What a Life!

I went out and got the mail Wednesday and it felt so nice to get out of the house and walk that I went back inside, got the boys dressed to go outside, put Ben in the jogging stroller and Joey in the sling, and we went for a walk. It felt great!

Now I’m paying for it.

My back hurts. My whole body ached last night. I even took some Aleve before going to bed. Then this morning I ventured out to get the mail and slipped and fell on dew that had turned into ice on the driveway. Ouch! Now my back really hurts.

And it’s warm today. 40 degrees. I want to go for a walk so bad.

We went to town yesterday. I stopped at the kids gear store we have in town and looked at the one double jogging stroller they had in stock. They had the InStep Safari which has a swivel wheel like I think I want. I still think I want a swivel wheel after pushing that one around a little in the store. I get so tired of having to pop-a-wheelie in order to turn the stroller. Supposedly that works better when you’re jogging, but I’m not a jogger so I don’t know.

The Dreamer Design Ditto Lite would be the corollary to the single jogging stroller I have right now. Again, I hate the fixed front wheel. Otherwise I have been very pleased with this stroller, and I use is about 5 times a week during the part of the year with nice weather.

If I were to stick with the same brand, I think I would get the Manhattan one. I’ve heard having two wheels makes it much easier to handle when you’re pushing the stroller filled with two children of dramatically different weights (aka not twins). But the price is a little out of my range.

Based on the reviews, my price range, and how long I think I’ll be using a stroller, I think the Schwinn Safari might also work.

It’s so hard to know which stroller to get. I would be using it today if I had one. Yes, even with my backache. It just felt so good to go walking. Ben loved going for walks. Joey is starting to notice his surroundings so I’m sure he would enjoy walks as well. And we could go to the park every day if we wanted. Walking adds so much to our lives – fitness and a chance to get out of the house without driving to town.

We have some leftover Christmas money and Steve and I both have birthdays in March. I’m thinking I might go ahead and buy a stroller next month after the credit card month-end cutoff (the 10th). Then I wouldn’t have to pay for it until April and by then I am sure I could come up with the money.

I know – you shouldn’t buy things with money you don’t have. Right now we have all these hospital bills from Joey’s surgery. But walking is so good for you and I’m so tired of being cooped up in the house. It isn’t good to be a couch potato either.

Baby crying – must go. At least I have steps to run up and down over and over during the course of the day.