Little Mommy

Today I decided that I needed to get on top of the house cleaning. I've let it go for a few weeks now so I tackled the laundry and the bathrooms, etc. Sydney was here with me and she was quiet for quite a while. I would periodically call her name and she would come out and assure me that she was doing just fine. After about 3 times of calling her, I decided I would go and see what she was doing. To my surprise she was underneath the table in the computer room with her baby underneath her shirt "feeding" it. I smiled and asked her where she learned that. She said her dad taught her. So, of course I called Brett and told him what she said. His reply, "I don't know how I feel about her telling you that." Of course that was after a BIG - I DID NOT! Anyway, Syd is learning the joys of motherhood somewhere. I can clearly recall doing the exact same thing myself when I was just older than her. I don't recall my dad teaching me though.

To Swim, To Swim

Last night I decided that I was going to go to the gym this morning and swim. I got all of my stuff ready and set outside my door so I could get up and it would all be ready for me. I set my alarm on my watch and was ready to go. I have no idea what time I fell asleep, but at a few minutes before 11pm I woke up and thought I'd just lay in bed a few more minutes, then I'd go to the gym. I looked down at my watch and to my surprise it was 10:59pm. Uggghhh! Well, not too long after that Sydney came in the room and pushed me over in bed. Then a few minutes later Ryan was up saying he was too cold, so Brett took him and helped him get warm and back to bed. Well, with Sydney kicking me most of the night and playing with my hair the other part of the night, I didn't get much sleep and I slept through my alarm on my watch. I guess that's not a good way to wake up as I've turned it off twice now and not realized it, and there isn't a snooze button, so it just goes off.

It was -6 this morning when Brett went to work, so I'm sure it was super cold during the night. I'll try again to swim tomorrow and hopefully the kids will sleep tonight.

New Year, New Resolution

At the beginning of the year I read an article in Parade Magazine by Ellen Degeneres that I think I will adopt for myself. She suggested that when we make our New Year's Resolutions we say things like "I will put off exercising" and then voile, a day into the new year we are keeping our Resolutions. So, here I am on day 13 of the New Year and I have 2 days of exercise under my belt. Ahh, it feels so good - Yeah Right. I think that getting my knees scoped was a big eye opener for me. It's all quiet depressing, but as with a heart patient, or someone who is obese, I must change my lifestyle. I guess I've always thought of change being for other people, and that change in my lifestyle didn't really matter because after all, I don't have a heart condition, I'm not obese, and I don't need to be totally drastic to save my own life. But, here I am at age 29 and my knees are that of an old geezer's and I have to change my lifestyle. If someone would have told me 2 1/2 years ago that I would be changing the way I exercise I would've told them they were crazy. Running, I thought, was for everyone, and it definitely was for me. I thought people who said their knees hurt and they couldn't run were just being lazy, and of course they could find a way to run. Well, now here I am with bad knees and I've been told that I can run, just in the pool, or on the elliptical, if that's called running. Then of course, I can make my way to the road for my triathlons,(1,2,3 days a year) but I must bring my carcass back into the gym to the pool and the elliptical when I am done. Man, this is HARD. You would think they told me I was going to die next week, because that's sure what it feels like.

So, for a New Year, and a New Resolution, I must change my lifestyle. The Physical Therapist told me I need to lose weight. Of course, I knew that, but to hear it from someone in a field of medicine sure puts you in your place. I got so used to eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted because I was burning it all off that I sit here now with an extra 15-20lbs to lose. All of this stemming from my knees, the beautiful round part of your leg that has a cap and a little bit of cartilage that helps to move us around this beautiful world.

Six months from now, you'll be reading how lame I was back in January to think that I couldn't exercise, because with my lifestyle change, I will feel the benefits of my knees.