hi girls!
well today I was able to do CF on some very rotten sleep
. woke up around 3:00 and just could not get back to sleep. what doesn't help is we slept with the windows open as it is *finally* nice enough here to do that, but the birds are up and at it by 3:45-- it is crazy. between rik's snoring and the chirping, I didn't stand a chance this morning. anyway, I was kind of dreading having to do CF after that, but it actually felt pretty good. sweat a ton and just felt good for quite a while afterwards. then had to pick alec up from school which is about 25 minutes away, and from there head to st.paul-- about 30 minutes from his school-- for a rehearsal with his pianist. that took about a half hour which I sat outside for (was actually going to try and get a nap in, but didn't work), then back home thru busy traffic for another half hour. so glad that is over with! came home and walked the dogs for about a half hour. dare I say it actually felt a bit steamy out there! bugsy was panting like crazy when we got back, so guess he isn't acclimated to the warmer weather yet, either
renee-- sounds like you have a very sweet son! glad you had some good times with him. the party was nice, too, though very little to eat for nygel or I since it was a pizza party. we munched on lots of fruit and the salad we brought along. a bonus of being vegan is it is hard to eat a lot of junk when you are out since most of it-- like the bday cake-- has dairy or egg in it. I think drillmax is a toughie, too. gym styles is yet another wo I do not have. I have always tried to work my core 6 days/wk since it is an endurance muscle-- but I think the reason mine is as strong as it is is from all the years of ashtanga. it is still covered in a bunch of hanging skin, though!
Melissa-- way to go on the pushups on your toes! I like the 4 day split wo's and I also think the bootcamp is pretty mellow (esp after doing all this HiiT and tabata stuff!). so renee had a 3 musketeer (loved those, lucky-- or unlucky-- me they actually have a vegan version of those at whole foods), you had a brownie with ice cream, and I had a sheba dream bar from the co-op which was pretty huge and covered in dark chocolate and coconut cream. it was super yummy, though! hopefully I burned some of that off
eva and ladylep-- hope you guys are doing well!
CDPotier-- sorry for your new expenses! our computer crashed a while ago, too and we had to get another. between that and repairs on my car, there went my tax refund this year. I cant buy much of what I want because I have three kids
. hope your back feels better! I love HS-- have you tried it yet? the gloves make it even more fun
off to fill out applications for scholarships for the kids. Melissa, you asked if the summer gets better. it is actually worse, at least for four weeks! the kids all attend the university of Minnesota in an intensive string program (have been doing it for going on ten years, if you can believe). I have always brought them down there and stayed with them in the past as it is a large campus and in a large metropolitan area. now I know alec would be fine, and probably imala, too (though a 14 year old girl on her own down there scares me, too!), but I would worry about nygel (only 11). I will probably be hanging out at the U of M quite a bit again. they go 7 days a week, with 4 hours practice a day, chamber music coachings, technique classes, private lessons and then recitals on Friday night, sat night and sundays. eye-yay-yay. makes me tired thinking of it-- that all starts on father's day. afterwards, we will take a vacation!
hugs,
katie
