Today has been a pretty good day. However, I stayed up WAY too late last night waiting for my little prince to get home and then we stayed up talking about the dance. It made for a very difficult morning this morning! I slept in a bit and then had to get ready to teach at the gym. My back has been very sore and I am still two weeks out before my next massage. Oy.

I'm so excited that Alex has made the decision to play High School basketball. He has not played since middle school and he was such a dynamic force on the court that we have been hoping he would go out for it in high school. Because he is focused on a soccer scholarship, he has been adamant that he is only going to play soccer and both sports are at the same time. Soccer has been challenging for him lately and both he and franklin are looking for a break, a chance to rejuvenate, do something else and come back to it in the spring with a renewed sense of energy and focus. He's been thinking about it but the last two years we've approached it with him and he's shot us down. I think at this point in time, since he is struggling, he feels the need for a change. I don't think I've ever cheered as loud at a soccer game as I did during basketball, just because the action is constant, the crowds are intense and the noise level in gyms off the hook. He made it to several championship games and he was MVP many times. Granted, HS BB is a different level but he will go through tryouts and I work with a teacher who used to be the varsity coach at woodside and I've contacted him for some private sessions and we will go from there. It's going to be a different HS sports experience. Soccer games - small crowds, no concessions or announcers or cheerleaders, when the weather is wet and cold, only the die hards attend games. BB? Big crowds, music, announcers, cheerleaders, etc. I just want him to have all the different kinds of experiences he can.

Class today was great. I just adore my Sunday class. Part of it is that it was a class created just for me at the request of several members. But really, it's because it's grown over the last 9 months, not just in numbers but in the commitment and dedication of the participants. Today I was talking about increasing weights and gave them a challenge. Since it was only about 22 people, there were still small weights left and I challenged them to increase their back weight by just a small plate. EVERY SINGLE PERSON increased! Usually they just do what they want :-) We ran out of the small weights, I gave mine up to a lady and went with my standard back weight of 15 kgs on each side and at the end of the track, there were smiles all around as I congratulated them all on going heavier! Just a small increase can make a big difference and I was proud they all did it! I also challenged them to go on their toes for pushups, at least one or two if they have never come up off their knees before. I'm finally able to do the entire first set on my toes (10) and half (8)of the end of the track. Kills me, though!

Did some house cleaning, laundry, etc when I got home after grocery shopping, getting my coffee and bagels for the family, and worked on costumes at mom's with Amanda. I found my costume, just gonna be a cat again cause I have no energy or imagination and the parade at school is this Friday. Cassie, Jasmine and Lexi are adorable little pirates. We found a Jack Sparrow looking headpiece and Cassie, surprisingly wants to wear it. Amanda drew a mustache and beard on Lexi and it cracked us up how funny she looked!

Tuesday is our field trip to the Discovery Museum in San Jose. Only partly looking forward to it :-/

Tonight I was walking in the hallway and a stopped to look at some pictures of Alex as a child. His kindergarten picture with his cute little gap toothed smile, and one of as a toddler with his chubby cheeks. Big sap that I am, I started tearing up (surprise) and called him in to the hallway. He's grumbling as he comes in, and looked shocked when he saw tears running down my face and I took him in my arms and told him to slow down a bit. He hugged me and let me have my moment, but it's beginning to hit home that in just about 18 months he will graduate from high school and be off to college. Sigh.

I'm beat and sitting in bed with my Fitness Theory textbook, knowing that even if I read some, I'll fall asleep and none of it will stick. This is proving to be harder than I thought. Studying with kids? Not impossible but the last time I studied with a kid, it was Alexander and he was an easy mellow one. Cassie is more high maintenance. Sigh.

Maybe tomorrow.........