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I thought I'd write a blog post while I've got a minute.  Channing is currently waking up from a nap and Justin doesn't get home from work for another 30 minutes.  I've got pizza dough rising and no good shows to watch on hulu, so I guess it's bloggin time!

I accepted a PRN night shift RN job at Mountain View Hospital in Labor and Delivery.  Earlier today I had to get a babysitter for Channing so I could fill out paper work, get a drug test, and a TB test.  Channing would not let go of me when it was time for me to leave him with the babysitter.  He cried and cried.  Sometimes he's much more grumpy when I have to leave him, but most of the time he's okay.  Just breaks my heart.

But luckily I spend most of my time at home so he gets lots of mommy time.  Here's picture from earlier this week when he jumped on my back and started pulling my ponytail.  I think he thought he was riding a horse....


Now I would like to talk about Zumba.  After getting a gym membership I started checking out some of the classes.  I've done kick and core, stroller bootcamp, and Zumba.  I figured Zumba would be pretty easy.  I honestly thought I wouldn't break a sweat.  Boy was I wrong.  After about 10 minutes I was dripping in sweat.

I go to zumba in the evening after Channing is in bed.  It's really fun and you get a work out without even realizing it.  I think my dance moves have gone from like a 1 to a 5 since I started zumba (on a 0-10 scale).  So yeah, I'm pretty great.  Just kidding.  I look ridiculous.  There must be something in my DNA that just means I can't dance.  I attempt it, but it doesn't look very nice.  The class is usually about 90% Latina ladies.  And there must be something in their DNA that makes them good at dancing.  There's a lot of salsa moves in Zumba so I'm just the white girl that attempts to dance.  But I don't care what I look like.  Because it's fun!  Some of those dance moves are hilarious!  There's one I call the gasser swooshing move.  It kinda looks like your fanning a gasser from your behind.  I must be doing in wrong....  Lol.  
Doesn't matter if your big or small, everyone shakes it in Zumba!

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