The Old College Try

I haven't been able to Zumba in over a week...it sucks. I can't believe I'm saying that as exercising isn't usually something I'd be jumping up and down to do. However, I really do enjoy my Zumba time and am missing it very much. Last Thursday's class had to be cancelled because of the weather which really disappointed me since it was my last full week before the basketball games started. Monday I should've been able to go but lack of funds kept me home instead. I found it difficult to bite my tongue and not fuss at Donnie because here I am trying to get healthier and his need for McDonalds and pop that's $3 for a 6 pack could've been the difference between my working out and my staying home. Still, I was nice and didn't say anything. Last night we had basketball games at 6:30 and 7:30. Two plus hours on the bleachers made me want to crawl into bed and just sleep...forget everything else.

Knowing I was going to run into many more nights like last night, I insisted on downloading some of the Zumba songs I know off of iTunes. It seems very reasonable for me to use my iPod to help me get in shape. So, I downloaded a few of the songs I remember the steps to and kept telling myself that sooner or later I'd use them to work out. I was even proud of myself for using Hunter's practice time to do some walking on Tuesday. Yet, as of this morning, I had not used those songs.

When I got into the daycare this morning, I saw the laptop sitting out. I'd left it on the table last night in my hurry to get to the doctor's office, home to pick up the kids and back out to drop everyone off at the games while I took my CPR class (I told you I'm always running). So, I thought, why not work out before the kids got here? After all, my body won't know what it's doing until it's too late. To a degree this was true, I got through two of the three songs before I started thinking it might not have been such a good idea after all. Even so, I made it through the songs without giving in to my urge to just go back to sleep. What's more, I wasn't freezing when I was done! Hopefully, I can keep this up every morning. Even if it's just a few songs, something has to be better than nothing.

Come Monday, there are no basketball games and I should be able to go right on to Zumba. That is of course if the weather doesn't get in the way. I'm so over the snow at this point. Either way, I can still do some working out, I've got the music!!