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HI I’M JANI – RUNNING MOM

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#thisisforme . Weekends always feel the most chall #thisisforme
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Weekends always feel the most challenging to me, being home with both kids and my husband. I feel like its two constant days of giving them my everything.
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When I was younger weekends meant long runs and long naps, enjoying an abundance of โ€˜me-timeโ€™ , it was all about running and recovering, it was bliss ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฉ
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These days my weekends are filled with some of the most special moments,magical family moments. But they are also most surely followed by emotionally exhausting moments ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ being a parent will most definitely be the hardest and most rewarding experience of your life..๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜โค๏ธ taking care of little emotional beings that are still learning how to deal with emotions can take so much from you yourself emotionally, I think that is the hardest part for me is the emotional part. Not the physical exhaustion, but the emotional exhaustion that is the most challenging.staying calm and in control when you yourself also just want to throw a tantrum ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคญ
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So on a Monday I get to take a breath ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ถ after dropping them off at school and kissing my husband goodbye for work, I get to go for my run -because you cant give from an empty cup - #Thisisforme
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Hugs ๐ŸŒธ . These two โค๏ธโ˜บ๏ธ Lily now unders Hugs ๐ŸŒธ
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These two โค๏ธโ˜บ๏ธ Lily now understand what a hug is, and is is absolutely adorable, coz she just wants to give hugsโ˜บ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚ and Paul love giving her hugs back ๐Ÿฅฐ๐Ÿฅฐ
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Swipe to see all the hug / wrestling going on today, ๐Ÿ˜‚ the kids look super comfy in their new @cottononkids pajamas ๐ŸŒธPaul refused to take it off today, So I just left Lily in hers aswell ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ
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But as I type this, my coffee is cold and Iโ€™m sitting in the dark breastfeeding Lily (shes been awake/ asleep sice 19:50)... who seems to be coming down with flu or something ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜ž and my husband also doesnโ€™t seem to be feeling well, Paul also said that heโ€™s not feeling well but I brushed it off as him being tired coz he basically missed his nap today... and me well... Iโ€™m trying to tell myself that Iโ€™m not also getting whatever they have, because I donโ€™t even want to think about being sick when I have to take care of others ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ถ
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Please can this day end now ๐Ÿ˜ž๐ŸŒธ

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Quick Trail โค๏ธ . This morning I decided to kee Quick Trail โค๏ธ
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This morning I decided to keep driving and go for a bit of a trail run๐Ÿฅฐ oh goodness was it nice! 
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I also loved finally testing my @asics_za Fujitrabuco Max ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿคฉ Mannnnn these shoes are incredible!? Definitely gonna go for a longer run tomorrow to stretch them a bit further and see how they feel on going the distance. But as for my short run today, they were amazing , it felt like running on clouds! Seriously I didnโ€™t feel any rocks, total support๐Ÿคฉโญ๏ธ
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Canโ€™t wait to review these babies further ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒธ

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Honestly my transition from 28 to 29 and maybe sti Honestly my transition from 28 to 29 and maybe still to go up to 30 feels a bit eye twitching! ๐Ÿฅบ๐Ÿ˜‚ I mean WTF people?! Iโ€™m where Iโ€™ve wanted to be for so long, what I imagined would be the best time of my life. My own business, & working with my husband on his business, two kids, with allot of flexibility in my day.
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Every few years Iโ€™ve been able to see or realize when Iโ€™m going through a big change, a life shift if I can call it that, like new phase that gets grown into, & it is though ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ˜ž
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Change & then uncertainty of the unknown has the ability to freak us out a bit. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜
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My husband & I find ourselves in a very difficult phase in out lives. Two small kids, who we love so much, but it can be allot most days, lol or every day๐Ÿ˜ฑ๐Ÿ˜ฅ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคญ, & you wonโ€™t understand it till youโ€™re there,
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Complete & utter financial uncertainty. Working so hard towards things we hope will pay off in the future. Whilst were not even sure how were gonna pay some things the next month..๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜ถ
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Fighting and not getting along at all, ๐Ÿ˜ฆ๐Ÿ˜‘itโ€™s like amazing one minute and then chaos the next. Little sleep, stress, constantly putting someone elseโ€™s needs above yours. ๐Ÿ˜žit can lead you to crack hey, ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ
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And when I saw this picture it was like a light went on... ๐Ÿ’ก I have to stop resisting whatever changes are happening, try as hard as I can to adapt to them. Make peace with the life that I might be outgrowing ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ˜ž no matter how sad it feels to let go of things, and TRY to accept the next phase and hopefully then things will feel a bit better. 
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Becoming a Mom of two is a big shift, you give so much of yourself on a constant basis to someone else...some days I feel like Iโ€™m actually mourning my old life, ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿฅบevery day after dropping the kids at school I get so caught up in the nostalgia and memories of younger years that I feel I might be overshadowing my present life, procrastinating on my current life... 
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Iโ€™m gonna try & stop that now... I need to find a new way to be confident & achieve my goals.

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Night 3 of Solo patenting ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ . It has truly Night 3 of Solo patenting ๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜
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It has truly not been that bad, Iโ€™ve not lost my shit once with the kids๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿฅณso that is always a win, ๐Ÿ˜‚ but what I am sorry about is missing our run tonight because of the rain, it was very light rain, but I canโ€™t run with them in it...๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ and the whole idea of the three of us going for a run is, itโ€™s a way to waste some time before dinner and bath - โญ๏ธ
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The kids get kids get kinda emotional here close to the end of the week when my husband goes away, itโ€™s like we all miss him and were all kinda swimming in emotions and it can clash a bit if not guided ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿคญso the pram run usually helps.
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But tonight I ended up going to the store with them when I saw itโ€™s raining... and we needed some pizza ๐Ÿ˜‚ But it was quite the mission ๐Ÿ™„ Paul whines, Lily whines... Paul cries ... and so on, 
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But despite some challenges we made it to bedtime, and when Lily pushed me away when she was feeding so she can chat and make noises, I felt like crying - I really just need her to go to bed easily tonight , and then Paul said those dreadful words โ€˜ Mamma ek voel nie leke nie โ€˜ ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ต
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I literally went downstairs made them both a bottle, gave it to them , closed the door and left and sofar it seems they are both sleeping?๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป please lets hope it stays that way!
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Holding Back ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜• . I feel like Iโ€™m for some Holding Back ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜•
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I feel like Iโ€™m for some irrational reason too scared to run..๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ Iโ€™m scared of how hard it feel to get back to where I was before I got pregnant with Paul... or even before I got pregnant again with Lily..
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Getting back into the easy and amazing running routine I had feels absolutely impossible. And thatโ€™s simply because it is... I have two kids now, and my whole lifestyle has changed, Iโ€™m sleep deprived half the time and my anxiety creeps up on me like crazy?! ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ™„
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And the most absurd thing of it all is that with my new โ€˜careerโ€™ (haha can I even call it that?๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜‚) I am so flexible to work my run in when it suits me , but still I actively try to avoid it every other day...
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It feels so hard to get back to where I want to be, so hard in fact that the effort I need to put in scares me,I wish things were as easy as when I thought it was hard๐Ÿ˜‚ when running every morning at 4-5am felt difficult ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคญ now I have the time yet Iโ€™m constantly holding myself back. Iโ€™m so stuck in my own head?! Why is that though?
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If it was easy, everyone would be doing it...
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Hard work will pay off...
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Consistency is the key...
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All these sayings and yet no remote motivation comes up..๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ I honestly think Mom guilt is my biggest enabler to this consistent โ€˜holding-backโ€™ behavior..๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ™„ but I have no idea hoe to get rid of that feeling?!
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Moms, raise your hands if you feel me? ๐Ÿ™‹๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธor maybe itโ€™s just me and Iโ€™m loosing my marbles ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคช๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ถ
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Double Stroller Run ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต . Todayโ€™s run was h Double Stroller Run ๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต
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Todayโ€™s run was hard but Iโ€™m so glad I got to it, more like, forced myself a bit, especially after both kids were basically a bit fussy as I loaded them into the pram...๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿคญbut Iโ€™m solo parenting this week with my husband away for work , so I have to , have to force myself to stick to a routine, otherwise all hell will break loose ๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿคญ
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So we went for a run, had dinner, bathed and in bedโญ๏ธ
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My day didnโ€™t work out as planned, I wanted to run this morning to kick my day off on a positive note but - it rained ๐Ÿ™„ and I wanted to have my diapers washed and dry by the end of the day so I could sort the washing before getting the kids from school, but it rained ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ I also didnโ€™t finish sewing as much as I wanted- so then my anxiety started kicking into high gear๐Ÿคญ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ™ˆ thats when I knew, I HAD to go for a run, even if it was with both kids, otherwise Iโ€™d end up with a bad start to what could be a chaotic week ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ
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It was hard and they were heavy, both making turns asking and moaning for something having me stop what feels like every 500m๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„ so that was super annoying and such hard work, gaining momentum with the very heavy stroller only to be stopped again ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅต๐Ÿฅตbut we survived, I had to basically have a coco-pop ready to put in Lilyโ€™s hand, every time she lifted her hand ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ the things we do Moms.. the things we do..๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚
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Both kids in bed now, now for a big cup of coffee and some washing to fold , school bags to prep๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

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My Blom ๐ŸŒธ . Lily you make me so happy! Your per My Blom ๐ŸŒธ
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Lily you make me so happy! Your personality is starting to really shine through & your becoming your own human more and more every day! ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿค— I love it! 
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You are so spontaneous & happy, & where Paul refuses to get his hands dirty, you just go for it ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ oh my goodness you are always so dirty & messy ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ™ˆ no matter how clean I try to keep you! Iโ€™m  too nervous to even put @little_monsters_za stock on you for casual pictures ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคญ
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You are very adventurous & you go where you want to or try your best despite everyone always picking you up ๐Ÿ˜‚you want to walk so badly, & your close ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿคฉ
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You are such a grabber ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿคญnothing is safe from you hands๐Ÿ˜‚ you love food, especially tomatoes at this point ๐Ÿ˜‚ you are so busy and I donโ€™t get a minute to rest when you are in a high chair, & when your on the ground itโ€™s even worse๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ but your so easy for the most part, we enjoy you so much!๐Ÿ˜… You make poor Paul have to cover for his wickets half the time coz you just want all his toys, but I think you just want to play with him thats all.๐Ÿ˜‚โค๏ธ
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You can give hugs, you can say Mamma๐Ÿฅฐ you try to say Blom & your first unofficial sentence was โ€˜Kyk Da!!โ€™ And its hilarious when you say it ๐Ÿคฃ๐ŸŒˆ
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You are my wild child for sure๐ŸŒธMy Lily of the Valley ๐Ÿฅฐ

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So that was Fun - NOT! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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My run did ton go as planned ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿฝโ€โ™€๏ธ At about 1km jn I realized that I needed to pee so badly, and usually Iโ€™m up for a little wee if the run is going great, but today not so much ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿ˜•
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I donโ€™t think Iโ€™ve ever engaged my pelvic floor as much as I did on this run๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿคฃ I was trying to keel it in so bad , haha but I soon rea I was not gonna make it and even though I gave it my all to try and make the run as best as it could be it was a , โ€˜letโ€™s just turn around and go homeโ€™ type of run...
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Meh, somedays it happens, ๐Ÿ˜•๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ tomorrow we try again! ๐Ÿคฉ๐Ÿ˜ฌ 
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I have to say, I think Iโ€™m entering an older age now..(duh!)๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜ but mu body is doing all wack kinda things, my skin is so bad and breaking out, my hormones are all over the place, tired Coz Lily is havenโ€™t a bad sleeping week again....๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
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And other Ladies or Mommies going through weird transformations?๐Ÿคท๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ŸŒธ getting older is weird...

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