Ok, time to catch up. I know I had planned on doing this everyday but my life as a single my is just crazy. I know my son is pretty much on his own at 20yrs old and my daughter can do things for herself. Spending time with this is the catch. Some days I feel like I am wearing to many hats to be a blogger too. I have my gym time. My work time. My photo times. My weekly football game that I attended. My house work time, which some days gets neglected too. My family time. and. and. and. oh yeah some place in there I try to get in at least eight hours of sleep.
As I had said in one of my earlier blogs this week my back has been bothering me. I have not spent the extra time on exercise, my gym time, in three days. Yesterday I was so ready for my gym time. My body wasn't, but I needed it. I wanted to spend some time in the gym but by the time I got there I knew that was not going to happen. I made the decision that I would swim for two hours. Ok at least an hour. No at least hour an half. ok ok just get in the pool and start swimming.
I get to the pool and there was an open lane. I couldn't use the excuse that the pool was crowded. I got in and did a few stretches and I was off. I used my normal think things out to keep my mind off the pain in my back/shoulder. I really wanted to make it an hour. I thought, prayed, sang (in my head of course) and said my encouragement phrases to keep me going. Before I knew it the first hour was over. I decided I WAS going to do another thirty minutes, I could make it. I had to. There was a guy, just older than myself that was swimming when I came in. I tapped into my competitive side. I told myself that I would swim longer than he did, even though I didn't know how long he had been there, I wold go at least ten minutes after he did.
After the hour mark and talking myself into another thirty minutes, I went back into my zone. The next half hour went by pretty quick and that guy was still there. I can go ten more minutes, yeah I can do that. Then ten minutes went by, oh I will do five more minutes and take it to the quarter of an hour. I have come this far I will swim a few more laps. Oh by this time the guy had left and I was just playing the game with myself.
Did I make it? The whole two hours? Of course I did. I had come this far I might as well finish out the hour. Now this two hour swim was not swim a few laps and sit and rest for the time it takes to swim a few laps. I swam the whole time. The most amount of time that I rested at any given time was less than a minute. My shoulder/back would start to hurt and I would stretch some more and go again. This was a record for me. Two hours. Did you hear me?? TWO HOURS? Yes my body hurt last night, but it was that good hurt. The one that you know will pay off in the end.
This morning I got the kids ready. I had my 2 y/o great niece and my 5y/o great nephew to get ready for church. I made it up for the time change but was not use to getting them ready. After church it was time for Chuckie Cheese. I think some didn't like parents. They its a place where a kid can be a kid... oh it is... I am tired from that.
So my normal Sunday afternoon nap time has passed and I still have to go help a friend remodel their house. Something about hanging sheetrock does not sound like fun but I need the "exercise" and I want to help my friend cuz she's always there for me when I really need her.
I hope all is well ... have a great Sunday.
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