Day 6: 21 Day Fix - Sleepy Face

Never fear, I'm not missing a post!

I was just a sleepy human last night and rather than writing my blog post, I went to sleep almost directly after getting home.

Yesterday was a planned long day, you see. I had work followed by the Pop-up Arcade event at Night Shift Brewery with friends. It was wonderfully fun and the selection of arcade games was rather impressive. The beer was (not on plan) light and tasty; it was a very unique craft brewery. The company was even better.

Knowing this was coming, I prepared by packing many tasty, plan approved, foods to keep my full. Eating went on-point yesterday and I was super happy with my packed tortilla and eggs to be scrambled via-microwave. When I would start to get hungry, it was time to eat again and I made sure to have protein in all of my bites. :)

When I got home, though, it was about 9:30pm and, gradma that I apparently am, I felt the world descend upon me and I passed out after perhaps 30 mintues of conversation. My attempt at a workout was find my computer and DVD, place on bed, sit on bed, begin snoring, go to sleep.

The goal remains to turn off negative thoughts and focus on the positive. I'm making getting healthier a priority and that means fighting through "I'm tired" and learning from mistakes.

Morning update: following my message to fix my shoulder, I'm ready to go. The plan is to complete both the Pilates and Cardio DVDs today since I, well, fell asleep, yesterday. I'm hydrated and excited.

Day 3: 21 Day Fix - "You are a crazy person."

First off, thanks everyone who's been reading and commenting on Facebook so far! I'm super pumped by all of you and wicked appreciate it.

All I can say is good God, am I tired. Yet I'm not tired in an "I work with children all day and work is exhausting" way; I'm tired in an "my body just did all the things and would like to not for a little bit" way. I think this tired is better largely because my mind is still functioning, perhaps better than when I first left camp this afternoon to return my rental car before Pilates.

Squat down. Weight up. Kill me now? Never say die.

Nutrition wise:
My 2 red containers, 1 blue container, and 1 green container egg muffins were fabulous but I need to be more hungry if I intend to eat an entire portion (4 muffins, no joke). They're super yummy with eggs, mozzarella cheese, turkey, carrots, onion, garlic, and broccoli. Crunchy, savory, nutrient rich...they actually taste like they shouldn't actually be good for you and they were wicked easy to make.

I actually managed to pack an after work snack today since I knew dinner would be later. Sunflower seeds were easy to eat and let me push on through my 4th Pilates reformer class!

Fitness wise:
I. Did. Not. Quit. (No matter how much I bloody well wanted to).
Yes, I did BOTH my Pilates class AND the DVD. (I also managed to convince my friend to come over and do the DVD with me! Win. :) )

I held onto this phrase for dear life at times tonight.

The Full Body Cardio Fix is intense and I did it with my friend immediately after we got back to my apartment after our reformer class. I was literally dripping with sweat and felt every muscle worked today and yesterday screaming. Nevertheless, I completed every exercise and made it through. I made the smart choice to continue modifying the jumping jack and modify the cross country ski move so that I don't jump and injure my ankle. It's a goal to be able to do it all fully at some point, but I don't want to do too much. Pilates thankfully has been helping strengthen my ankle.

Now it's time for all the water and a shower so I can hopefully fix my middle of the night wake up routine.

Morning update: Not only did water do the trick and I didn't wake up sore in the middle of the night, but I'm actually feeling pretty good this morning. Muscles ache a small, pleasant amount but aren't being dramatic. Huzzah!

Get pumped for day 4!
-Fallon

Day 63!

So. Much. Travel.

I felt like I didn't stop moving this vacation. That made it both good and bad; it was fun but went so quickly and was tiring. Today I had to travel back to my apartment and the long drive was just a culmination of movement.

One thing I love about getting back is getting to settle in.

Happiness is cutting up groceries and being all organized!

I have a ton of work ahead for myself this week but I am here and I am settled and I know what I am teaching tomorrow. I am good for now and that is enough for tonight, right?

I'm sensing you might see a cup of coffee as my happiness pic for the next week straight....

Day 59!

Today was very productive and good, despite the dreary weather. In fact, the productivity may have been because of the dreary weather. It's impossible to resist being outside on nice spring days.

Smokey is just as tired as I am. We're getting ready for bed!

The nice thing about vacation is getting to go to the gym mid morning on a weekday. It's usually quiet with just a few folks who are off and the elderly. It makes it much more fun because I can actually get parked without having a stroke.

I spent a lot of the day doing paperwork, which, while not terribly excited, needed to and did get done. Hopefully good will come of it all! In the end, I was just glad to get most of it done.

This evening my family watched Frozen, haha. We have a thing for cute Disney movies that we make my dad watch (his thing is more for 80's action movies). He did quite enjoy Olaf and Sven, no matter what he might tell you.

The only downside to the day was being really thrown by this awful allergy attack. I'm just hoping some sleep will make it pass!

Day 12!

It's hard to believe as I write this that it is still Friday. While the school day went by extraordinarily quickly the last two days, the overall day and the week have been long and exhausting.

It was crazy to have two half days in a row (carnival and then meetings), but my lessons were short, cut to meaning, and seemed perfectly timed to keep attention. Students are always a bit nuts on half days and with it being carnival this week, it was especially so. I knew even with 45 minute classes, there was too much energy to focus. I did some free writing and narrative competition then one strong learning activity and one short, pointed discussion. Fast moving class, gets as much as possible from them for 20 focused minutes and 25 more relaxed ones. I'm pretty proud of what I designed, tbh.

What made me most happy today was seeing this:

My class' (I say class because I only teach one grade) snow sculpture. This was made to fit the theme and rules in only a few days of sessions using pretty primitive tools. I was blown away. They may be surly at times, but I am so impressed by their drive and what they can accomplish when they are motivated.

This week has really given me lots of chances to connect to students and I'm greatful for that. I was actually feeling rather despondent this evening and not productively lost in unhelpful imaginings, but writing this post has made me smile again. Makes it worth it.