Day 7 of 14

Well, at least today was somewhat active so I can count it instead of it being a day of "rest".

Went to San Jose - man is that city HUGE - we were in South San Jose at Evergreen Valley College. I had Cassie take her scooter out of the van and at Pam's suggestion last night, I dressed in my running clothes and since Cassie hates to sit and watch her brother's games, we took the time (about 1-1/2 hours) playing. Chased her while she rode her scooter, jogged around the field, then played "Coach" - her game - while she found a ramp to ride up and down, she instructed me to yell at her and push her along - "Hustle, hustle!!" and "Let's GO!!", as she put it, in a mean voice! She cracks me up but didn't let me sit and be idle. We did this for so long but at least I was in view of the game and could watch and cheer at the same time. Lost at the last minute on a ball that hit the goal, hit the ground and bounced in. Oh well.

Then we were invited to a barbeque in Newark for a fellow soccer team, and while I was not really feeling like it, we went along and I am glad I did. Not only was there good food, but since Cassie loves the playground, I discovered I am not really the "sit on the bench and watch her play kind of mom" anymore. I climbed the ladders, slid down the slides, swung on the swings, and played Follow the  Leader (she was the leader and I followed, jumping, skipping, running, twirling). Franklin said in awe that I never would have done that before, as he watched me climb up the ladder! :-)

So while I may not have spent time in the gym for two hours today, I got my exercise and best of all, had quality girl time with my baby. So I am counting this as Day 7 of 14. And I got to watch my son kick ass on the soccer field, loss or not.

Tomorrow I have to skip my run because the guys have another game in the East Bay and need the van. I am going to try to sleep in for once, then get up and finish working on my report cards that are taking so much longer to input in the computer, now with 30 instead of 20. Gotta finish them since they are due. I already feel brain dead and it's only early November. Not looking good for the rest of the year at this rate! I am committed to going to the gym in the afternoon, though, for some cardio for Day 8.

I also was messaging back and forth with another Les Mills instructor friend, Donna, today (I only know her through FB through Alex and Kimi) but she was hugely supportive of my decision to go for it and gave me tons of practical tips and advice. She mentioned that if 24hr Fitness doesn't work out, to check with Palo Alto YMCA as they love new instructors and that may be an option to get sponsored.

I am so fortunate for all the people I have met (Donna, Kimi, Alex, Amy) who are so willing to give me support and advice on another leg of my journey, as well as old friends who are so encouraging.  I am also thankful to Pam for her constant encouragement, advice and cheerleading through all this. This group of fitness minded people are AWESOME.

How did I get so lucky??

*Sigh*. Back to report cards now.