Another rainy Wednesday. I know we need the rain, but it seems to me it would be much more efficient if it would rain at night and be sunny in the daytime. I don't remember minding the rain when I was a kid. In fact I used to love to walk in the rain, a warm rain that is, in the spring when it smelled so fresh. Everything blooming and coming alive. Rain was nice then. It didn't make me ache from head to foot and turn me into a hobbling old woman every time I get out of my chair. But in spite of the rain, I got up at four and went to the gym with my daughter. I did 25 minutes on the treadmill and 20 on the bike. It is getting a little easier.
I had an appointment with the Orthopedic surgeon yesterday. He said I was amazing and was impressed at the range of motion I have in my arm and shoulder. Now he has given permission to start the strengthening exercises. So I can upgrade the Yoga to using my arm over head and doing some resistance training. So now, how to make myself follow through. I sometimes think it was easier to get things done when I was working. I knew I had deadlines to meet, so tried to fit everything in a small space. Now I have this whole entire day in front of me and I find myself putting things off until later. The problem with that is when later gets here, I find I have left so much stuff until later, I don't have the stamina or time to get it all done. So I end up saying, Oh well, there's always tomorrow. So I have decided I need to make lists and check them off as I do them. I have to allow myself just 10 minutes to sit down and relax between my little jobs. Otherwise, I will lose myself in a book or movie and totally forget that I had planned to exercise 3 times a day or even eat three meals a day. Time just seems to get away from me now and suddenly my husband comes home and asks, what did you do all day? Let's see, I napped in my chair, played 27 computer games (I love Scrabble), read a book and knitted half a sock. How productive is that. Talk about multi-tasking! Meanwhile, the floor looks like a sand truck ran through it (one of the down sides of living on a lake, sand tracked in on the rug), the dishes are in the sink and the laundry is all over the floor in neat piles since I had planned to throw them in the washing machine. So then I have to run around and act busy like I had been really working all day and was just finishing up. Stuffing the laundry back in the hamper, sweeping the sand under the couch (I'll vacuum tomorrow!) and throwing dishes frantically in the dishwasher while my hubby is outside doing his little yard chores. Whew, wears me out just thinking about it. So this morning, I already put in a load of wash, ran the dishwasher, went to the gym, ate breakfast and now am blogging and boring you folks with my domestic disorderliness. I have a list all ready here to start checking off as soon as I finish writing.
The point of all this rambling is that it is really good to have a plan, but what is even more important is following through. As you can see, I sometimes have a problem with that. So my goal for this week is to work on it and see if I can change still another bad habit. Am I the only one that procrastinates or do some of you have the same problem?
The poem that I will share with you today is one that I wrote about walking in the rain:
Misty Magic
I heard the magical refrain
Of a beckoning Spring rain
I turned real quick and saw that you
had simultaneously heard it too
Wordlessly we snuck downstairs
Hoping to keep them unawares
That we were heading down the lane
to play like children in the rain
We splashed through puddles filled with glee
Our pants rolled up above the knee
And stuck out our tongues to catch the drops
and reveled in jumps and skips and hops
When we were completely soaked to the skin
We turned for home and headed in
Only to find to our chagrin
we had a witness to our sin
Oh Mom and Dad, you really shouldn't
Especially when you said we couldn't!
Let's follow through on all our plans today and
ROCK ON!
Plan for today:
Breakfast: egg, toast, tea
Snack: jello (sugar free)
Lunch: ham on wheat bread
Snack: sugar free pudding
Dinner: cauliflower and Broccoli, baked chicken
Snack: Ice cream bar
Exercise:
Tread mill and bike at gym; yoga; Mr. G's list (it is getting longer!)
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