Yay Friday!

8-28-15

3 miles!

I actually counted my laps yesterday as opposed to just the steps. The iPhone has this health app that counts steps but I am not sure how accurate it is, and I don’t like how it tracks the steps. If you aren’t super active, it tracks steps per minute. If you are walking a lot, it seems to understand this and groups it different. You would think it would then track for like 20 minutes or something like that. Instead, its every 5 minutes. Lame. So when I was walking for 45 minutes I had to add all the sections up which is so silly. For the first time, I am considering the idea of an Apple Watch. It might be better for tracking these things. Either way, I am pleased I managed 3 miles.

I walked 4 laps (the laps are only a third of a mile) with Bobby, which was wonderful since I got to talk to him about life and other random thoughts his old soul might have. I walked only a lap with Dax, but that is because he got bored. I had played some Frisbee with him, too, but I got bored. Ha!

My new consideration is I may end up walking during Dax’s practice. It’s only an hour and I can most likely walk for that long. Once he is done, I may walk with Dax back home where he can get showered while I cook dinner. Yes, we will end up eating later, but it will probably be ok in the grand scheme of things. Plus, they can have a good snack during homework so they should be ok to wait until a light dinner. It means I can probably walk with both boys for a chunk of time. Bobby can walk with me during Dax’s practice, and then Dax and I can do the walk home. I think this is a good plan.

I have been concerned about getting in walk time daily, so for now I am planning on doing at the very least squats Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. If I set out to do at least 50 for this first week, I can increase as I go. I can do the squats at work, which will be nice. I am hopeful to add a walk or two during the week, but I also know chores and other crazy things come up, so I don’t want to plan just yet. If I just try to do something active each day, I will increase my stamina and be good.

Dax’s team is the Blue Pythons. He came up with the name and it had the most votes. This is especially awesome since the stuffed snake Dax got in Salt Lake is a giant blue python. I already have my accessory for the games! YAY! Plus, they already have two team moms and an assistant coach so all I will have to do for his game is cheer. I am very happy. I like being team mom for Lou, so that will be good. Even though the boys are on different teams this year, it seems like it will be all good.

It’s not even 7:30 and I have already drank a gallon of water. I am working on gallon number 2. I really would like to go to Target this weekend so I can get some of the yummy tea that I got while in Salt Lake. Gold Peak tea was shockingly yummy and cheap for a pretty good sized container. I can prep it while its in the bottle and probably drink that when home. I know I can make tea, but I really make too much and it ends up sitting in the fridge. I think I will be better with the bottles. We shall see.

I have to go to Target anyway since my newish purse is already breaking. Clearly the straps on the backpack were not anticipating the quantity of crap I lug around. I will need to look for something new. I also need eyeliner, so clearly a Target run is in my future.

We have team parent stuff tonight and tomorrow morning. I think tonight should be cool what with Jerry and Nicole coming too, so it means we will be with fun folks and I expect lots of laughter. I need to write up some notes for what I need to talk about tomorrow. I am a little nervous, but really I don’t think I need to do much. My main thing will be discussing Shutterfly, but thankfully it is such an easy site to use for team communication it does most of the work for me. I figure I only have to be up at the podium for maybe 10 minutes? So that isn’t too bad. I also get to take a picture of us all up there so that will be fun for me.

I anticipate a good weekend overall. Now to just get through this crazy work day. In all fairness, the work day has started well. I had a colleague get all bent out of shape this week because I had to deny his vendor request due to lack of information. He sent another one late yesterday and shockingly, my other colleague actually looked into it and stood up for me and told him that I wasn’t trying to be mean. He was much better because of this so I take this as a total win! YAY!

I kind of hope we get home not too late as I have a hankering to jump in the pool tonight. I could totally do this when I get home, of course. We don’t have to be at the folder stuffing party until 6:30, which gives me 5 hours of do as I want. We shall see.

All three boys got hair trims this week. Dax had his trimmed yesterday, and I shaved the back of both Ken and Bobby’s heads earlier in the week. I feel kind of left out! Ha! That being said, I am considering having Ken put a round of purple in my hair this weekend, so that way we all had hair adventures for the week.

I also would like to go get some new walking shoes this weekend. The ones I have are nice and all, but they are worn and I feel like blisters are about to kick in on the heel. They are the old style step ups from Sketchers, and I have had them forever. The main thing I would like to look for is shoes that aren’t as heavy. These are pretty bulky, and I think just some simple ones would be better overall. Hopefully I can find some that aren’t too pricey.