Lack of Exercising

I have not exercised for the last 3 days. Quite honestly I feel like crap. It is amazing how it affects how one feels when they stop exercising. I’ve been eating pretty good – well except last night at my step-daughters bridal shower I did have some lasagna, Caesar salad AND ½ piece of cheese cake from Costco. I do like cheese cake and only have it on special occasions…. And it must be very special. Anyway, I’ve had 3 late nights this week and getting up in the morning has been next to impossible. And I am so busy during the day that I can’t get out for a walk at lunch. I know it is only a kink in my routine but I still don’t like it and I don’t like how I feel.

Tonight we are rushing out of town again to go camping with some of my co-workers. There are four trailers in all and I am bringing along my grandson Aiden and of course we have Mr. Sandra’s youngest boy (who is 11). It looks like it will finally stop raining here in time for the weekend again so I am hoping we have a nice dry camping trip. Otherwise, I’m bringing videos for Aiden to watch in case he gets miserable… which he rarely does but he does get bored.

I’ve never been to where we are camping, my co-workers picked it and two of them left yesterday. I think it is a campground right inside a small town. Which means I will likely get lots of walking in this weekend.  I’m pretty positive these folks are not big drinkers and a lot more active than last weekend’s crew so I’m pretty sure I will get lots of exercising in.

This place is also about an hour and half away from a small town I grew up in and where my 97yr old Grandmother is still living. I plan on taking a couple of hours out of tomorrow to go to see her. I can’t get that close to her and not go visit. They put her in an assisted living quarters last year and I had visited her shortly after and she wasn’t happy about being there. She had lived in her home, alone for many many years – my grandfather passed away in 1980 or so, so she lived alone for almost 30 years. But it was time to move her out of her home for her safety and it turns out that she is much happier now and thriving. I think the company has done her good. We had a family wedding there while I was away in Mazatlan but my sister visited and gave me the scoop. Plus I’ve been talking with my family that still lives there in that town over the last year getting updates on how she has been doing.

Last night at the bridal shower, I got a chance to meet Rachael’s future MIL and all I can say is I really like that lady and her friends. They were very welcoming. My situation with Rachael and her upcoming wedding is a bit touchy and not normal. These people made me feel right at home and like one of the family. In fact, I was asked to sit with one of the couples during the ceremony as I am not welcome on the bride’s side.  I’ve kind of touched on my family drama in past posts and unfortunately it hasn’t gone away after all these years. However, Rach has only one month left until her wedding, she is extremely happy and excited and last night I realized how much I have been missing out because of the situation with her father. I really felt sad that I wasn’t more involved but oh so happy for her relationship with her future MIL as that lady will  and has been taking care of her.

I also met a lady and her daughter that are doing the Kidney March in September (well the Mother is walking). They had a very personal reason for meeting this challenge. The Mother gave one of her kidney’s to her daughter 2 years ago and she is doing great. The daughter is 8 now and looks healthy and very happy. We chatted about how much training we haven’t been doing because of all the rain around here, and how much both of us were looking forward to the walk. It was very nice to get to know someone personally that my fundraising is going to help.

Well I’ve yak’d enough for today, I hope you all have a FANTASTIC weekend!

Ttyl

Sandra