazines (People, Psychology Today, Real Simple), I love it because I'm not buying them or having to deal with the recycling after they phase out.
Then finally back to finish out the after school care at the site. I didn't feel at all bad about putting in Aladdin for the kiddos to watch for the last hour, even though I know my boss is anti-movies. Friday movies are a good treat.