5/27 - 6/1

Last week was very busy again...now I feel like I can breathe because my schedule dies down significantly from now on really until the end of the summer.  Child care is just about over.  I have VBS, but I have gotten a lot done for that already and it's just little stuff.  I am amazed how relaxed I feel now that my schedule is much lighter.  Even with Rob being gone in St. Louis, I expected stress, but I have been feeling peace.  I miss him, but I think God orchestrated he would be gone this late in the spring at a time when most of my child care and church responsibilities are over.  Last week I swam Wednesday morning with the triathletes, swam at VB's lake Thursday night which was awesome (I can swim open water!), and then ran 3 miles Friday.  Saturday & Sunday we were at Tadmor and very busy...lots of walking.  Yesterday I gardened a good part of the day.  My exercise is very limited with Rob gone.  My hope is to be able to bike one day, Group Power one day, run at the track one day, and possibly open water swim one day.  If that's all I can do this week, I will be happy.  I can pick it back up again when Rob is home.

OK so now it's Sunday and here's what I did this week.  Monday - no exercise but lots of gardening.  Tuesday - I biked at Minto Brown Park for about an hour.  Biked with clips and it helped the park was not very busy.  The rain held off and it was a great ride.  Wednesday -  took Kara with me to the gym.  Felt slightly guilty about not driving for the play rehearsal, but they did have enough drivers.  With Rob gone,  I can't do everything.  I went to Power and it was so good to be at Power again.  I did all the push ups on my toes.  My arm muscles are so much stronger from swimming & gardening.  Kara did great in the child care.  Thursday - no exercise, kind of a busier day.  Friday - no exercise, child care kids here all day.  Last Friday of child care.  Saturday - took all three kids with me to the gym.  Derek & Hailey went to Kids Strong and Kara to child care.  All three did so well--no complaints.  I swam for about 40 minutes and it was good to be in the water...did a workout off Swim Plan.  Sunday - open water at VB's lake.  Weather was perfect today and Shauna texted me last minute and wanted to take the kids.  So sweet of her.  I swam about half hour.  I still don't swim in a straight line and was veering off, but I am doing so much better.  Hoping to swim with the triathletes once school lets out.

Good week of exercise even with being solo mom.  :)  I have help Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday this coming week and can take kids to the gym again on Friday...maybe even Thursday too.

May 11 - 18

It's been a better week!

Monday - Ran 4 miles

Got out the door a little after 6 AM.  Perfect weather.  Really good run.

Tuesday - Rest Day

Wednesday - Swam 1 hour

I felt a little off with my form and even felt like I was scissor kicking at times.  It was a good workout though.  New goggles are awesome.  No fogging up anymore.

Thursday - Rest Day

Planned on going to Power but set the alarm for PM.  :(  Haven't done that one in awhile.  Hailey had swim team and dinner was not ready until 7PM.   I had church work to do so I needed to stay home in the evening and couldn't get out to the gym.  But I have been doing so much gardening that I have been getting the lifting in.

Friday - Biked about 45 minutes

Biked at Minto Brown.  I drove there and biked the perimeter of the back in my clips the whole time.  Still a little scary. Especially when people don't yield to bikes--I really don't know why they do this.  I biked at 5 PM which is a busier time...going to try a morning soon.

I cannot remember what I did the rest of this week...I think I ran on Sunday.  I don't think I worked out on Saturday because that was a really busy day.

Yucky Week

It's been kind of a rough week here in a couple different ways.  We all got hit with this cold and while it only knocked most of us out for a day (I was at my worst Sunday) we've all been fatigued and generally irritable.  Derek cried off and on from 5:30 PM until bedtime last night--and he's not a toddler anymore.  He's six.  Kara has had so many meltdowns the last couple days I lost count.  So much emotion.  It doesn't help the weather is awful.  It rained the entire day yesterday--no sun breaks where we could go outside.  Gray, miserable, zero sunshine.  Unfortunately we could have a few more days of it.  It makes us all very very stir crazy after having so many nice days already.  Last night I was tired at 7 PM I skipped Bible Study and fell asleep on the couch from 7:30 - 8 which I never ever do.  It's been hard to get up in the morning.  This morning was the first in a couple I felt rested, but I still feel fatigued and irritable.  It was a rough morning getting the kids off to school, getting child care kids in, and getting Rob off to grocery shopping.  I almost lost it.  I have done zero exercise this week mostly because I have not had the energy and I feel like I need to get caught up on everything I didn't get to over the weekend--I laid around most of the weekend because I felt feverish.  All I can say is I am ready for this week to be over.  New week ahead.  We all need it!