One Step at a Time

What’s not to like about this day? Sloppy kisses, homemade crafts and cards, dinner out …. it’s all good.

Hope you moms had a fitting day, and I hope you all got a chance to hug a mom today.

Good: My ankle is feeling much better today. Nothing that the hot tub and rest couldn’t cure.
Not-so-Good: Hanging out here is bringing me phantom injuries … lol!
Good: I like hanging out with all of you … I’ll deal with the phantom injury issue.

Good:My supervisor finally called a meeting today to deal with the big issue with my colleague. Finally, our team may get some things straightened out.
Not-so-Good:Today is usually my day to work at home, writing curriculum in my pajamas.
Good:Getting dressed is fun, too. And, I’m saved from Curriculum Writing Hell.

Good:My running partner, Tara, is so easy to be with. She senses when to talk, when not to. That is a huge life skill! We had an awesome run this morning.
Not-so-Good: I’m not sure if she knows CPR.
Good:We pushed it to 7.33 k of running and walking this morning … and I didn’t need any CPR anyways. I may need it after swimming later, though.

Good:I lost the 10 lbs, so my first instinct is to REWARD myself. I bought new capri jeans and new panties and a new skirt yesterday.
Not-so-Good: I really need to get a handle on my reward spending. There just aren’t very fun rewards at the dollar store, unless you’re one of my kids.
Good:The jeans were on sale, and I justified the skirt by saying, “I need it for my trip.” (My husband really rolls his eyes at that one, and states that he can’t believe some clothing just can’t cross provincial boundaries…) Oh … and underwear is always on a “buy 3, get the 4th free” deal, which helps me feel so much better.

Happy Thursday!

One week from today, I leave for my conference in Vancouver. I am gone for four nights. Excited? Sure! I love the sound of the conference sessions, and I’ll have some free time in my favorite city, plus the excitement of my sister-in-law and I spending some 1:1 time together. Nervous? Sure! I always get nervous leaving my kids. Not in a debilitating way, but a nagging-in-the-gut way. My husband is a capable guy, but frankly, I just like being with my family. It will be a lovely break though.

I don’t even want to type this, because I’m thinking if I don’t type it, maybe nothing will come of it. I have a nagging pain in my ankle. I twisted it ever-so-wierdly yesterday at the playground (adult on balance beam = high potential for injury). It hurt sharply for a bit, and then was quite OK to walk home. Today, it’s ticking me off. I’m heading for a walk with Derek, and we’ll see how it goes ….

I needed some inspiration today, so (roll your eyes if you will), I needed to do this list. Know what? It actually helped. I ran 4.43 k today, without a pause. Yep, I’m grinning now.

14 Reasons Why Fitness Is Important to Me Now:

1. I love my family and my friends.
2. I wanna hang out with them for a long, long time.
3. I wanna hang out with my kids’ kids, too. And not from a comfy chair.
4. I like to wake up feeling strong and capable to take on the day.
5. I like knowing that I can run at a beach to catch a beachball that’s blowing away. Most days.
6. It may be vain, but I like to look down at my legs in a skirt and say to myself: “Hey, girl … not so bad ….
7. I like to wonder what my body can achieve, and then achieve it.
8. I feel eerily close to God when I am working my butt off: like I’m making my body do what he designed it to do: MOVE.
9. If my house started on fire or a really wierd burglar-guy that looked like Kiefer Sutherland broke into my house while my husband was on night shift (my list, my phobia), I’d want to be able to confidently put one child on my back and scoop up the other two and SPRINT the 60 metres or so to the neighbours.
10. I like meeting positive, fitness-minded, inspiring people.
11. I want to keep my heart and lungs so healthy that they’ll be in top place on the donor “I want” list. Nobody wants a heart covered in fat. Wastes time.
12. I like the mental “oomph” I get when I run or swim. Perhaps moreso I’m talking about running, because it’s not so natural to me. The oomph is kind of like the feeling you got when you were five or so, and your Dad took off your training wheels for the first time. That’s the closest description I can think of. I want to turn my head back and say, “Look! I’m running!”
13. I want to keep losing weight. Eating healthy gets me there as much as moving does.
14. I want fitness to be so normal in my life, like water or apples, that my kids just have it in them that this is something one does. You just do it.

Y’know, I should know better. On Saturday night, my husband had a first aid competition so we had the dinner / dance / night away in a hotel deal. I had way too many Ceasars … and yes I do know that they’re the highest caloric drink that one could choose. I wasn’t sick yesterday, but I just felt like I had a film over me the whole day. I went for a walk to a children’s ministry meeting at our church, and felt like I’d ran 10k without training first. Yuck.

Live and learn. Going to run later this morning. Happy Monday, folks.