STS 6 Month Alumni ***February 2012***

[cab0899]

Getting our February thread started. DH and I have been working on week 4 of the rotation with Trisets Upper Body yesterday and STS #17 Legs tonight. Only 4 more workouts and then a rest week!! A good part about following a 12 week rotation is that there is a rest week otherwise I tend to just go from one rotation to another until I run out of steam.

We have very little on the schedule for the weekend and I"m so looking forward to some downtime. What is everyone else doing this weekend? What day do leave Rachael? I know you told us but I forget

[FourAM]

I got on the computer this morning and it just struck me how long it had been since I checked in! This week has really just gotten away from me. I can tell it has been a long time since I have traveled anywhere because I forgot how to pack. It seems that everyday I would need something else from town that I forgot. Nothing major ...like sunscreen I guess that just shows my disorganization...a proper list would have helped with that I am sure.

Kim-We are leaving tomorrow. I am super excited but still has not really hit me yet either. Does that make sense?
I think my FIL and your FIL would get along great other than they probably would not let one another talk! At least you only see yours once in a great while
I would definitely do the shuttle! That will take that added stress of trying to drive and find you way and I think that would be well worth the price!

Cendrine-I had to laugh at the "effortless dinner prep for dw" Love that!! I think my dh would realize that would not be in his best interest since he has seen me cook for loads of people several times and clean up after everyone. I think that sometimes its work and sometimes I like it but never does it happen on a weeknight!!! (That's to you too Kim)
Have you heard anything on the Portland job yet? I hope the result you want on that is the one you get.

OK well wish me well! DH is going to take lots of pics so I will post my favorites when we come back.
Have a great week!
Rachel

[cab0899]

Hope you are having a great trip Rachael!!! Looking forward to hearing all about it and maybe seeing some pictures!

I didn't realize that I hadn't posted all weekend, time sure flies. We had a really nice relaxing weekend! Saturday was Athletic Training, Sunday was Trisets Upper Body and a short run on the treadmill.
Yesterday I was tired and had to take dd to piano lessons so no workout happened Tonight will be Afterburn and then I will be on my rest week although I plan to do some running along with the yoga dvds.

Did anyone see the presale announcement!!! I've already ordered, LOL.

[cendrine]

Ok, I made it to the February thread...lol, thanks Kim, for the help....

I think I picked up the tendonitis while I was doing the low impact series for the 2 months, I think too many push-up, plank, etc kind of moves or something... I thought first it was just sore muscles but chiro says it's tendonitis... I like working my upper body, so this is a bit discouraging, but I'll deal with it.

Anyway, I guess the reason I'm not jumping on the presale is because I worry it might be more of the same for my shoulders...

I totally forgot about posting all weekend as well, I was at a parenting/homeschool conference and came home with more books.... like I don't have enough arleady.... LOL! The conference was great!

[cab0899]

Glad you enjoyed the conference, I'm sure it's nice to talk with other moms who are in similar situations.

Enjoying my recovery week, yesterday evening I sat on the couch and read/watched tv, tonight was Yoga Relax with DH.

[cendrine]

I am so sick! I have not been sleeping for two nights because I was coughing so bad, so went to Dr for heavy duty cough meds... slept through the. Night last night but still have a nasty fever... I get sick so rarely that I'm not used to feeling so lousy... hate it

I started antibiotics yesterday, so hopefully I'll start feeling better soon.

Needless to say, no workouts for me.

Glad you enjoyed your rest day, sounds like you are really doing well on this rotation, Kim!

Waving at you, Rachel, hope you have a great time!

[cab0899]

Oh no Cendrine! Hope you are feeling better soon!!
Did a little run on the tm this afternoon just 2.5 miles. I would like to do a half marathon in June, it's been a few years and I've been missing the running. I should finish the 3 month rotation right around the time of the roadtrip and then when I get back I think I will concentrate on my running till June.

[FourAM]

I'm Back!
Cendrine I hope you are on your way to recovery now. I was a little worried about getting something while we traveled but so far so good. DH is more susceptible because he doesn't eat veges as much I think I am the same way as you. A normal cold makes me feel awful just because I am not used to it.

OK trip was a whirlwind and too short! Next time I go...(I am thinking I might go back for my birthday in late fall) I am going to stay at least 5 days. The travel time only gave us 3 full days so it was just a blur almost!
My friend and teacher is just a ball of energy so she kept us on the go the whole time but I think the biggest adventure was when one of her clients ended up being in town and invited us up to where he was staying. It was the gated community called Pedregal. When they sent their guy to come and get us we did not know where we were headed and we just kept driving up! Then we got to the house which although it was beautiful, it did not hint on what you might see on the other side and when we went in the whole other side was glass that opened up to a full view of the Pacific! I had never seen anything like it my whole life! For a girl like me down here in the woods you could not have told me that I would get to see a view like that! What was pretty cool too was that my friend hadn't been there either so we got to experience a first together! Gotta love that!
When DH gets around to getting the photos on here I will make an album.

Cendrine-I know you can appreciate the magnitude of this. My friends' daughter has 8 children and home schools them all. She seems to be a lot like you in the way she goes about her scheduling and just how you two take such great care of the importance of doing it right!

Kim-I missed any mention of the presale so now I have to go see what that is all about. I hate to admit how little I have been doing my Cathe workouts. I know I will come back to them on a more regular basis but am trying to give myself permission to explore the new adventure I am on. I have time for both. LOL Just got to remind myself of that sometimes.

[cendrine]

I think I'm better, yesterday night my fever finally broke and it hasn't been back, so I think things are looking up!

Kim, running a half Marathon sounds like a fun change, and I know you've been hankering it for a while, so I hope your body is going to go along with it!

Rachel, I love that you had a great trip and got to see such a beautiful view of the Pacific! I've been in a couple of homes with glass fronts and it is amazing! I smiled when you told me about the homeschooling mom of 8.... I met one at the conference who toldme she had 'only 8' and was thinking of having another.... I told her I didn't know how she did it, and she said she didn't know how I did it with 2 because she has so many hands to help her.... I think I'll stick with two and do without the extra hands... lol!

I'm glad you are exploring other workouts, we need changes every once in a while...

We're scheduled for a girlscout whale watching trip tomorrow and I just found out there's a chance of thunderstorms....

[cab0899]

Glad to have you back Rachael! It sounds like it went well! Did you do some swimming at the beach?

Cendrine Did you get to go whale watching? DH and I did that once out in Newfoundland and it was so much fun!

Enjoying my rest week, did Yoga Max yesterday. I was going to do a little tm run but didn't sleep well last night and dd had piano lessosn so enough excuses to let it go for today Oh well, tomorrow dd and I are at the NHL hockey game and then Wednesday I started month 2 of the rotation.