I was exhausted and it was only 11:35am! Welcome to Friday for the stay-at-home-mom! I left my cushy bank job for this? Marta, I know you are chuckling right about now! I had nothing but a few scraps left in the fridge/cabinets for kids lunches and Dad polished those off at 2am! What is a mother to do when the school rule is to order hot lunches the day prior?? I understand the reason behind the rule to prevent waste but it is still annoying! I then run around dropping everyone off at school and work and go to the store to get lunch stuff so I can run back home (for the 3rd time this morning) stuff it in the lunchbox (the Walmart bag would not have gone over well with the 1st grader) then run it to school just in time for the lunch bell to ring---WHEW! Oh, and of course I had to run back to my husband's office after the store to provide him with bananas and protein bars that he just couldn't live without today---OY do we need another car!! Finally by noon I make it to the gym, even though the house is still trashed from the morning rush. But I told myself to get into the gym for an hour, and you know what? Some things ARE getting easier.
Today I decided to give my joints and my feet (no Sarah, still no new tennis shoes yet! I know, I know!) a break and do 30 minutes of lap swimming. For a treat, I promised myself a few minutes of peaceful meditation in the sauna afterward. Talk about rejuvenated! Okay, the easier part....the stairs! Taking the stairs to the locker room didn't make my heart feel like it was going to explode! My knees weren't shaking when I got to the top. I turned around and looked down the stairs and smiled because I was only slightly out of breath and could even do more stairs! Maybe the strength training is working. 4 lbs and stairs....progress is progress no matter how little.
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