Hot Wings & Other Things

It dawned on me that summer is about to end. Kids are going back to school and that usually marks the end of total freedom. =) I have to say that I am very glad to have gotten a foothold on my eating before summer’s end. The first week of September, my schedule will change and that always seems to throw me for a loop for a couple weeks. Usually, I am loving September - the cooler weather & promise of changing leaves. This year, I am digging my nails into summer and feel like I am having to be pulled kicking and screaming towards September.

I homeschool my kids - I have a daughter who is 6 and a son who turns 8 at the end of this month. I love teaching them, but preparation for it takes time. This week I will need to get our curriculum ordered and my homeschool papers filled out and sent to the local public school. The first week of September, we’ll be starting off a new year. That means, no more sleeping in AT ALL.. for any of us. In fact, I might have to get up an hour and a half, maybe even two hours earlier to get my morning routine done (exercise, a good breakfast for all of us, & school setup for the day).

I’m not worried about the eating part. I have that part down.. it’s the exercise part that worries me! I like to get it in some time in the morning - get it done and out of the way so I have the rest of the day to do whatever I need or want to. Now, unless I get up quite a bit early (thats a kicker for me!), I won’t be able to do my exercise until some time in the afternoon. I am so NOT a morning person right now. Other years during the school year, I would stumble out of bed, make a pot of coffee, wake the kids.. then a quick breakfast for everyone, setup school & away we went.

My schedule right now is: Get up, pot of coffee, wake kids, breakfast.. sit at the computer and check out 3FC.. maybe make a few posts (my “wake up” time). Relax. Then about 10:30 or 11.. my workout for the day. I have been enjoying doing it at that time, because I have a somewhat empty stomach when I exercise and I eat lunch directly following it to help replenish what my body needs from working out. When I wake up right now, I am usually *really hungry*! Starting in September, I’m just going to have to toss down some water, do the exercise first.. THEN coffee/eat. I am not looking forward to it. But maybe I will surprise myself??

It will be hard, but I think I can do it - during the school year, school has priority, though. So I might end up doing a lot of afternoon workouts. =) The other thing that kind of worries me.. is that along with school comes all the activities. Ballet, Tae Kwon Do, cub scouts. Lots of running around and not much “me” time. I am going to have to really crack down if I want to keep up with my exercise. I suppose it will be good for me, but I don’t like other things telling what I can do and when I can do it. LOL! Curse you September!

Posted on August 20th, 2009 by hotwings
Filed under: Random Babbling