Waking up before the crack of dawn (ok, closer to 7 than 6, but it
was still dark out, ok?) I was all pumped for my early morning run.
Nothing like starting the day off with some good exercise. Never mind
that it was 15 out and dark, and I'm definitely not a morning person,
but I was ready to do this thing. I'd even laid out all my running
clothes the night before. Unfortunately, I soon discovered my plan
had one fatal flaw - I had no running shoes! I had left them at
Debbie's parents. I briefly considering running barefoot as I've
always wanted to try that, but I'd read that you need to break into
that scene slowly - perhaps I'd run a mile outside - I'd run 5k on a
treadmill barefoot once, but 5 miles through 6 inches of snow probably
wouldn't be best idea.
Ok, on to plan B - I busted out my P90X exercise video library, and
selected the Plyometrics workout. 5 months ago I decided I'd start weight
lifting, and I'd heard a lot of good things about P90X. Each day you
do something different, legs, back, abs, lots of pull ups and push
ups, cardio, etc. I'd even taken my "before" picture, planning on
taking my after picture 3 months later, to document the
transformation. This of course, came to a stretching halt when
Elliana was born 3 weeks early back at the end of August. I could
have picked up P90X again, but the bottom line was that P90X required
constant workouts 6 days a week 1-1.5 hours a day, and I wanted to
enjoy my time with Elliana, not see her as an impediment to my goal,
so I shelved the program. In fact, if I took an "after" picture right
now, it would make my before picture look pretty good! ;-P
So back to the Plyometrics - they were a lot of fun. Lots of jumping and
leg work, no upper body (I wasn't mentally prepared or awake enough
for weights this morning). After knocking out Pilatis after about an
hour, and an hour of getting some paperwork e-mailed, I was off to
the library until noon.
At lunch, I came home, and Debbie had made a great salad and meal,
and I got to spend time with Elliana. Plus, I took out a massive
killer icicle that could have taken out an unfortunately mailman.
It was nice spending time with Debbie and Elliana over lunch - much
better than hitting subway and then scurrying back to my desk to
fritter away my time on the computer.
After lunch I had to run up to Madison to pick up my leather jacket I
left at the church office a few months back when I played keyboard
for worship. The ski jacket's served it's purpose lately, but when
you're sportin' dress pants and a tie, you look like a dork in the
ski jacket. I ran a few errands while I was up there, and then headed
back to Stoughton.
One thing I noticed on the drive up to Madison was that it was nice
being able to listen to my own selection of motivating tunes. In this
case it was a mix of techno and alternative Christian from a radio
station I hadn't heard before. This was in contrast to the daily
drone of 70s and 80s easy listening/light rock/random garbage they
piped in at work. After two years of listening to Gloria Esteve's
"turn this beat around", the BeeGees, and Inagodadavida countless
times, I've actually changed my stance on the definition on just what
constitutes torture, or workplace harassment.
Not to appear too pius however, I should probably add that I suspect
my productivity (or at least happiness quotient) slightly increased
during the times which the airways were graced with the sounds of
Supertramp, Led Zepplin, Michael Jackson, and to a lesser extent,
Z-nuff.
I rounded the day off with an afternoon working at a local coffee
shop, and a few hours back at the library where I started the day. I
have ADD and it's hard for me to sit still too long. I get some of my
best thinking done on the move, either walking or driving, so I found
I was actually really productive despite the fact I wasn't sitting
stationary for more than a few hours at a time. By 6:30pm I was back
home.
All in all, I'd say it was a good day. Up to this point I haven't
really detailed what it is exactly I'm spending my time doing, as Mr.
Burroghs kindly pointed out, so I'll try and throw in a post with a
little more background information for you.
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