Well, here I am almost six weeks into my leave (which was for six weeks) and um.. ahem.. cough.. yeah... I didn't follow through on my incredible workout plan. In fact, I - are you ready? - I slept in some days. Really. Now that in itself is a miracle, but the kids just seemed to cooperate. I found my older son in his room playing Leapster quietly in bed. My little one - he was on his bed (which is a huge novelty to him since we transitioned him into a toddler bed a few weeks ago) reading his books! While I slept. Seriously. I had to look for pods - you know, just in case.
I've had an amazing time off - we didn't do all the things I thought I would - but I've rearranged my home some, cleared out a shed, spent days redoing my oldest's bedroom (with an eye in the plan for it to become a shared room when the little man is old enough to join the big one - thus putting me into a room of my own for crafting/writing and dreaming - mwa ha ha... um.. that was my evil laugh, sorry, got carried away for a moment)
I've played, laid about, cuddled, kissed and loved my wee men, gone away all by myself, done some writing, built a huge playground in the backyard (OK, that one had LOTS of help from the best friends and family EVER) entered a few contests, written my first review and giveaway, given lots of thought to my writing project that I'm taking to the Surrey International Writer's Conference this year, and well, ENJOYED myself. I have to say, it's been good for me.
I haven't lost any weight - BUT I haven't gained any. I think I've figured out the maintenance part, at least. I'll get back on track - I have yoga at work starting next week, still have a pass for the local studio to use up, got another for a studio my sister and I want to try out, have my Total Body Revolution package, two feet for walking on nice days, and a whole lot of want to meet my goal in this part of my life by year's end (29lbs to go)
And I'm writing - I love writing. I brings me joy and makes me feel alive in so many ways. I love to share all this stuff in my head (and oh, the characters - really one can only keep so many people up there, you know? They want out!)
And did I mention I'm with my kids? Things all change come fall. It's going to be a huge transition for us - Kindergarten! School. OMG! I can see the tears now as we move from my oldest going to my parents to a before/after care and full day Kindergarten. Big sobbing ones, floods of tears.. um.. probably all mine and done alone as I don't want to scare my big boy. Yep, I'm off the first week of school. Bit hard to be helping others at work when one is all a mess.
And now you know... where I'm at, where I've been and what's coming. Sort of. I'm looking forward to getting back on track, and sad to leave this unscheduled, lovely moment in time behind. I'm sure that I'll have lots of motivating stuff to excite you - so stay tuned. After all, no matter what we have coming - it's all one big adventure and sharing it is half the fun!
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