Phew! I am glad this week is over, essentially. It has been a long one.It was the last week of school for me, kindergarten ended on Thursday so there was all of that work to be done - making their cd's, filing report cards, the celebration and party on the last day, cleaning the classroom, packing for the summer (still not done), and planning for Summer Bridge to start on Monday for 3 weeks. If it weren't for the $$, I would not do it. I need a break and I want to try new classes at the gym during the day that I can't do until mid-July.
Wednesday we had a funeral to go to, Olga, my sister-in-law, her nephew, Alan, who was almost 17 was killed in a car accident. Following his teacher mom to school early one morning, drifted over the center line and struck an empty school bus. Killed instantly. Freaked me out, makes me not want to let Alexander drive till he's 21 but I know that is not reality. We will make sure he gets defensive driving courses as he is learning how to drive, but since I have been in many accidents myself, I know that experience makes a difference and there is so much you can't teach. I just have to hope that he is here for a long time and that he will always be careful. I think of me, stupidly learning how to drive at 12, yes, 12 years old. My cousin Sharon, such a bad influence on me, taught me to drive at 12 in the parking lot at Vallco Shopping Center at midnight. She would then come to pick me up, drive away from the house, and we would switch places. I was so damn lucky that I never got caught, got in an accident....I was driving illegally from 12-15! I would drive from Redwood City to Cupertino regularly! It's a bloody miracle I never screwed up. So I know the pull to want to drive, the desire to get behind the wheel. I would like to shelter my boy as long as I can but I know I can't. All I can do is let him get his permit and give him as much behind the wheel time with one of us parents to guide him and teach him. But I still don't know if I would let him drive alone until I was confident that he had some defensive techniques to draw upon. Scary stuff out there.
Then my last baby, my beautiful girl Cassie, graduated from preschool yesterday. I think how my students' parents always want kindergarten graduation, which I think is silly because they are just going to first grade, and now preschool? how is that so different? But man oh man, I was a blubbering idiot yesterday, as shown in the picture with me and Cassie. The preschool did such a great job, little blue caps and gowns, pomp and circumstance music as they walked in, diplomas and everything. We each got a binder with their work, a laminated keepsake with all the graduates pictures on them, a cd with a slideshow.....I am totally impressed with them. Then they showed a slideshow with pictures and music of all the graduates, of things they did in school, even one of each of them sleeping at nap time. I could hardly see through all my tears! Franklin even heard a mom say to her husband "I'm not standing near her, or I will start to cry!" Geez. I couldn't look anyone in the face! Cassie was so amazing, seemed so much more mature and didn't freak out, smiled like a champ for so many pictures, and was so excited to go through it. I am so excited that she will be going to kindergarten at Adelante and will be bilingual!
On the fitness side, I am reading a book by Tom Venuto called Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle and am totally loving it. I am at the point in my journey where I need to really start looking at the types of food I am eating, not just the total calories in. I am learning how to eat, how often and the right types of food, fitting it all together with my fitness routine, how to check body composition and fat loss rather than pounds. It is so totally interesting and I am thrilled to be finally putting it all together. I'm still doing my 3 times a week, double set of classes, combat and pump, but this week I added 2 extra days of cardio. I am hoping to burn off some of the outer layer of fat that is remaining; I can see and feel the muscles underneath, in my abs, my thighs, etc. but the outer layer of flab is so annoying. So extra cardio and researching how to better feed my body, because even though I am keeping my overall calorie intake lower than my calorie burn, I am not losing much weight. I finally weighed myself this week, after 3 weeks of not thinking about it, and I am down 3 pounds, so that's good. I just think there should be a way to tone up better, and maybe my body is getting accustomed to my 6 hours of Les Mills classes a week and I need to do something in addition and shake it up.
All in all a long week, can't wait for these 3 weeks of bridge to be over so I can focus on my home, my family and my fitness. I love summer but I don't feel like it is here yet!
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