July 09 Checkin *******Monday 13th

[Kathy36]

Good morning ladies...

Just as I thought, my legs are sore from yesterday's gym style legs. I had a feeling that would happen. Today is Imax 2 and that is going to be tough with the sore lower body!

Also, today starts Lauren's creative writing camp. She goes 2 hours a day all week. She is looking forward to it...

Ok, time to get everyone up and have breakfast!!

Talk to you later.

 

[hottiescientist]

Hi Kathy -- so I woke up early but couldn't get myself to work out. My ankle being swollen from the bug bites isn't helping and my eye is bugging me for leaving my contact lenses in. We'll see how I fare through a very warm day...

 

[bitmover]

Good morning! I also took a rest day -- I haven't just stayed in bed in quite a long time, and the stretching I've been doing has been a bit more aggressive, shall we say, and I just felt like I needed to do nothing today. My shoulders are really sore, and I think it's from stretching I did on the day of the 5k!! They were sore before MM yesterday, and I'm sure that didn't help.

Hottie, hope you feel better!

Kathy, that's very cool that Lauren is excited about the creative writing camp! Hope it's a hit!

Chris, I saw your post last night about thinking it was Monday -- bummer! How was work last night?

We had a fun day yesterday, though our friend did not end up racing. The car he was meant to use was locked up somewhere where only one guy had the key, and that guy never showed up. My boys ended up going home with that family for a few hours -- they love it there. And last night we had a most delicious dinner of roast chicken and then everything else from our garden! We had blackened green beans (that were actually green, yellow, and purple beans), salad of cucumber and tomato, and roast potatoes that were amazing! Our gardener friends cooked for us and the four adults kept debating which food was the best, and I finally decided it was whatever food was in your mouth at the time. Everyone agreed, but I think the potatoes might have had it.

Happy Monday, everyone. I'm off to work after a while.

-Beth

 

[Kathy36]

Beth: Your dinner sounds wonderful...We had cucumber and tomato salad from our garden last night too...Yum!! Enjoy that rest!! You have earned it. I have MM on schedule for tomorrow!! Ouch...

Hottie: I hate getting bug bites!! I got a couple mosquito bites the other night and they are driving me nuts. When you itch them a little it gets worse and then I am like a dog going to town on them!! LOL Hope everything feels better..

Ok, finished up with Imax 2 and took my shower. I also drank my protein shake and now it is almost time to take Lauren to camp. Then Chris and I are headed to the mall for a little shopping!!

 

[hottiescientist]

Ok, I didn't quite realize how often I use my arms when I work. So, I was a very good little exerciser and went into the school gym before it got too warm. I got on the elliptical and turned on an interval program for 50 minutes. It wasn't Imax2 (jealous of Kathy) but it did get the juices flowing. Then I took my worksheet I made of the Push circuit 1 to do those exercises since they looked simple enough and I used the adjustable seat to give my back support. Well I guess I picked the right weight because my arms can barely be lifted to pull stuff out of the autoclave (think big sterilization oven that if my skin touches the sides I get a huge nasty burn). But it was good. I think I really still need visual cues for lower body weight work - I think I move too fast whereas with my arms I have better control. I did everything but one squatting exercise because of my fear of moving too quickly but that adds an excellent motivation to work out in the evening since we're going to get home so early today.

Beth -- Joe is turning 32 (I think ) this year. I think he's just been feeling more upbeat about working out and he mentioned that he was impressed with my discipline despite not seeing results (at least on the scale). I don't know who is who's personal trainer -- if Joe is Evee's or if Evee is Joe's because both of them have definitely benefitted from the cardio. I like to think that he's impressed with my surge in core strength har har. Did you sleep in when I woke up at 450a again!?! That dinner is motivating me to finish planting our vegetables. I got all sad today when my neighbor who has a very green thumb dashed the reality of being able to grow corn in my small yard. But I have big ideas for potatoes and yams. We're planting bell peppers and regular peppers today and maybe squash.

Kathy -- ooh, Imax2 and shopping -- two of my favorite things! I have a really terrible reaction to bug bites and I always get a ton of them since I was a kid. I must emit some crazy bug pheromone. DH thinks I'm amazing for not being able to scratch them but using the mental focus to not scratch them bothers me too!

Ok off to pad my eye a little...

 

[Boingo1]

Late monday check-in for me today! I'm just running later than usual...

Just got in from the 2nd half of my workout. I did HIS and then went for a 30 minute run , just in the neighborhood , no park. I'm thinking I must be imagining this gorgeous weather in the middle of flippin July! It is 70's, sunny, breezy, low humidity... I thought I loved the dog days of summer, but this is SOOOOO much nicer! The run was good, but my legs are tired.

Work sucked doggy dingleberries. big time. I hate it. The economy is hitting nursing too, and they've limited our staff, and now tell us we have TOO MANY nurses, and they're cutting our hours on our unit. they will apparently float us to other units is there is a need, but otherwise, we get "canceled". Which is nice in the beginning, until you run out of vacation hours and stop getting paid. I'm really stressed by all of it, and having heavy patient load and BUSY SICK patients last night just adds the extra slap in the head... ANd it also pisses me off, because I've worked there 20+ years, so where's my senoritiy fit in here? *sigh*

Kathy: I haven't done the GS series in a long time. I'm thinking of doing a GS/4DS next time around. I gotta see what I have! IMAX2 is a nice way to recover!

Beth: Sounds like you took a well deserved rest day! Your day yesterday sounded great, the meal made my mouth water! .. it's gotta to be extra good knowing you GREW the food too!... Very neat about the racing, I can see where "Racing in the Rain" meant a bit more to you too!..Does you husband like it so far?

Hottie: Sounds like you had a great workout in the gym today! ... I get WICKED uncontrollable itching from bug bites. Hate them!! Benadryl cream should help or good old fashioned Calamine Lotion!?!?

okay, better get moving... shower and supper!