Bells for Her

Its Saturday, and I was able to sleep in-an obvious sign that I am tired. Believe me, I was running on fumes by bedtime last night. I didn't have my little recharge my batteries 15 minutes of laying down after I got home from work, and then I had a houseful of kids to entertain. Its all good, but it does drain you. On top of it all, I woke up congested again this morning. Ah, spring. The time the pollen comes out to greet me. I just love allergies. But a little neti treatment, and it will help relieve some of it.
I am trying to do it medication free, and so far I have only had to break down and take sudafed once. It was at the very beginning of allergy season and I seriously couldn't get my nose to stop dripping and couldn't breathe.
Today will be busy, but not in a stressful way. I have some housework to do, as always, laundry (as always), I would like to get my hair cut, run a couple of errands, and relax. We have the youth group pilgrimage dinner tonight at church, and I have to get a blank videotape to record it. I think selling copies of the video would be a great add on fundraiser, but that's just me...
I also want to get a workout in this morning. My body so needs it, and I've got less than a month until the 5k. I really need to step up this training thing. I mean, I know I am not running a marathon or anything, but I need to get my butt on the treadmill and get my distance going. I've exceeded my fundraising goal, thanks to the generosity of my mother in law, sister in law and mother. That rocks! The Little Man's teacher will be running in the 10k the same day, so we promised we'd cheer each other on. She sent me the nicest email yesterday, saying that I did such an awesome job as class mom. That totally made my day.
I think things are starting to jell for me in my life, and that's a pretty awesome feeling. I have a plan to conquer the cleaning in my house. We stuck to my menu last week for dinners, and it made it so much easier to cook and clean up. It also made it easier for me to plan my eating all day long. However, that is something I seriously need to work on-my eating during the day. I have a lot of issues with that. I eat when I am not hungry at my desk at work. I find myself craving salty and sweet all day long. I did try munching on grapes, which seemed to quell some of the hunger, but not entirely. I wound up going and buying a chocolate chip cookie anyway. The other issue I have is that I feel like a slacker if I use my breaks to go walk, but I deserve it. I think its because of the folks I share my office with-they don't do that, so I don't either...I can hear my grandmother's voice in my head now "If they all jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, would you do that too?" 2 15 minute breaks every day of walking=30 minutes of exercise everyday that's a bonus. I also have to get up and stretch several times a day from sitting at my desk. As well as making active choices-like taking the stairs rather than the elevator. Drinking water, not other stuff. Many years ago, I used to have a mini stair stepper under my desk so I could move during the day, and it really worked for me. I don't know if they still sell the steppers, but I've seen the bicycle ones. Its a thought...
Little Man is wide awake and ready to play. I am still waiting for the coffee to get me going this morning, and he is off to find spongebob bingo to play with me. Its better than him wanting to play wii all day!
I am waiting for the big man to wake up so I can go work out, now that the little man is up and about. I can multi task at the same time, and do some laundry. I have to stop thinking about this as torture and instead as something that is positive. I think its because I have this whole set of expectations-I need to run for x amount of minutes, then either do pilates or the bowflex, and don't forget the yoga! Its not that I am trying to punish myself...but there's a big part of me that really enjoys it. Actually I love to work out, but its this warped twisted way of thinking that if I don't have time to do the whole workout thing I've got planned in my mind, then I shouldn't do it at all. It harkens back to something my mother said on the phone with me the other day, "If you can't bother doing it right, don't do it at all". So it goes with working out. I obviously can't do the whole workout thing perfectly every morning just due to time constraints, but I can do part of it-and that will make me healthy just the same.
Just like if I eat healthy 80% of the time, its better than 0%.
The little man sees me making good choices most of the time, vs. never. Just like he sees me making an effort to keep the house tidy-it makes him more likely to pick up after himself. And it will help him to continue to grow and love.