Workin' Out

Woo hoo!! Day #4 for my workout!! Tonight was the toughest yet! 20 minutes (over 3 miles!) on the bike AND 1 hour in the water aerobics class. PLUS tonight I signed up with a personal trainer. MA and I are going to share our trainer. Instead of paying $99 for a personalized program and 3 work-out times, we can share each others time and now we get 6 work-out days with the trainer! We shall see how this works out.

Tonight we are also bracing for Tropical Storm Ernesto. I had concerns about this storm early on. Then I began to relax just a bit. But after I came home from the gym, I saw something quite unusual. In the corner of our porch, I saw a bird perched on the small over hang over in the corner. His head was tucked in away from the elements. How odd. With animals' strong sense of what's going on around them, I wonder how bad it might get. Give it a few more hours and we shall see.

Life is good and bad

I'm in a battle of mixed emotions. I'm feeling great b/c I've actually exercised for the past 3 days. I'm feeling really good phsically. We did the official joining of the health club tonight. Now to keep up the good work.

On the other hand, I've been really,....I'm not sure what word I'm looking for, I keep thinking discombobulated...In the past few weeks, I've heard a friend has breast cancer, my daughter's school had a bomb threat called in, a small boy in a nearby neighborhood was killed, my car engine light came on, and then today, I was in the library when the man I subbed for last week found out his brother-in-law had just died in an auto accident, there was a shooting at a high school less than an hour away, and we've got the potential of hurricane weather coming our way. I'm afraid of what else might be up the road. Its just been a heavy duty time.

I'm so thankful I have my family and my friends. I'm just so thankful to be here.

2 days in a row!

Yay me!!! I did go in and work out today. 20 minutes (over 3.5 miles) on the stationary bike. 20 minutes (and almost a mile) on the treadmill. Doing those is so much easier with the music from the mp3 player. :)

I feel good!!!

I hit the gym for the first time, in I don't know how long. Man, do I feel good right now.

I did take it rather easy. I did 2.5 miles on the bike at the lowest level and I walked on the treadmill for 20 min. I went rather slow. My highest speed was only 3 mph. I wasn't looking to do a super duper workout tonight.

I'm ready for more!

Will he or won't he, that is the question

Ah....I guess the true test is about to unfold. With hurricane Ernesto heading towards Miami, I thought I'd take this time to send a little email to my old friend David (see my earlier posting). I never did hear back from him regarding the first email I sent him. We'll see what happens with the one I just sent.

There COULD be a few legitimate reasons why he wouldn't get back to me. (please note the emphasis on the COULD....I don't really believe that, but.....I'm all for giving people the benefit of doubt.) But, if I don't hear from him...well, let's just say HE'LL have to be the one to make the next move.

Sex on the mind

I think I'm starting to have a mid-life crisis. Last weekend during the Hootie concert, I looked around at all the young people there and I thought to myself, --How cool would it be to be able to go back in time. To go back to my early 20's, yet have the knowledge that I have at 40.-- I think I did play it a little safe during my younger years. Then about the time I was ready to quit being so "safe", I met David. There went my "No strings attached, no questions asked, no guilt involved" lifestyle. Gone before I had the chance to really enjoy it.

Now, the sexless nights are driving me crazy. Ever since I quit doing my depo shots, my hormones have been driving me nuts. I think I realize what it meant to be 18 and male. Ah.....the irony of life. I'm ready to get back on, but I gotta find that damned prescription.

Today, Dave has been on a big kick to get all of us into the gym to start exercising and just feeling better all the way around. Hopefully this will help jumpstart his testosterone level and help his desire level. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Until then, I guess I'll just have to rely on my imagination.

I think I'm gonna puke

You know, its like slowing down to see a car wreck, but I can't help but keep up with the trials and tribulations of Britney & Kevin Spears. Ooops, I mean Federline. I don't like Britney. Never have. My advice to her....quit the singing and just go ahead and pose for Playboy. Get it over with. Because really, that's about all I think you've got the talent for. But then again, you do have more talent than your gold digger. Ooops, I mean husband.

But I digress. I just read that Britney & Kevin were going to renew their vows. Wow. After almost 2 whole years of marriage. You've got to be kidding me. She got married in Vegas. Had that marriage annulled. (That marriage lasted, what?? About 50 hours??? Yeah, I think that's the shortest celebrity marriage EVER!!!) A few months later, she marries again. They wear sweat suits. His with Pimp or something totally ridiculous like that. Now, they want to renew those vows. Can you say PUBLICITY STUNT???

Brit, please use some of your money and buy some common sense. Get rid of that skanky hubby of yours. Read your child-rearing books like the rest of us do and learn how to use the damn car seat correctly.

Just gag me with a spoon.

The drama! The politics! What the hell is going on?

Volleyball life has gotten almost absurd lately. Ok. So, its been said that my daughter has a great setting personality and has good hands. Its been said that the local Division 1 coach has her eyes on my dd and that she will be at whatever club my dd is in. Now, its being said that my daughter may be moving up come next club season.

Last night Dave E told me that he was told that my dd was going to play for the 15-1 team instead of the 14-1 team like we were thinking. It seems that the 6'+ setter that played this past season won't be returning. So, I'm guessing that the 15-1 team is looking for a new setter. (This team is REALLY good. They made it to Nationals 2 years in a row!) I don't know if they have another setter or what, but to move my dd up before she has proven herself is kinda unreal. This is a girl that has never set in a game before!!! She just switched positions since her past volleyball camp.

Is this being directed from someone outside of the club? The college coach? What do the coaches think? What will the players & parents think? What will my dd think?? I don't know.

In a way, its almost scary how this stuff happens and how politics play a role in these girls playing ball. But as the parent of the child that this is happening to, its still pretty damn exciting.

I do worry that she won't measure up. I worry that its too much for her. But, I see how much this can mean to her future. Both good and the little bit of bad.

Will they want my dd in the club after this season? Or will they want to get rid of the baggage?

I guess only time will tell.

All revved up with nothing to say

Here I am with time to kill. I've got an itch to blog, but don't really have anything in mind to talk about. So, like Lauren has said she read, I'm gonna just type. So whatever comes out, comes out.

Its been too damn hot here. Its 10:48pm its 86 degrees and humid as hell. Thank god for air conditioning. Tomorrow is supposed to be nasty hot as well.

Sigh....nothing else is really popping up for me. La dee da.

Now watch. As soon as I publish this, something wonderful and insightful will come to mind. But, I'll probably be too damn lazy to erase this and put up the new stuff. Then when I come back on, I'll have forgotten what I was gonna write in the first place.

Hmmm...ok Lauren, this isn't working for me. Oh wait....I think I'm supposed to do this every day. NOT!!! hmm....now to find something else to do to waste some time.