Tank Top Arms

Sorry, sorry sorry!! I have been lurking behind school books, indoor soccer window panes, behind desks, in and out of Sacramento and I’m still going! Obviously I haven’t been able to keep up my end of the bargain when I said I wouldn’t let more than 2 days go in between posts. What I meant to say was that I would let 22 days go in between posts….of course I’m joking. So basically I’ve been so busy up to my armpits that I neglected one of my favorite things…my website. *sigh*

So I thought I would just slap some info together for you in lieu of leaving you wondering what the heck I’ve been up to, and then we can just move on. Sound good? Good.

First off I wanted to share with you that I FINALLY did a yoga class! Remember how it was one of my New Year’s resolutions? In case you didn’t know, Yoga has actually stressed me out in the past when I’ve tried it. I’m more of a kickboxing, boot camp, Krav Maga girl, so the s..l…o……..w static positions drive me batty. But I wanted to give it one more try. Perhaps it was the instructor that really made it a great experience for me. Or maybe it was the fact that I didn’t give a flip about how stupid I looked in class, so I was able to relax more this time. At any rate, I was so sore the next two days!! It was awesome! Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to go back because I had to work during that time slot, but at least I want to, right? But for now, even though I don’t have the “best” yoga form, I can still hold my balance pretty well, AND with one foot in the sand!Now I have to tell you this story because it’s funny…and it’s about me. Sometimes we need to laugh at ourselves, especially when we have stressful things going on in our lives. So I’m at the gym the other day and I get on the elliptical trainer for about 20 minutes. Truth be told, I got bored, but I wasn’t done working out, so I decided to shoot some hoops. Yes…basketball. Those of you that know me pretty well know how much I REALLY like watching basketball. I enjoy watching most sports and get very vocal too, but I like basketball the most. Anyway, I’m in the gym and I figure that I’ll shoot hoops and do some drills for cardio for about another 20-30 minutes. For every basket I make, I will do 10 jumping jacks and ten pushups. It was official. The basketball gods has placed a forcefield AROUND the entire darn basket!!! I am not kidding people! It got so ridiculous that I was laughing hard, to myself, and the 4 yr olds that were in there for the childcare were even laughing every time the ball hit the board or I air balled it. I think they thought I was doing it on purpose and playing around with them. I had a good laugh, let me tell ya :-D

But I stayed. And the moral of the story is that I didn’t quit, no matter how bad I was. Then there’s my allergies. *another sigh* Are any of you familiar with this? Oh my gosh, if there is one thing I really miss about being in Hawaii is the fact that I never had allergies. They’ve hit me like a ton of bricks, or mold for that matter. I’m always itching my throat, scratching my eyes, wiggling my nose and sneezing. Blah! So that has slowed me down a little bit, but not too bad.

Regarding my cholesterol: THANK YOU for all of you who have inquired and sent me good wishes on this. It was all very sweet :-) All the good joojoos that came my way paid off too! I recently had it checked again and I’m now at 191! Yay!! I admit I was eating a lot more shrimp before, so I cut that out a lot….amost completely for a while to see if that could have been the culprit and I think it may have been. So I’m happy to report that according to my results and doc, I’m not going to be keeling over anytime soon due to clogged arteries and cholesterol. My HDL’s (good cholesterol) were still at 79, so that was great news. Many of the comments have been, “how can you have high cholesterol with how much you work out?” Well guys and gals, it just goes to show that sometimes we can have genetic dispositions (like in my case) and then adding shrimp to the mix isn’t a good idea! No seriously, I do have a genetic disposition in which my body produces more cholesterol than what is being removed. So, I have to take extra precautions to keep that in check. Check out the video on  How cholesterol clogs your arteries. It’s an eye opener!

School is kicking my booty this term. Thank goodness I only have 5 classes left. Or is it 4, or I think 3 actually. * double sigh* I can’t think sTrAiGhT. Either way, I’m almost done thank God. Classes are really busy right now, but I must toot my own horn for a second and say that I’m very proud to have a 3.78 GPA right now! My son asked me the other day, “mom, are you going to get your P.h.D. after your done with your Master’s?” to that I replied, “I’m not sure, but if I do, it won’t be for a while, why?” And he said, “Oh good, because I miss spending time with you”. [guilt trip] At this point I have a blank stare and I hear violins playing in the background. I was bummed, but at least he knows that I work hard in whatever it is I set my mind to, so hopefully he and his sister will catch that fever.

Well, except for all the other little boring details, this is really the big stuff that stuck out in my clouded mind at the moment. Little stuff include: My son wants to start triathlon training now with me in May, I want to start taking photography more seriously, I’ll be renewing and testing again for my personal training certs in June,  work is really picking up as I’ll be traveling outside of CA, I’m now a newly certified level I phlebotomist, my daughter is playing basketball and indoor soccer, my sister is graduating with her Masters in May so I’ll be flying out to DC for that, my car is dirty and I have to fold some laundry now.

Have a great day, afternoon or evening…whatever time it is wherever you are at :-) See you again soon!