It's been awhile

I am having a hard time remembering the workout...but it has been a minute.  I have really slacked off on putting my workouts in here, on days that I can figure out what to call the madness PT has us doing.  I know we did inch worm to push ups, ball slams, and rope pulls.  My mind is a blank.

I have kind of slacked off this week, getting ready for a couple of back to back travel weeks that I am not looking forward to.  I haven't left Bailey ever and he will have two weeks; with a little break, of daddy in charge.  My schedule looks like this:

Monday fly to St Paul, leave at 9:15 arrive 3ish,  An hour layover in Houston so hopefully enough time to grab a quick snack.

Friday my flight leaves at 8 and I land in Tulsa at 1:30 with a very short layover so fingers crossed that doesn't get delayed.  If it all works out I will get my car and have Bailey home from daycare and a nap before Dennis gets home from work.

I get one full day home before I leave again

Sunday flight to Boise leaves at 2:34 with a nice little layover in DFW before I get there at 7:15.

Friday my flight out is at 7:10 freaking am!!  (UGH) so I can get home around 2 to pick Bailey up from daycare and get a nap before Dennis gets home. 

I looked at the weather report and it looks like I am going to have to dig out my Uggs because it is going to be low 50's for a high next week.  I will just wear them out since they are bulky.  I have the TSA fastpass, whatever that is called, so I don't have to take my shoes off but even if I did they are pretty easy to get on and off.  I feel like I have to do the obligatory trip to the MOA Monday night but that is all I really have planned.  I am going for a National Sign Managers meeting, 3 whole days of talking about national sign standards for COE parks (don't be jealous) so I can't imagine the group just being a bunch of hardcore party animals that will want to go out on the town.  I should be a hotel gym workout in pretty easy.  We have a field trip planned for 3M, don't hate me because my job is so cool, lol.

I'm a little bummed that I'm not going to get to spend more time in Boise.  I had originally planned on it but the first trip was sprung on me kind of out of the blue.  Our boss loves to have team members on national committees and saw this one open up and asked me if I would do it.  Our last representative was an idiot so I figured that if she could do it I sure as heck could.  If I could have gotten Dennis to come with me it would have been really fun I think.  I'm not so sure about hiking and rafting solo.

So that's my next two weeks pretty much summed up. 

I haven't done anything too exciting.  I pulled Bailey out of dog school because the teacher was too much.  HMF is going to help me with him since she teaches at the same place.  I told her the instructor was having them sit/stay with distractions upwards of a minute.  He isn't ready for that.  He was getting frustrated and at one point started chasing his tail.  Although adorable, I'm pretty sure this was a sign of insecurity and frustration.  I will be out the next two weeks anyway so I will have to do a makeup class.  HMF teaches the Saturday class so there ya go.  George, the guy who taught kindergarten that Bailey loves teaches a beginners class at 8 on Mondays but I think that might be a little late for me.  I am just going to get these next two weeks done and we will figure it out later.

They are starting up a Galloway training here and the kick off was last night.  I had a dentist appointment but had planned on going after because Jeff Galloway was going to be there but it was a whole ordeal and I forgot about it.  The dentist found a spot on my tongue that he wants an oral surgeon to look at.  I am not in the least bit worried that it is cancer or anything but I am worried about what the oral surgeon is going to want to do.  It is way back almost to the base of my tongue so it is unlikely a place that I bit and it doesn't hurt at all.  Again, it will have to wait.  They are supposed to call me today with an appointment. 

I have had a hard time getting pictures to load but I will try and put up some pictures of the boys from Easter weekend.  Ugh, they loaded at the top.  I'm not going to try and move them.

fundraiser at a local ice cream place for Animal Aid.  Bailey approved!!

 

workout recap

Tuesday's workout didn't happen thanks to a work trip but there was lots of walking.

Yesterday's workout seemed light but there were a few things that I really surprised myself with.

4 rounds - 30 seconds each

arcing ball slam with 12# ball

pull apart pulses

2 rounds

45 second plank (!)

30 second bridge pulse

4 rounds

one leg box squats 10 each (!)

TRX squats

squats with 12# med ball press - arms weren't having this AT ALL

I was shocked that I was able to do the plank and the box squat with little trouble.  I mean, I was hurting by the time we hit 30 seconds into the second plank but I held it.  I think I might be able to do a 60 second plank, not sure if I could do 2.  After my shoulder surgery this is huge for me!!  I felt so freaking strong.  Yeah, it isn't much but I am starting to feel stronger every workout.

I need to find a class to take Saturday morning.

Last weekend little Bailey met the Easter Bunny

For some reason I can't get the other picture to load 😡

For the most part everything is going well, which means I don't have a lot to talk about.  My mom is getting on my nerves.  Little things like telling me she needed to go to the dentist.  I told her last year to make an appointment at the clinic I go to because they will do her cleaning and x-rays for free.  She told me last week that she needed to go and wanted me to make an appointment for her to go WITH me.  The dentist is about 2 miles from my house and she lives 30 + minutes in the other direction so I'm not exactly sure what her logic was.  It isn't like you can go back together?  I told her I would get her the number again so she could call them.  She is also going on none stop about my sister and the fact that her phone is broken so she can't call her.  Well my sister's house is on the market and she seems to be able to accept calls when they want to show her house?  My mom blames it all on my sister's aneurysm last year 🙄That's the tip of the iceberg and I am doing my best to swallow the screams because I know she won't be here to annoy me forever.  In the meantime she is making plans on all of us meeting up for Easter (when me and my sister are agnostic at best) so my sister won't have to be alone for the holiday.  I am sure this means that I am expected to pay (slowly counting to 10).

In other crazy family news, the stalker cousin who I am afraid will find this post (if your here 👋) claims that her house burned almost down and is living in her car.  This is from third hand sources.  My parents drove by the house and said it looked fine from the outside and cousin has posted nothing on facebook or insta, which is kind of odd with how much she loves attention.  I'm not saying it didn't happen but it is kind of odd and I wouldn't put it past her to lie about it.

Family drama at its finest.

It makes my life seem boring.

Finally, my little bunny picture uploaded.

April

Tuesday's workout

300M row

TRX - 10 single leg squats
TRX - 10 lunges
squat pulse
X3

300M row

15 front raise - 5 pounds
15 bent rear delt raises
10 bird dog rotating leg and arm out
X3

Thursday's workout X3

300M row
20 TRX upright row

stack carry across gym floor
15 Romanian Deadlift

Walking side squat with band
reverse lunges with crunch 12

30 second plank
20 dead bug

I haven't been feeling particularly chatty lately.  I am dragging around in a benedryl haze most days thanks to my allergies.

Tomorrow I may try out bodybump at 8.  They are doing a tour of group fitness classes at the gym and the class is only 30 minutes.  If they do more lunges I will walk out though - kidding but not really.

Tomorrow I am taking Bailey to get Easter pictures taken.  I would love to take Truman but he needs groomed in a bad way and I'm not sure I can handle both of them.  Truman demands to be carried when we are out and it isn't easy to carry a 20 pound dog while trying to control a 35 pound perpetual motion machine.  Plus Bai has taken to growling at strangers that come up to us lately.  I don't think he would actual bite anyone but I need to be able to keep him calmish.

I have stopped weighing obsessively.  I am wearing a pair of 27 jeans and they are comfortable.  I need to step on the scale over the weekend just to make sure I am not going in the wrong direction. 

Last week I had headshots taken.  I had to have one for a weekly seminar I am in and I didn't have any from this decade.  The girl that normally does my pictures when I can afford it was having a flash event at the right time.  I'm not sure about putting my face on this blog but seriously, I don't have a lot of personal info out here.

OK, I am off to a workshop at the lake.  My job sucks 😝