Adventures in Exercising

Well folks, this weekend was supremely crappy.  It started raining on Wednesday and didn't really stop until... just now.  I got lazy, since I really didn't want to run in the rain.  (And since the dog really didn't want to go outside for walkies.)

What I did end up doing was playing with the new Just Dance game that we got.  I like aspects of the sweat mode better (Being able to choose your playlist?  Genius!)

Best new songs:


(This one is just crazy!)






I have a feeling that JD 2014 will become my off-running-day work out!

Now, back to running.  Most of the weekend was a bust in the running department.  But Saturday the boss and I got up and did the 5 mile bike trail at Newport News Park.  We didn't run it, we speed walked it.  At 1:34 it wasn't a bad time for our first try.

I tried to run this morning, but only got to the halfway mark before my legs were screaming at me.  I need new sneakers.  But there's a problem.  they can be EXPENSIVE!  So while I was looking at some moderately expensive running sneakers online:  Like these, and these and these and these and these and these and these.... you get the picture.  All I can afford are these.  Which is kind of sad.

Oh well, onward and upward.

Potty Emergency, part 2

And the saga continues!!

So yesterday morning, after successfully using said potty earlier, I took a shower.

While I was in there, I heard it.  Glug... glug...

So I give the toilet a test flush when I get out.  Thankfully there was nothing in the bowl but water, because it overflowed all over the floor.
So I left work early, and told the office of my issue... again....

They sent over the maintenance guy, that proclaimed that the issue wasn't inside the house.  It was the plumbing underneath.  (I could have told him that!)  So they call for the plumber.. again.

Plumber shows up just as I'm about to head out to choir.  I'm the new music librarian, so I need to be there to hand out the music.  They finish, just before I get back.

I'm left with a dinner that's getting cold, a bathtub full of sewer-water soaked towels and bath mats.  A bathroom floor that also was overflown on.   I somehow managed to clean all of that, eat dinner and wash dishes before Glee was on.

Glee made me cry.  I knew it would.

All I cna say of this week is:

A.) I'm so glad it's Friday

and

B.) I need a margarita.

Potty Emergency!!

So this was me last night:



Why?

Because yet again, our toilet ceased to work.

The water would not go down the hole....



As we all know, this happens to us from time to time.  But last night brought extra fun....

So, early yesterday morning I realized that there was an issue.  I called the office at 9am.

Got home at 5:30, told them again... the water doesn't go down the hole....

7:30: the water is coming back UP the hole.. and into the tub.  I call the emergency line.. And promptly have a panic attack.

8:30: The plumbers come!  Yay!

Fast forward to 6:30am today.  (Now mind you, we've all used the facilities, and I've even scrubbed the bowl.)  The toilet starts to gurgle while I shower.   So I give a test flush....

Clean water comes up and all over the floor.

and I bang my head against the wall....

Add to that, Misty NOT wanting anything to do with the outside.  It's raining out, you know...

Can it be the weekend already?

Sunday..... Domain of the Domestic Goddess

I try to keep Sundays open for catch up.  To do all of those things that I haven't time to do all week.  Today I have managed to:

• I did day three of the Couch to 5K, then decided to go back to the beginning. 
• Went grocery shopping, to two stores (I even made a list!  And managed to only buy 1 thing that wasn't on it!)  Unfortunatley, my grocery budget is blown for the week.
• Put the groceries away
• wash, dry, fold and mostly put away three loads of laundry
• getting dinner mostly made (waiting for the Spousal Equivalent to say he's on his way home before I put in the pasta)
• empty, then refill the dishwasher.
• Portion out my yogurt (Do you know how much you save by buying the large 32oz. tub and using small reusable containers), only to discover that it was so inexpensive because I got regular yogurt, not
  
  Greek yogurt.  
• Caught Misty being cute:  (She was soaking up the freshly dried warm)
• I even decided what I wanted to do for my birthday this year.  (Run the race, lunch at Cheeseburger in Paradise, and an afternoon at Christmas Town.)

Tomorrow starts another work week.  

I only wish I had some wine.....  wine would make this perfect!

This new training regimen is going to be spendy!

After week one of Couch to 5k, I have learned two things.

1. I need to back up and do that week again.  I don't feel comfortable moving on yet.
2. I need new sneakers.

Actually, I've found a variety of things that I need.....  depending on the current weather..

For warm weather running I would like one of these.... since I use my iPhone for the work out.

For cold weather, The list get's weirder....  I currently have these WONDERFUL carpi length yoga pants, have have zippered pockets.  You know, for my phone and inhaler.  Can I find those longer?  Nope.    I'd also love one of these, since I like having my mouth covered when it's cold out.

Will I get any of these things?

Probably not....

Except new sneakers.  I think those are the only things that I really need.  Everything else I can make do with.

Well, I did it!

Yesterday, emails flew around the building.  So I did it.

I signed up for the ChristmasTown Dash.

I'm going to run it with my office manager and the Admin downstairs.  Go team James Blair Hall!

In celebration, I got up this morning and did the first day of Couch to 5K.  It wasn't awful!

I even got in to see the Chiropractor this morning.  I need to try to make it in once a pay cycle.  I was definitely out of whack!

Speaking of out of whack, my whole schedule was out of whack yesterday.  I left work a bit early, and got a call on my way home.  The power is out.  So instead of laundry, dishes and making dinner.... we hit the road to brake the lack of traffic lights... to go to Taco Bell.

But....

Actually, we saw the power come back on as we were driving to the Taco Bell.  But it was too late.  We already made up our minds!  

Unfortunately dishes and laundry are still undone.

It's 9am, and today is already full of fail....

So yesterday, I all but decided that I was going to run that race in Christmas Town.

So I downloaded the Couch to 5K app, so I can train.

Well, today was complete and utter fail.  First, somehow the clock paused during the warm up.  Then after running for a bit, I realized that it was set for week 9....  and not week 1 day 1.  And since I didn't have yet another 20 minutes to spend.. I gave up for the day.

I was cold, and my head was pounding.  Actually, I've had this headache for the last two weeks.

So I decided to find the darn co pay somewhere, and call the chiropractor.  (In the past, chiropractic care helps my headaches a lot!)

They are closed on Tuesdays.

Well, this means that I'm going to be starting everything tomorrow.

Tomorrow I'm going to get up early and actually do the first day of the Couch to 5K.

Tomorrow I'll hopefully get into the chiropractor

And tomorrow I go to get a mammogram.