~*~*SEPT 09 CHECK-IN for FRIDAY, 9/11~*~*

Boingo1

Boingo1

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Hey Girls!

Starting us off this morning. Just a quickie now, because I have to get the boys to get ready for the bus in 10 minutes! Jake is SOOOo hard in the morning! UGH!

BBL~:o)
 
They are OFF!

Jake kills me every morning, he HATES to get out of bed, and moves soooo slow! He does everything within the last 5 minutes!

I have a crapload to do today. I'm going to try not to stress about it. It's fine, I'll get it done...

FIRST on my list is PHYSIQUE 57! Heading down after I feed the kitties to start! I'm excited! Have very little idea what I'm getting into....

Joanne: SO good that Jameson is home!!! he got so sick so fast, huh? Poor kid! ..Good that Caitlyn's party is still on and that's it's not at your house. That would be so hard with your son being sick. ... Yeah, I don't "sleep well with others". We have a king sized waterbed, and I love it all to myself! Usually Jake AND Alex sneak in during the night though. BUT..they don't snore. :p ... Poor Lalo indeed! I wish I could meet him in NYC tonight at that club he's going to (he posted it on FB!). ..... Hey, what did you think of Big Brother???? I LOVED that Jordon won at the end! Finally! I hope she gets it on Tuesday!! I also loved seeing Jeff again (
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). I'd almost forgotten how cute he was! ... The past winners/players were fun to see too. God, that Dick is one fugly guy, isn't he? I wonder what Boogie gave Julie!! SHe is so pretty, isn't she? She always looks great, with her preggo tummy and all, dresses so nice!...

Beth: How ya feeling today? HOw's your shoulder?

Hottie: Are you getting psyched for STS??

Kathy: Hope you're having fun and the weather is good there!

Vilma: Bet you've had a busy week!... Hey, I found a local tea shop I just have to go visit next week. They sell loose teas and accessories! :)
 
hope you got them in on time, chris! I woke up earlier (yay!) but I've just been catching up on the news over the internets. going to eat a good breakfast and then a imax cardio. I managed to bust up my right hand somehow yesterday so I probably should take a break from typing. (i won't)

happy friday...
 
Good morning....... today's a day full of sad memories...... still so hard to believe it happened.

Chris, too funny about your dream yesterday -- the old boyfriend. I have had strange dreams like that -- even one about the clerk at our local store. He's a little older, but pretty fit and nice looking, so I do like to go in there and see him, but it was very strange having a dream like that about him! Loved your drooling smiley face this morning!

Hottie! What are you talking about "busted up your hand"?! What is that supposed to mean? You broke your hand?! And that's all you tell us about it?! Can you hear me shouting at you?

Joanne -- how are things there this morning? I hope it's getting better every day. Is Caitlyn excited about the party? Those ball and tube places are crazy, aren't they?

I wound up doing BodyStrikes this morning -- Ilaria's lower body / low-key cardio workout. Then I did a really long stretch for my back/shoulder/chest. It's feeling better but I think you are right, Chris, I think I'm just going to have to take some time off for a while and really make sure it's healed. I'm so mad at myself for pushing it that day!! So, yes, it was feeling much better, and then the day before yesterday it was Squeeze that I did, and there were pushups, and I'll bet that's what I shouldn't have done. The crazy thing is that I felt fine while doing the workout -- I was so happy to be working and feeling good, but later that day it hit me. Remember when you hurt your foot? How long did you wait? I just have no idea how long I should give this. I guess I'll do a search on the forums here for shoulder injury -- I know I've seen multiple threads on that!

Oh, Chris! What did you think of P57? I sure hope you liked it. I feel so nervous about your reaction. Did you think Tanya was really obnoxious? Did you do the Classic or whatever it's called?

Waves to Vilma if you're out there lurking -- how are classes going?

Wonder if Kathy has an internet connection at the hotel......:)

have a nice day everyone -- I'm sure there will be more party prep happening, eh?
 
stupid browser not refreshing!

yeah...today is sad. i was actually in NYC on 9/10/01. I was 2 hrs away when it all happened...and my sister, if the plane hadn't actually shown up (it was delayed by 4 hrs), they would have been in a hotel across the WTC.

beth -- i have no idea how I screwed up my right hand. but yesterday in the afternoon I noticed it was really hurting but I had to do this experiment so I pushed through the pain but then I honestly took it easy for the rest of the evening. it still hurts as of 5a but I just took some painkillers. glad to hear the shoulder is better!

chris -- very psyched for STS but worried about my right hand/wrist...
 
WOW! Physique 57 was VERY different, and freakin SHOOK my body, mostly lower body! I had TEARS, I tell ya, TEARS! Some of those leg thingies, forgetaboutit, I had to stop. Did you do ALL of the exercises, Beth??? Some really went into my low back, and I had to stop, I was afraid I'd injure myself. But , holy crap, I can see how it can lift things and firm things! Wish I could do it in a longer rotation with cardio .... Tanya did talk a LOT. Sometimes she made me laugh, other times I wanted to slap her (because I was HURTING and she was YAPPING!...LOL!) My thighs are still sore. I wonder if the ab work will leave me sore too? It was different as well.

Hottie: How did you hurt your hand? Is it carpal tunnel? You don't remember doing anything specific? Why are my STS friends falling apart! :eek: Your imax mix sounds fun though, no wrist/hand involved!... Yes, Jake certainly has the influence of that Y chromosone. Alex, on the other hand, is UP and SHOWERED and DRESSED and out the door playing on his Ripstick!!!

Beth: Today *IS* very emotional. It was like it was yesterday. Right now I'm hearing big planes (there's an air base in town) and it's kind of freaking me out. One thing that really struck me after that day was not hearing airplanes in the sky for , what was it?, 2 or 3 days? It was so oddly/strangely silent. it's funny what you miss when it's gone that you just blow off normally. .... You really should rest/stretch and mend your shoulder, sadly enough. When I hurt my achilles tendon, I gave it a complete 30 days "off". I didn't do step or run, I did low impact cardio and did stretching EVERY day, trying for at least twice a day. It DID heal too. And *knock on wood*, I haven't had issues with it since then (a year and 1/2?). ...

Maybe if you guys can't start STS, I'll do a month of Physique57 Rotation? But I'm total game to start STS when you guys are ready!! I really was looking forward to it... Hmmf.

We'll see!

I'm procrastinating! Cleaning, shopping, cooking, baking! ACK!!!!
 
who said anything about quitting STS for Monday? :)

I may not do the imax mix up but just im2 straight...my tummy has been feeling funny but I better start working out...NOW!
 
Hi girls!!

I'm back at work today. Jameson seems to be doing well. He had a really good nights sleep last night, much better than in the hospital. I didn't hear him coughing too often. I told him I would stay home with him today, but he said it was OK if I went to work. I can tell when he says stuff like that and really means, no, stay with me! He seemed sincere. DH is home with him. I called his school today and told them we would pick up his work. They said if we pick it up today it all has to be done when he goes back. If he just goes back to school without picking it up and doing it, he'll get more time. Does that make any sense?? I repeated it to the office secretary to make sure I understood and she said that was the policy. I knew he'd want to get the work, so DH will pick it up today.

Chris, did you do the express or full P57 workout? She does talk alot, but it doesn't bother me. I've only done the express and it killed me. I can't imagine the 60 minute one. Too funny - Ian is the same way in the morning. He moves sooooo slow. Then he complains I didn't get him up early enough when he's rushing to catch his bus. Yesterday morning he sat and stared into space for 10 minutes before he started eating his breakfast. Said that was a necessary part of his morning and I should build that into the time I wake him up. ;) Goofy kid. Colin is the exact opposite. Always first up and ready to go. I LOVED Big Brother last night. So happy Jordan won. And Jeff looked even cuter than I remembered. :) Dick gives me the creeps!

Hottie, hope your hand gets better quickly. That's strange for it to be painful without knowing what happened.

Beth, yes, Caitlyn is very excited! I almost forgot about her cake. She told me she wanted a BR ice cream cake with choc. cookie dough ice cream. I just called four places and finally found one that could make it for tomorrow. Whew! And, I have to go get some stuff for goody bags. I hate all that plastic junk they get - not sure what I'm going to do. I like that Ilaria workout - I forget about it, though. Are you taking anything for your shoulder? I remember when I had tendonitis in my ankle, the doctor had my taking ibuprofen for the swelling. And icing it.

Oh, yea, my workout!! I'm babbling so much...I forgot! I did KCM's first workout on the new Muscle Definition DVD. Loved it!! I was sweating buckets. Could be that it's the first time I've worked out with weights in awhile. She had some different moves in there. It seemed like a few were KB inspired. Yesterday I did her Plyo workout, which was also great. I think I may start back with Insanity tomorrow. I needed a couple days away from it - now I'm ready to go back!

Time to catch up on some work...

Have a good day all!

Joanne
 
Chris, sounds like you had a good reaction to P57 -- I did all, but had to take breaks here and there. Barre work is very different and I am finding that what seems totally impossible at first you really can build up to if you stick with it. Sorry that the lower back was bothering you -- a lot of people complain that a tuck is bad for their backs, so maybe you need to tuck less?

9/11 -- do you know? I remember lying in bed for a while that morning and thinking about how quiet it was -- something didn't seem quite right even just lying in bed. Went upstairs and turned the tv on (I think our midwest employee at the time tipped us off) and Larry and I stood there watching and crying -- the kids were still asleep, which was unusual, too! It was very eerie to have no airplane traffic for a couple of days or whatever it was.

A whole month off?! I don't know that I can do that! It is very cool that you haven't had any issues since. I will do some research and try to do the right thing -- keeping your story in mind! I remember how hard it was for you at the time.

Joanne, I always mix up your boys -- what grade is Jameson in? That school policy does seem so strange.... I'm wondering if that comes from the kids that are pulled out for vacation, and they want to discourage that, so they force them to get the work done during vacation. I know our 5th grade teachers told us that if the kids have trouble getting homework done for whatever reason then just explain it to the teachers and they can have extra time. I would think in your circumstance they ought to be pretty accommodating!!!!

What I've been doing for my shoulder is taking ibuprofen at night (that's when it bothers me most), I go to bed with a cold pack for a while, and throughout the day and in bed at night I try to massage the knots out of it. It's strange -- it's my upper back, near my clavicle, and it bothers me a lot to have my arms out straight for driving or that sort of thing. Well, just imagine.... I hurt it doing a chess press, so that sort of position is not good.

Good to hear you liked the KCM -- I previewed the muscle definition and it does look really good! I did not get the cardio because I've not had good luck following her cardio, though this one is apparently supposed to be better. I did get the body training one, also.

gotta go.....
 
quickie for now -- just finished IM2. Sad that I didn't do the first half of IM3 but I'm glad I didn't given the way my left foot felt. I was going to take on floor ab work but I put my right hand down on the ground and the pain shot up that I took it as, "I'll do it later." Joe thinks I may have strained it yesterday in LIC and then constant lab work aggravated it yesterday. Unfortunately, I can't even go get it checked because I found out yesterday that there's a snafu with my health insurance and I don't actually have any right now...but I hope I get core work in tonight.

Joanne -- so good to hear Jameson is doing better!
 
Beth, Jameson is in 8th grade. You're right, I bet that does have something to do with kids out on vacation during the school year. I'm sure his teachers would be accomodating if he talked with them. But, knowing him, he's going to get it all done this weekend. I hope he's feeling up to it. I can also email his teachers and see if he can have more time if he needs it. Sounds like you're doing all the right things for your shoulder. I did get the cardio one and it's really easy to follow and fun. Not to enable you or anything. ;)

9/11 was a surreal day. I was actually making airline reservations online to go to DC for a friends wedding when it happened. We did go, but it was really weird to fly and to be in DC about a month after. I did get pretty emotional. It makes you think about the value of life. And, it's partly the reason Caitlyn is here. Before that, I thought we were done having kids. That day, for some reason, I decided I wanted to have another. Caitlyn came a long a year later.

I'm starving...time for lunch...
 
Joanne -- just a quick note to tell you that I got tears in my eyes reading that you decided to have another baby after 9/11, and now you have Caitlyn. There is a silver lining in every cloud, I guess..... I'll bet there are a lot of kids that age around for that reason -- I never thought about it that way.
 
Procastinator here. *sigh* I was in the middle of cleaning the bathroom, and i got HUNGRY, so I stopped for a banana! But now I'm here! LOL!

Hottie: Oh if you feel up for STS, I will join you!!! Just be careful!!! A girl on the other check-in I do hurt her back with STS. And then of course, they start talking about others who have injured themselves with STS. I'm too much of a wimp to hurt myself . .. This girl was squatting 90 LBS! I would NEVER!!!

JOanne: Yes, I did the full Physique workout , it was about 55 minutes. That is a riot about Ian telling you you need to account for his 10 minute "daze". Jake is JUST like that too. He will sit with his breakfast for 30 minutes, (he only eats one plain waffle and a strawberry), and he just stares off... Kids! :eek: OMG, Jeff was cuter!!! I thought it was just me missing him (LOL!). Jordon is so cute. I know it's a long shot, but I hope she wins. I love how the Jury House is so against Natalie!!!.... Oh, your story about 9/11 made me cry. That it was because of it, that you got pregnant again. It's funny, because I was pregnant with Jake (had him on the 14th) and I was in such turmoil about having him. I thought about what a scary world we're bringing a new person into and was scared FOR him. The ONLY thing on TV through my entire birthing hospitalization was 9/11 stuff. It was weird and sad to be having a baby then, but of course, joyful when it happened!

Beth: Oh, I feel better about P57 now, since it should get better if you do it more. The crappy thing is, I won't be doing it more with STS, but that's ok. Something to look forward to I guess! .... the back discomfort was more like upper lower back, flank/side area. And it was when you're in that leg crossed in front and one in back, and then start pulsing the leg up. It went into my back area then. A few times my legs cramped up on other parts too. But I went back to it after it stopped.... YES! a whole month off. Not of exercising, but of using that shoulder. You can do cardio, and lower body stuff. I tried less time, and it would re-injure if I didn't. You can do what feels right to you, though. I don't know how your shoulder feels. But it sounds icky!! And if it doesn't get better with rest, you SHOULD see a doctor, ya know?

That new KCM stuff sounds very tempting!!! I need to stop though! I have STS cardio coming, and just got P57. AND I have Jillian Micheals still in the shrink wrap! :eek: :eek:

Okay, I better get back to my cleaning!!!!! :confused:
 
Crazy day -- I completely disappeared..... just had to thank you for the pointer to that website..... I'm working my abs, too.

Hey, to all you birthday celebrators (OMG, that's a word?)...... have a great time tomorrow!!!
 
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