I'm working on this balancing act thing, really, I am.
I don't have enough hateful miserable words to describe the plague intensity snot fest that we are having over here at Casa de Fabulous but I will say that since Noah has gotten this wintertime rhino-virus thing, I have made multiple trips to the store for Kleenex alone. Does that give you an idea? I have a patent pending on a baby nose-wiping technique.
At the end of the day I am responsible for not getting on the treadmill, not going to the gym, not going out for a walk or doing a workout on the 30 Day Shred DVD. When I look back into my achieves of this site it seems like every few days I wrote something to the nails-on-a-chalk-board-tune of woe is me! I have been sick and couldn't workout, Waaaa!
Bottom line is, I made the choice, regardless of the circumstances and I have to accept where I am and just get up and move. Today.
So I did.
I went to the gym yesterday and did 35 minutes of cardio work and then did some strength training. I am a bit out of shape and I do have borderline bronchitis and my lung capacity and breathing were vaguely compromised. I am not at the level of fitness that I was two months ago and basically it pisses me off.
In exchange for going to the gym and exercising EVERY night I am spending more time with my husband and my son and my pets. I am getting a lot more writing done and I'm even getting more rest, sort of. Although, that's not an easy one to quantify because, damn, little is little, no matter how nicely you dress it up.
I did a little exercise today but the coughing got to me and I stopped after not very long. I'm getting back to it. I am working on this issue of balancing all of the roles I play. It's a new struggle each day to see where I am needed most and what is needed of me.
How about you? In the past week, what have you made time for that you had been missing, and what do you wish you had more time to do?
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