how many days until summer vacay???!!!

It is about 9:30 PM Tuesday night. It has been a long, long day. I hate complaining because I feel like everyone has long days. I don’t have too much room to complain. I have a job I enjoy, I get to live in a fantastic town in MA and in a week I will be done with work for the summer (OK, maybe two weeks.) That said – it was a long day and I can’t wait to crawl into bed.

My work out today was so-so. I cranked on my five minute cardio warm up. It took me forever to get through my leg work-out but I didn’t seem to be in much of a hurry. I decided to do the elliptical today. But after about ten minutes I had had enough. I stayed on for fifteen minutes and then moved over to the bike. DQ had downloaded some shows about Mt. Everest and I watched one of those. It helped pass the time.

I don’t think I mentioned that my left hip has been bothering me. Whenever I get up from sitting down I look like a little old woman trying to stand up straight. OUCH! Sometimes when I run, and I have been doing it for a long time, my toes go numb on that side. Today I spoke to our athletic trainer and she mentioned sciatica. She told me to lay off the running. She told me to jump on the bike. I just don’t feel like I am working as hard. I know I am not burning as many calories. I may try running tomorrow…I just don’t know.

I have eaten very well today but it is getting harder and harder to say no to the bad stuff. I really, really want all the bad stuff right now – cookies, brownies, the works. But I keep telling myself to wait until Friday! Tomorrow night I am going to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. I am hoping to just pick at my meals during the day so I can enjoy myself! I have already decided to replace the ground beef with grilled chicken and no sour cream. I love sour cream!

til tomorrow –
Mummy Q.