What a chore!

Today's blog is not funny, thought provoking or creative. It is about my Friday. I woke up at 4:40am. On my way out the door at 5:03 the phone rang (which scared the CRAP out of me) and informed us that schools were running on a 2 hr delay. I briefly spoke with Don to make sure that was okay with his schedule and out the door I went. I taught a "race day" cycle class at 5:30am, and then after doing some office work, taught 2 water classes from 8:30-10:30. I had a meeting until 12, left by 1 and headed to Walmart to get some groceries. I arrived home at 2pm and unpacked in time to go meet the school bus. Only the bus never came. We got a call that the bus had a flat tire, so I jumped in the car with my friend Barbara and we picked the kids up. We arrived home around 2:45, and I cleaned out the fridge and freezer with Brady and Delaney's "help". It took 2 ridiculous hours, and sadly, picture number 1 is the finished product! We then headed off to basketball, and had dinner. It is now 8:30 pm, and the laundry is still not away, the Christmas decor is still all over the diningroom, and I am not sure if I have any clean white socks for tomorrow. But we are going to settle in to the family room now and watch a movie. It is important to remember the important things, and as long as I take care of those, I am doing alright.....right?

The Party's Over

So, this is where I spent the better part of my last day of Christmas vacation. I camped out in my pjs next to the fireplace in my livingroom, and dedicated about 5 hours to planning the next 2 weeks of Spin classes. I will be teaching 6 of these classes this week, and want to make sure that the workouts are varied, effective, and FUN. You will see my trusty itunes account, which is home to 10,000 songs. Funny, that with all of those to choose from, I probably pull from the same 200 on a regular basis, and lately I have been trying to get in some Lady GaGa whenever I can....(LOVE HER) So there you have the tricks of my trade...computer, heart rate training zone book, tons of paper, and index cards to hold the final product. I came up with three new classes, and feel ready to start a great year at the Y.

I also teach at one of the local schools every Monday afternoon, so I have yet to tweak the Zumba class that I am doing there tomorrow, but that should only take a little bit of time. Then there is my weekly water exercise class, which does not require music, and therefore is a snap to profile. With all of the craziness of school and activities starting up again tomorrow, I felt that it was time well spent to plan ahead so that I can take whatever else comes my way.

The girls had their buds over to play with their American Girl dolls and to plan their Halloween costumes. We overheard them discussing who was going to be which Spice Girl...yikes. Rory asked if we could go shopping for her costume, and we replied, "Sure, in OCTOBER." Too funny.

Brady is captured today doing what has become more frequent...EATING. "Mom, I'm starving" is becoming a daily chant, second only to "Do we have any more batteries for the Wii remote?" I am in for quite a ride with these kids!
And so, the sun begins to set here in Sedgleyland.