RunKeeper Shared Fitness | Running Activity

RunKeeper Shared Fitness | Running Activity

YMCA

Tuesday Elise and I finally signed up for the Y. Now we just have to try to work the Y into our schedules. Tricky, that. Even though I seem to have all sorts of time, I need to coordinate with Blake for babysitting, or put Hera in the daycare at the Y. Which is probably fine, but I don't know that we are quite ready for that. I also have Elise's schedule to think about. We want to work out together at least a couple of times a week. We can either go on her lunch hour, or wait till after she is done with work. Today we went during her lunch, and that was ok. We will have to get ourselves organized in order to make the best of the 1 hour we have before she has to get back to her desk. The good thing about going at 11 was that there were plenty of parking spaces. We were able to do 20 minutes on the Eliptical machines, and that was ok. If we were just walking around my neighbor hood we would have done longer, but today was a good day to workout indoors. It got pretty hot, and there were fires nearby, so the air quality was not good. I am glad that we got the memberships, and I hope we use them well.

New Schedule

Last week school started for my boys. My schedule is all off because of it. I am still staying up too late, so I am having a hard time getting going in the morning. I am bound to miss the alarm clock soon and make everyone late! Also, I got sick last weekend because I guess I haven't been drinking enough water. I tried to cut out Diet Cola, but didn't replace it with anything. I thought I lost a bit of weight, but it was probably just water that I lost. I ended up getting a UTI on Friday night that would not go away. Saturday, after pounding down at least 12 cups of liquid- oj, soymilk, cranberry juice, and water- I went to the doctor. She said I was a little dehydrated! So now I am really trying to make sure I drink enough all day. I was pretty wiped out all weekend. Meds seem to be doing the trick, though, and I am feeling pretty normal now.

Elise and I finally went to the YMCA and signed up. I hope we get to use it enough to get our money's worth. That is sort of the point, though. Gotta use it if we paid for it. Also, it should give us some variety, as well as an air conditioned place to work out. Now we just have to find the time to go together!

Ice Skating with Malcolm

Today I got to go Ice Skating with Malcolm. It was a summer scout activity--the final event of the summer. I haven't been skating since High School. I actually hung onto my skates for a long time--I only gave them up after one of our moves here in California. It just didn't seem right to hang onto them and never use them. Wish I had them today, though. I would have felt that much cooler with my own skates. As it was, I was happy that I could still skate. Malcolm was pretty hesitant to go. I just had to really insist. He was great! He went around the rink 2 or 3 times, hugging the side, and didn't fall once. He had fun, although he thought it was freezing cold. He was amazed that they could keep the rink so cold when it was so hot outside. (I actually thought the rink was a little too warm for good ice!)

I think I will be sore tomorrow from the skating. I don't think I got my heart rate up too much, but I did get going pretty good and could see ice skating as a possible exercise activity. I wonder if Elise would like to join me?

Walking.

I have been walking quite a bit this week, both with Elise and on my own. I actually walked long enough and fast enough that I got all sweaty and needed a cool down. I forgot how sweaty you can get when you have been working hard and then stop. The heart races on, while the body rests. I have to remind myself to keep moving until my heart slows down. I think that needing a cool down shows me that I am actually pushing myself. And it feels pretty good after the sweating and heart pumping stops.

Social Life

I was talking to my mom yesterday and she asked how my social life was. I didn't have much of an answer. I spend pretty much all of my time with my kids. I do walk with Elise, and we have gone out shopping and had our hair done together, so I guess that counts. We even have plans to go to a movie soon. And today I got to have lunch with Priscilla and friends.

Priscilla is the first friend I met in California, and one of the most social people I have ever met. 2 weeks after moving here, the boys and I were going stir crazy in our little apartment, so we ran away to a park. Priscilla was there. She was supposed to be meeting someone, but the other party did not show. So she made friends with me. She has two boys, one Roman's age and another a year younger. She invited me to join their Friday playdates. Each Friday, I found my way over to The Boat Park so that Roman could play with these great kids- Elijah, Baba, Bryce and Quinn, Ethan, and others. Of course I got to have grownup mommy talk while the kids played. It was fun in the California sun! So we did that for a while, and then we started going out as moms once a month just for fun. We became good friends, but then Priscillia moved away. Now whenever she comes to town, she gets a group of girls together for dinner. We go to this nice little Italian place downtown to eat, and then usually close down a coffee shop nearby. It takes a lot of talking to catch up. We talk about our kids, and our husbands, and our friends, and our selves. We talk plans, and fears, and old adventures. We talk and laugh until we almost lose our voices, and then we talk and laugh some more. It's very therapeutic.

I really wish Priscilla hadn't moved. As I said, she is the most social person I have ever met. I would love to recreate that energy. I have learned a lot from her about how to be a friend. I need to try to put more of that into practice. She has lots of friends at once, and seems to manage them all. I am more like my boys--One friend at at time. I think that is something I can work on.

Tired

Didn't do much in the way of exercise today. Too tired from staying up too late. I did get a few things done around the house, though. (Found my high school diploma, and my college transcript--I need both to apply for jobs.) And I took Hera and the boys over to the Library park after dinner. We walked over and played a bit and walked back. It was something, at least. And now I am up late again for no good reason.