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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

the incredible shrinking woman



do you remember that movie... i barely do.

so maybe i'm not incredible... but i AM shrinking. yep. all my life i've been 5'8"... every time i had to go to the nurses office for one of those school weigh in's i was 5'8". all throughout my pregnancy i was 5"8".

at my six month well check after z was born i measured 5'7". we measured twice just to be sure i'd actually lost an inch. weird, but no biggie compared to all the other stuff your body goes through during pregnancy. i figured i'd streach back out eventually.


today at my well check, i measured in at 5'6".
"66" the nurse said
"that's 5'6", right?"
"that's right"
"but i'm 5'8""
"no, you're 5'6""
"measure again"
"okay...yep, 66"
"humpf"


so i asked my doctor what that's all about... and he said we shrink as we get OLDER.
as if that wasn't bad enough he put me on a diet and made me agree to exercise three times a week. poo on him.
so, on a completely different note... i signed up for PTA tonight at z's parents night. i'm pretty sure i don't have to do anything though. not sure i'll have time with all this exercising i'm gonna be doing.
i don't know how some moms (like my sisters) do all this stuff and keep it together. i had to make a sign and hang it by the front door so i would remember to pack z's two healthy snacks each day. i'm so on information overload.

6 comments:

kristen lewis said...

Oh, what I would give to shrink a few inches...

Carrie Maxwell said...

tall is beautiful... and you my dear are lovely. :)

Steph said...

HAHAHAHAHAAAA! You said we have it all together. Now, THAT's funny.

mom said...

Well, I hate to be the one to break it to you, since you are already bummed, but 66" is 5'5" not 5'6". Sorry.

Steph said...

by the way, i remember that movie. and i wanted to be her. i thought it would be so cool to live in a barbie house.

mom said...

Ummm...it's a good thing I'm an accountant and not a mathematician. It's 5'6". I'm a dork.