Strength in Numbers

Pam Great job on BM step and power circuits especially with struggling through it. Oh wow that sounds tiring to leave so late and drive. Hope you are having fun!

Cheryl Oh no. I am sorry about your mom's UTI! Take care of you and her as best as you can in this stressful time.

Friday I did a lower body workout and then did some cleaning and things around the house. DH came home early and we went for a walk. Saturday I did my mobility and then DH had the brilliant idea to rearrange our living room furniture even though I told him our sectional would only work one way in the living room. We spent 4 hours moving the 5 pieces of the sectional, the entertainment center, a curio cabinet and my desk from wall to wall before he finally was admitted I was right and we put it all back where it was originally. Silver lining is we got the dog hair vacuumed up from under the furniture and we found 3 hidden bones. Sunday I did an upper body workout. Monday was a nice sleep in day and being lazy although DH and I did go for a walk. This morning I did a lower body workout.

Have a great day!
 
Julie Good job on your lower body workout, your walk, mobility work and upper body workout. Well at least there was a silver lining to all the furniture moving.

So my mom took a turn for the worse. The medications were no longer working and things are terminal. I think she may only have a day or two left at most. I haven't been working out with everything going on and I probably won't post again until next week as there are things that will need to be dealt with.

Cheryl
 
Cheryl I am so sorry. I am keeping you and your family in my prayers. Take all the time you need to take care of your mom and yourself.
 
Cheryl I am so sorry to hear about your mom. I will be thinking of you and your family and keeping you in my prayers.

Julie It sounds like you are remaining consistent with your workouts. I hope you are doing well.

We ended up going to the hockey game before leaving for NY last Thursday night. We were sorry that we did because they didn’t play well and lost. We drove for about 3 hours or so and ended up stopping for the night around 1:45 am. We got to Itahca around 4:30 pm on Friday in plenty of time for the 6 pm ceremony. The Friday night ceremony was for all of the PhD students and Saturday morning was for everyone in the Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace programs. It was terrible weather, but we had a nice time. On Monday we left and drove around a bit, then headed to Letchworth State Park area. It is beautiful with 3 water falls. We did a 12.5 mile hike the first day and my legs and feet were so sore for some reason. Luckily they recovered quickly, but we did some shorter hikes the next day. On Thursday we headed to Erie to DHs brothers house and they had a shower for Carl and Jordan on Saturday. We were going to stay until today, but it was so cold and miserable there that we came home yesterday. This morning I did LITE Metabolic Blast with the calorie crush and abs. It was a good one to do to ease back into things. Now I need to get the laundry done and do some grocery shopping and get caught up on things. Have a great day!

Pam
 
Hi ladies. I hope things are going ok. Thinking about you in this difficult time Cheryl. This morning for me was Great Glutes. Now I’m getting caught up on laundry and have a wish this afternoon.

Pam
 
Good morning ladies. This morning was Intensity series Pyramid Upper Body. I hadn’t done that one in forever. I didn’t do the full pikes, I replaced them with ball exchange. I’m not crazy about all the reps, but it was a good change of pace.

Pam
 
Pam Glad you had a safe trip and a good time at the graduation. The hikes sound so beautiful and fun. Great job on LITE MB w/ CC and abs, GG, and PUB! Ball exchange is much better than those pikes.

Sorry I have been MIA all week. I have been super busy. Monday I took Gunner to a vet appointment at the University of Illinois as part of his trial he is in. They did testing on him and came back out and said he is a perfect puppy. So much so they asked if they could use him as a control dog in another trial in which he would have to wear a heart rate harness for 24 hours and then will get an MRI on his heart in a few months. Since it is all free diagnostics I figure why not. Tuesday and Wednesday I had back to back meetings but I did do my workouts legs on Tuesday and upper on Wednesday. Now I am looking forward to the weekend!

Have a great weekend!
 
Julie Don’t worry about being MIA, it happens to all of us sometimes. Wow, that is amazing about Gunner! It’s a bonus to get all of those diagnostics for no charge too! Great job on your legs and upper body workouts! Hopefully you’ll get some time to relax this weekend.

This morning was Cardio and Weights, another one I haven’t done in ages. It wasn’t really the best choice after doing upper body yesterday, I didn’t remember that it had so much upper body work. I made it through though. It’s a rainy day here today so I will get some work done inside. Have a great day.

Pam
 
Good afternoon ladies. This morning was Rev’ed up Rumble plus the calorie crush. Then we got to watch Carl defend his thesis. He did great and is now officially done. It’s going to be 89 here this afternoon, so I’m heading out to the pool I hope you are both doing well.

Pam
 
Hi Ladies, so my mom is still hanging in there. Originally the doctors thought that she would only live another 3 to 4 days but she has proven everyone wrong. She is slowly fading away and there is pretty much wasted away to nothing. It is hard to see and it is hard to visit since she can barely talk but we go out every day to see how she is doing. This past week I started working out again and this morning I went dragon boating before I went to see her. I may still be a bit sporadic in posting but I will try to check in every once in a while.

Cheryl
 
Pam Great job on C&W! I like the music in that one especially the Elvis song. Great job on RUR plus CC! Oh wow, I didn't realize you could watch a Phd candidate defend their thesis. That is so cool! Hope you cooled off in the pool.

Cheryl Sending hugs your way. Your mom is a trooper and I am sure she knows you are there for her. Take care of yourself during this time.

I can't believe I forgot to post yesterday. Well I did my usual over the weekend: Friday Legs, Saturday Mobility, Sunday Upper Body. And of course tried to do some cleaning and running errands too. Monday was my sleep in day before work. This morning I did lower body again. I lead a pretty boring life and somehow still forgot to post yesterday.

Have a great day!
 
Cheryl Oh I can’t imagine what a hard time this is for all of you. Take some time to take care of yourself while you are caring for your mom.

Julie You’re too funny! I forgot to post yesterday also and I have no idea why. Great job on your legs, mobility, upper body and lower body workouts!

Saturday I did High Reps and then did some house cleaning and shopping. Sunday was my rest day and we had some friends over for a cookout in the afternoon. Monday was STS 2.0 Total Body Supersets. I was afraid I was going to drop the barbell at one point because my forearms were so fried, even with my versa gripps! This morning I had to take the kittens in for their spay+neuters and then did Rockout Knockout. Now I’m getting the laundry done before going to my crochet group. Have a great day!

Pam
 
Pam Great job on HR, STS 2 TBS, and RK! Must have been something in the air on Monday to cause us to forget.

This morning I did an upper body workout. Yesterday I did grocery shopping before coming home. I bought a watermelon but didn't have time to cut it so I put it on the table and had my work bag next to it. This morning when we went to feed the dogs they were all sniffing under the table. Turns out the watermelon had cracked and leaked all of the table and floor and now my work bag is wet and stinks. I didn't have time to clean my bag up before heading to work but hopefully I can get it cleaned up tonight. Ugh what a way to start the day.

Have a great day!
 
Julie Great job on your upper body workout! That is terrible about the watermelon, definitely a lousy way to start your day. I hope that nothing was ruined.

This morning was PHA. It had me huffing and puffing and my forearms are still recovering from Monday’s STS 2. The kittens did great for their surgeries yesterday and they are all happy to be home and running around again. Have a great day!

Pam
 
Julie Great work on your legs workout, mobility, upper body and your lower body workout.

Pam Good job on High Reps, STS 2 Total Body Supersets and Rockout Knockout.

Julie Good work on your upper body workout. That sucks about the watermelon. That is not the way to start your day.

Pam Good work on PHA. Glad the kittens are doing well after their surgeries.

So my mom is still hanging on though she has wasted away to almost nothing. I am trying to get my workouts in though. Monday was STS 2 Lower Body 1, Tuesday I was too tired to do much of anything, yesterday was LM&R Upper Body + Upper Body Balance Disc Bonus and today was LM&R Functional Lower Body + Lower Body Balance Disc Bonus. My brother is going out to see our mom today and I am going to take a break and go to the SPCA to get some kitten cuddles.

Have a great day.

Cheryl
 
Pam Great job on PHA! I tried cleaning my bag with resolve, so we will see if it helps. That would be the only thing that was ruined. Glad the kitties are doing good!

Cheryl I'm glad you are able to do some things to help with the stress. Hope you get a lot of good kitty cuddles in.

I almost forgot to post. It was my sleep in day but I am super excited about the weekend. I think we are supposed to have some pretty nice weekend. Maybe a stray shower or two but pretty nice temps.

Have a great weekend!
 
Cheryl Kitten cuddles sound like exactly what you need right now. I’m glad you are able to get some workouts in too, I know that helps reduce stress for me. Great job on STS 2 LB1, LM&R UBBDB and LM&R FLB + LBBDB!

Julie I hope you get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather!

Yesterday was a beautiful day so DH and I went for a bike ride. It was pretty hot, but we were in the woods most of the time so it wasn’t too bad. This morning was STS 2 Upper Body 2. Now I’m trying to figure out what to do with my day. I do need to make a Costco run soon, so maybe I will brave it today.
Have a great day!

Pam
 
Julie Enjoy your weekend and the nice weather.

Pam Good work on your bike ride and STS 2 Upper Body 2. I went to Costco on Tuesday, the first time in a while. It was really busy but the checkout wasn't too bad.

This morning I did STS 2 Upper Body 1. Then I went out to visit mom. My aunt and cousin's wife were there as well. After that we went out for lunch and another aunt met up with us. Now I am getting some laundry done.

Have a great day.

Cheryl
 
Cheryl Great job on STS 2 UB 1! I hate all of the pull Ups in that one! It sounds like your mom is getting a lot of visitors. It sounds like we had the same Costco experience. It seemed really busy, but I got right through the checkout.

This morning was Imax. It was really hard and my face is beet red now, but I got through it. Have a great day!

Pam
 
Pam Great job on your bike ride with DH, STS 2 Upper Body 2, and Imax! Ugh I need to do a Costco run soon too.

Cheryl Great job on STS 2 UB1! I am so glad you have family around for both you and your mom.

My workouts were the usual: Friday lower body, Saturday mobility, Sunday upper. Friday I also did some meal prepping and light cleaning. Saturday DH and I ran errands, Sunday was my lazy day, and I slept in this morning. I think we are in for some warmer weather and thunderstorms this week.

Have a great day!
 
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