Monday already?

I had high hopes of getting all my vacation posts done over the long weekend but as you see I fell short, such is life. I'll try to do one tonight when I get home, only 3 to go. I wasn't feeling the best this past week with all the snotties/congestion going on so I ended up napping yesterday for a few hours.

I did make it to the gym yesterday though. I did less ab exercises and my tummy didn't hurt me but just a slight bit last night so I think that's the key for me till I'm all healed up from whatever is going on inside. I did 10 mins on the elliptical to warm up instead of the treadmill. I think I'm going to do that for awhile for warm up. It really gets my heart rate up good. It was leg day, I can't say I love my leg workout but I'm still following what the doctor told me to do so I'm not following the "Book of Muscle" routine on leg days. I can tell my legs are stronger but I'm sure if I was doing squats and lunges they would be even stronger. But I want several more years out of my old knees so I'm going to do what the doctor said.

I've been doing the couch to 5K again. I had started it months back but only got to like week 4 and quit because of my knee trouble. I'm in week 3 now and it's going pretty well. I'm not having any knee pain and my breathing seems to be good. I'm really looking forward to being able to run 3 miles straight here in another 6 weeks.

I have been saying forever that I want to run a 5K with my nephew this Summer. I really want to keep to that goal but I know I'm starting to run out of time. I haven't looked at 5K's in the area either for August. I'll have to look into that soon. With my nephew having his own knee pain issues I'm not sure he'll be in cross country this fall. I'm hoping he's ok. I take him to the doctors today.

Back to work today. I can't say I'm thrilled but it's a short day for me anyway so it should go by fast. It's amazing how fast the summer is flying by. I need to start making some plans for our weekend camping trip to Shenandoah. I think I want to go in early August.

I haven't seen my best friend or oldest sister since Christmas either so think I might take a trip to Baltimore here in a few weeks. I've been having some anxiety over some family stuff. Really it's more about my niece, that she's not talking to me. It seems my niece, nephew (not the one that lives with me but his younger brother) and my sister believe I have turned my nephew against them. I think if they spent more time making an effort for him they would see he's not against them. I think he just thinks they abandoned him first and like me, they cause him anxiety and he just doesn't want to deal with that. His brother has been calling and telling him all this stuff and telling him he needs therapy. I do think he needs therapy (most people could use some) but I think my sister and other nephew could definitely use it more.

Anyway, I hate that his brother keeps calling him up to fight with him after they have hardly seen each other in several years. I just wish everyone could get along. But I think my niece feels judged by me and she doesn't seem able to tell me how she feels so she just avoids me. I hope eventually we can talk things out and get back to a relationship. I think the world of her and I do miss her.

I really hadn't planned on talking about all that but I guess I'll leave it since it must have been on my mind to write it all out. Sometimes I wonder what is to much sharing but then I did start this blog with the intention of it being to help me sort things out.

I was thinking yesterday about my plan to get below 200 before the summer is over too. For me it really has to be about the food the most. I am in Tony's challenge and it is making a difference to me when I look at the candy bowl here at work or think about a second helping or eating at night. I really do want to make a difference in myself in those 60 days.

As for hubby, he doesn't seem very motivated lately. He fell off the wagon as I did during vacation and so far he hasn't been wanting to get back on. I think he's having some anxiety about me going to the TOPS IRD for 4 days by myself next week too. He was the reason I finally decided to go. I had no plans of going because I didn't want him upset about it. But he kept telling me it was ok. It seems like he's back to being moody with me. I really think it's more that he's not been eating well or exercising much so he tends to transfer that to me these days. Like yesterday he didn't go to the gym with me but then kept making comments to me like it was my fault he wasn't going. Anyway, I'm hoping we have a good week before I leave.

Well I've rambled on enough. Till later...