Finally the humidity has dissipated! I however was hung over yesterday like no other day I can remember ( in the last 5 years anyways), hubby and I attended a friends BBQ and a pitcher of sangria just happened to disappear. Oh the headaches!
So Sunday I had planned to do all this exciting stuff... well I just rested and we all just relaxed for the day. How much better can life really get on a Sunday ( unless of course I hadn't be hung over)
My one daughter, Hydie has decided she no longer wants to bike ride. I however cannot imagine what being a child without a bike would be like, so I figured I had to do something to get this lil girls back on her bike. We got on the bike.. and I noticed she's very anxious.. so I held my hand on hers while she biked.. This seemed to help. Every time I took it off... she freaked out. We get moving and she's biking excellent but very anxious.. so this mommy gets creative.. and we give her bike a name. TANGO! So we are biking and cheering on Hydie and Tango, life's great! Get to the park make it home.. and she's tickled pink her and Tango did so well.
Later in the day I decide its time to get my rear end out and do my LAST run of the Week 4 of my Couch 2 5 km program. I have been stuck on this week for 2 weeks so enough is enough. I get all dressed.. shoes on and Hydie has decided she wants to run with me! Well I have had bad experiences with my 3.5 year olds trying to run with me.. they don't have any patience nor attention spans! But I figured what the heck.. lets do it!
So Hydie gets on her runners, with her watermelon socks and wants two ponies just like her mommy. ( Oh so sweet!) We get on the trail.. do our 5 minutes of walking with some crazy arm swings for warming up.. a little cheering and some quacking. We start our run... and 1.5 minutes into my 3 minute set Hydie needs water... and to hold my hand..lol so I jog in spot and we get this going.. We made it through 2 full sets ( 8 minutes of running in total and about 1 km or so ) before she had had it. I paused my workout and sat on the bench till Daddy came. Hydie was SO proud of herself.. and so was her mommy!
Ainsley continued with me for another bit till I ran her back to the park and continued my training. It was a great run.. Hydie was thoroughly proud of herself and barely could walk the rest of the way home she was so tired. But she wants to run again...
My baby's a runner... And this Mommy couldn't be prouder!!
I rarely blog about my professional life.. reason being that I run a Reintegration program that works with high risk offenders with sexual designation. That's a hard thing for a mom to say.. but I do it because I don't want any more victims. I work with these ( usually men) men who are aware of their past, their victims and realizations they never want to hurt another human again. I do have statistics showing that only 23% of sex offenders will reofffend, and I attribute this to the fact they are often the inmates that receive the most lengthy sentences and are pumped through numerous programs. ( please feel free to contact me if you want more discussion on this.. I'm very open to discussing this topic and respectful of peoples views of it as well)
So as a mom and professional , the news on the Aurora shootings of last night has peaked my interest. I am very saddened to hear that so far 12 lives were lost and there is 31 victims, including a 3 month old baby. As a mom, if I had been able to take my baby to a late night movie I would have. Being a mom and stuck at home all the time isn't glorious and not always can we find sitters for youngens. So there is no reason for people to want justification for why this young baby was in the theatre. However, as a mom.... my heart is broken for this family whose baby is fighting for its life. Who thinks going to a movie theatre at midnight would end up in such a horrific end.
I was also sadden to hear the story of Jessica Redfield, a young lady who also was at the movie and lost her life. From my understanding, she was a sports anchor and very involved in the hockey world. I see on twitter she tweeted that the movie was to start in only minutes... Little did she know this would be her last tweet.
Jessica was also a blogger... http://jessicaredfield.wordpress.com/2012/06/05/late-night-thoughts-on-the-eaton-center-shooting/ This is her last entry. She discussed how she barely missed being a victim of the Eaton Centre shootings in Toronto. She seemed to value her life and be thankful she walked out of the food court within seconds of the shooter... Little did she know a month or so later she would lose her life to such violence.
As a professional, I am very aware of VICARIOUS trauma. This is trauma that the public and/or professionals feel and suffer from after being privy to such violent events. I personally suffer from this at times after reading a clients file, the descriptions of their crimes often makes me feel sick to my stomach and I have to take time to take care of myself ( i.e. family time, running etc) to be able to deal with it. I think that the media brings this trauma to the public as well. With the wide discussion of these shootings you see mass discussions on social media sights.. people are sickened.. saddened and very upset. Unfortunately, media will always report on the latest and will always make things worse then what really is. However, with this event.. It couldn't get much worse.
I have attached a link to some material on Vicarious Trauma. It discusses what this trauma is and how people can work through it. http://headington-institute.org/Default.aspx?tabid=2648
Prayers and thoughts go out to all of the victims and their families in Colorado.. Hug your loved ones extra today. You never know what a day brings.
Holy cripes! This humidity is starting to wear me out! I have no energy.. so I'm indulging in carbs.. and of course not the best ones but not over doing it so I guess that's fair. ( gotta justify it some how I guess)
I'm struggling to get through my week 4 run program.. I don't find running for 5 minutes straight hard.. I find it exhausting when the humidity surrounds me and I seriously feel like I'm being weighted down by it. I have full faith I can get through this week.. Just wish the humidity would let up so I could train!
When I train.. I feel great.. I eat fantastic.. When I don't train... I eat like crap and am exhausted...
Can someone please call Mother Nature for me and give her the what for?!
Anyone have any recommendations in how to train in this humidity?!
We had a family reunion this weekend.. My fathers side which is huge. There was 13 children in his Dad's family so close to 500 people are invited to this thing. However, we have all grown up and changed our beliefs in what family is. Life is very busy for most of us, and driving any distance on a summer weekend ( when there is so little of them) is usually not a priority. The only reason we made it was because it was close to my parents farm and my parents had my kids... so sucked in!
The last few years have proven to show what family is.. the definition definitely does not include "those who you have blood ties too" as often as my fathers generation feels it should. I have 30+ first cousins.. and I don't have ANY one of theirs addresses nor phone numbers. I do however have some close ties to people in my life who are by chance 2nd cousins, and friends who my kids acknowledge as Aunt and Uncles. The reason they do.. these people know where I live.. what I do and what we enjoy in life. These are the people that when your world is spiralling out of control are there on the phone at 6 am , in their car to drive 5 hours to pack your stuff or beat the person that's upset you. You know.. the people that would literally do ANYTHING in the world for you.. These people.. are FAMILY. I will argue this till the day that I die!
We chose with the short amount of summer weekends we have not to go to a wedding last weekend of a cousin who lives 4 blocks from me yet for a whole year we have never seen him, don't know where he works nor have his phone number. So of course my dad's so called close family of 40+ people ( none which have my contact info nor call to see if I'm alive) were really upset over this. So all in all my mom said that she wasn't my boss and I was 30 years old and could make my own decision...
Family reunion comes.. and I had to hold my own.. with people who have NO idea what I even do for a living.. So I did.. I gave them straight up answers....
" We chose to do something else as a family because do not have alot of free time in the summer and it didn't work out" When all I wanted to do was scream " who are you to obligate me to a wedding for someone I don't know.. who has no idea who I am what I do nor where I live" But.. we don't talk to family like that right ......
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My lil ones are at Nana and Papa's this week so hubby and I are flying solo! This sounds glorious and has been mostly.. His work has been nutty so best he works more when the kids are gone then leaving me to pull my hair out when they are home HA!
My training has slowed down because of the heat we are facing in Saskatchewan along with a stomach bug I picked up! I am just missing one run this week but maybe can pull two run days off in a row yet.. I will see!
I am on Week 4 Day 2 tomorrow, meaning max runs of 5 minute straight. As daunting as this is, I found my 4 minute runs easier then my 1 minute runs! I believe this is success at its finest! I also have done ONE ( Im proud to get ONE cross training work out in a week at this point) Nike Training Club work out in at the gym this week too. Yesterday in fact I burnt over 750 + calories with a 4.2 km fast walk with girl friends and then a hit up at the gym.
The success of the week is .... wait for it.... FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER... Getting into a minimal stretch cotton pair of SHORTS in a size 16!! I have NEVER gotten summer clothes smaller then a 36 " waist or a size 18! To bad I wasn't feeling well that day and couldnt celebrate!
My Challenge ..... Removing the priority of using a scale.. Once upon a time 35 lbs lighter.. I was a size 18.. now.. 35 lbs heavier.. I'm size 16... But for some reason I place huge value on what the scale tells me.. This is bothering to me... Anyone else have issues?
Hope all is well out there in the blogging world! Take care!
