1. Write something that begins and ends with the words “I should have stayed in bed.”
I woke up too late to get my kids to school on time this morning and right away I knew I should have stayed in bed.
This happens more times than I care to share and I was just talking to my sister about the guilt I carry for not being the mom who’s up before the kids making coffee and putzing in the kitchen in a pink robe.
I don’t think there was ever a time in the history of my life where my mom slept in while I prepared myself for school. She was always up and putzing.
Maybe I need a pink robe. I feel like with the right outfit I might be able to get up earlier.
You know what else she was good at? A consistent workout. She got up early and sure she putzed, but she also walked and/or swam before any of us kids rolled out of bed.
In an effort to better my life, I decided (again) that I need to become a workout girl. After I drop my kids off at school, I drive to the gym and I sit in the parking lot thinking of all the reasons why it would be okay to skip my workout and just go home.
I’ve been sticking with it though and despite the fact that I put my workout off today so that I could go back to my son’s school to drop off the lunch he forgot…and despite the fact that agreed to meet a woman from Offerup who wanted to purchase an outdoor Christmas decor item Pat had listed only to learn she was not pleased with the size of the item and decided not to pay for it even though the Offerup listing states the items dimensions AND show it pictured with a ruler…despite all of that extra running around, I STILL managed to make it to the gym.
I walked/ran on the treadmill and my phone clattered across my apparatus when I accidentally knocked it mid-workout. I eyeballed a small stool used for jumping and decided I could easily get in a few sets of ten, but missed the top of the stool on my first jump and fell forward.
I had to pretend that was a fluke and forced myself to jump four successful times before sliding the stool back where it belonged. A safer bet was definitely to just lay on a mat and do sit-ups. The app I was using told me to grab a dumbbell and knock out a few Russian Twists. This requires you to balance your legs in the air while you move the dumbbell back and forth to your left and right side.
I added my own twist to this exercise and was able to smash my pinky into the floor with the dumbbell. I had music blasting through my earbuds, but the crack in my pinky reverberated through my body. I heard the internal crack. I had to continue to look normal while wanting to scream and clutch my finger and roll around on the ground.
Nothing to see here folks! Just another workout girl! I think I might have broken it.
I knew I should have stayed in bed.
John Holton says
First, the kittens: awwwwwwwwwwwwww…. That little orange guy at the top reminds me of my dear departed Homer.
Second, I spent five minutes on Google Maps looking for Offerup, Washington before I realized that Offerup was an app….
I could say at this point that you wouldn’t have hurt yourself if you had just stayed in bed, but I think you’re on the right track as far as exercising. It sounds like something you want to do, and it’s just one day at a time. Stay at it, and maybe buy yourself a pink bathrobe after you’ve established the habit.
Kim says
Aw, I’m sorry to hear about your day! I’ve had an entire slew of them in concentrated clumps throughout the spring, summer, and now. (Still summer, if you’re wondering. Here in Alabama, we’re still having highs in the upper 90s.)
I think I need to become a workout girl, too. That should speed my weight loss up…I think. I also could stand to get a grip on my eating, but I”m a stress eater and have been so stressed out lately!