Sunday Summary

Sometimes I wonder why I don't get around to saying something really profound. The kind of thing that would inspire you and make you think, "I'm so glad she is my friend." or "She's the kind of gal I wish I knew in person." Yes... it's not a secret that I wish I was consistantly amazing. Instead I'm amazing on occasion. Maybe when you encounter an amazing moment you think to yourself, "wow, that was amazing" or probably you don't think it at all you say to yourself, "man, she is FINALLY getting it a tinsy bit together." Why am I doing all the talking about ME being amazing? There's just not a lot of talk about me being amazing which I don't think is very fair because I'm trying with odds stacked against me. I should definitely get amazing points for just showing up for the day.

Still... we're still waiting for something profound to come out of this post. Or maybe we've long given up on the idea. Perhaps I'll settle with the idea of just keeping track of how life is right now. Perhaps over time the daily craze will evolve into something profound.

MONDAY

• I returned to the gym at the beginning of the week (the week prior I only made it in Fri & Sat). We arrived late to the kids club, so I worked fast. I decided to focus on my legs with weights. I put the machines on the lowest weight setting and I only do one maybe two reps of 15-20. It appears that I'm a total wimp.
• I count calories all day and the kids beg me to take them to Island's Restaurant for the school fund raiser.
• Jessica starts dance class.
• After going on line and reviewing the entree choices, I discover that most burgers are well over 1000 calories. I ask Jon to share the Toucan (chicken sandwich) with me so I only have 400 calories. Yeah me!!! Kids attend fund raiser - happy family.

TUESDAY

• My Gym class with Jayson. He LOVES it. He does not sit well during circle time but loves to be chased around the gym by mom or class instructor. I love that he has a place to go that for the most part is a "yes zone." Yes you may climb on that. Yes you can touch that. Yes you can run, jump, flip, or tumble. Yes you can be loud. Yes you can make a mess. Jayson is not afraid of heights. He does not feel a need to hold on while running across narrow bridges or beams. He is a hoot!!!!!
• Arrive at dance supply store. Before even looking at a shoes, have Jayson crash/trip/tumble or something that results in him biting down on his lip, screaming, and dripping blood all over. Add Jessica screaming, "he's bleeding, he's bleeding." Calmly (yet loud enough to be heard) say, "please go in the bathroom and get a paper towel!!!!" After all that, have sales lady ask if she can assist and then purchase tap and ballet shoes. (kind of seems like I should have done this step BEFORE her first dance class YESTERDAY).
• Lunch at McDonalds. They no longer have 4 chicken nuggets for $1, so kids got happy meals. I stuck with the yogurt parfait.
• Proceed to make homemade wheat bread and yummy spinach salad (with bacon, red onions, apples, strawberries, and candied pecans). Very delicious. Very time consuming.
• Send boys to cub scouts.
• Bring little kids to deliver bread and salad to our friend who recently lost her husband.
• Jon stayed late at scout meetings
• Help Jacob prepare his oral presentation for school.

WEDNESDAY

• Happy Birthday to my Sis!!!!
• Simultaneously exercise AND get basic house cleaning done. (I was at the gym although sometimes I wish I could pay someone to loose the weight for me. Remember I hired a house helper for cleaning - she came early).
• I have no conscious recollection of what else happened that day. It was either today or tomorrow when I started complaining about my feet hurting.

THURSDAY

• James stayed home from school because he had a fever last night. This always throws a kink in my plans.
• I intended on going to the funeral service, but I wasn't feeling well either. I also was really sad and didn't have the emotional stamina to go. So I stayed home with my kids and sent Jon to represent our family.
• This would be the day the my eating must have taken a turn for the worse because I stopped cataloging it in the food diary. Uh-oh.

FRIDAY

• Arrived ALMOST on time to gym today. After my ride on the stationary bike and my lite run on the elliptical, I focused on arms with free weights. I only did triceps and shoulders, but I used one ten pound weight instead of a pair of 5 pound weights.
• I volunteered in the Kindergarten classroom again. I made paint smocks out of old t-shirts and then assisted in the computer lab.
• I meant to run errands but was too tired.
• I figured that the foot cramps were because of the using weights for my legs. My thighs can handle a couple reps. My ankles and feet can't. So stupid.
• I helped with the 11 year old Scout Overnighter. I enjoyed delicious bites of Dutch Oven Peach Cobbler. My hair and apparel reeked of smoke.

SATURDAY

• I returned to the Scout Overnighter to help with clean up. They had a fire going, so my showered body was again exposed to that out-doorsy scent.
• I tried to run errands, but my head started pounding.
• That's the way the day dragged on and on for hours. Pounding head - blurry eyes, dizziness, nausea. Pounding. Pounding. More pounding. My legs started to ache with my feet too. I took a super hot bath. Eventually Jon was able to rub my shoulders to give some relief. I was finally able to go to sleep.
• I blame the arm weights. I'm a total wimp. I should only use the 3 pounders. I just can't take it. Man was that miserable!!!!!!

We bought a camera for Jacob's birthday. He has been making his own ridiculous videos. The boys love to make them and then watch them over and over. There's a longer skit I need to edit down to size, but here's a video clip of them being goofy that they LOVE to watch. Jacob especially loves his dramatic conclusion and he knows how to watch it on the computer and then rewatch the last 5 seconds over and over and over. He laughs SO HARD watching himself scream. There's been LOTS of laughter and screaming all week as this video has been viewed and shared repeatedly by Jacob. I suggest you turn your volume on LOW.