The school year begins with a bang

With the bus coming nearly 90 minutes earlier than last year, our routines are in havoc.  Add that to being out of town for at least half of five weekends, and you have a recipe for disaster.  Lost keys, lost phones, lost work badges, found phones with no charge, missing sports schedules, and already one sick day from school.  This weekend is about rediscovering our routine and taking the time to prepare for the week before it's too late to do anything about missing items.

Here's to a good start.  I got out of bed at 7am when the cat woke me up.  Did two loads of laundry, cleaned up the kitchen (still have to load the dishwasher), balanced the checkbook, and checked progress for the rest of the year's household budget before anyone else got up.  When or daughter rose, I reminded her she needed to finish her project before she did anything else.  She is now working on that (after a little huff about my not letting her play on her ipod) and if she's made enough progress, we will do C25K together at 10am before the rain comes.  while she does that, I'll make my football picks, and then it will be off to the races of organization and catch up.  It feels good to be home.

Doing things the same way and expecting different results is the definition of...

Insanity!  My weight had not gone down in weeks, so I decided I needed to do something different.  In May, the power yoga class I attended regularly at the Y was cancelled, so I needed to find something else to fill that calorie burn void.  I added a 4:30 Wednesday class so our daughter could attend her 5pm piano lesson while I was in the loft at the crazy class.  Then I did some research because I thought lack of aerobic exercise was the case.  (That and my sweet tooth!)  I decided to do the Couch 2 5K program.  It took two weeks to prepare--downloading the podcasts, creating the schedule, and stocking up on more exercise clothes.  So I started doing the program on September 11.  I think this will help to jump start the weight loss.  I am now exercising six times per week with Fridays off and I have to watch the sweet tooth.  Here's hoping I'm down below 170 by Halloween, then at 165 by Thanksgiving.  Today is a C25K day, so I have to get it in before it begins to rain!