Brunette Has Moved!

Guess what? The new face of The Brunette Blog and a move has hit in one day! I will continue to keep this blog open until all the kinks are out - just in case - but my new home is: http://www.thebrunetteblog.com so come visit at my new spot!

 

Training Day 10 & 11

So, I didn’t share with you how my Tuesday training day went. I left training and then had to spend all day on my account at their site, so I was busy, busy, busy all week. Today, my 11th training session, and it was all cardio - YUCK.

Trainer K made me walk the treadmill for 5 minutes to get my legs warmed up and then on to the elliptical. OMG, I have told you guys before, I am not elliptical material. I honestly burn so bad on that machine within the first 3 minutes that I honestly can’t move my legs anymore. My feet hurt and my toes cramp. Yea, I’m a wimp.

Finally within about 5 minutes she took me off because I couldn’t stand it anymore and put me back on the treadmill. With steep elevation and going about 5 miles per hour, I was running on the freaking treadmill. OK, I haven’t run in, well, over 12 years. Yep, 12 years is about right - military - yep that was it. I looked like an idiot!

For 20 minutes I was speed walking and running, speed walking and running and then after sweating my ass off, it was over just as fast as it started. No more work, now just hurting. I really like lunges now I really like the sauna too! After 30 minutes in there, I was done and on my way home.

My legs still feel like jello. I have had to walk around every 20 minutes or so because my body tightens up, but I am feeling better now and I can look forward to kickboxing on Saturday. Fun, fun! OK, so that was easier to write out then to actually look forward to kickboxing, but hey kickboxing is rough, but my butt will be there!

 

My Hectic, Chaotic Week

I am a bit behind on posting and updating my training, but the tornados and rain have just completely wrecked havoc on my little neck of the woods. Between no electricity, an anxious little 7 year old that is deathly afraid of storms, a 12 year old that wants to chase them, and still trying to work in between all of the school chaos, I am slowly going insane.

Well maybe not completely insane, just feeling a little rushed and a little lost. So lost that I went to pick my kids up yesterday at their after school program, forgetting it was Wednesday and their Dad picked them up - thinking it was Tuesday and I was suppose to have them, that I was frantic because I couldn’t find them.

After searching all over for them and having the staff help me, I realized  - it’s WEDNESDAY - idiot Mom and told the staff that most likely Dad came and picked them up on my day. I wasn’t about to tell them I lost track of what day it was. I already felt stupid, sure wasn’t going to proclaim it publicly.

Anyway, between having to spend my home-office days in the main office, working with my team long hours and just ready for a break from it all, I hope to be back on a regular schedule next week. I will post my training for this week tonight, since I am taking an evening training session.

Hope you are all having a great week!

 

Some Relief

As most of you all know my sister is getting married in September and has asked that my daughter be her flower girl. Great! Awesome! No problem! But, I have to purchase all of her “things”; shoes, tights, dress, etc. Well, I have been to all of the gown stores within my area and there are several issues: one) flower girl dresses only come in white or ivory; two) they do not have even a close enough match to the color my sister wants; and three) the dresses are a bit too… um… not appropriate for a 7 year old.

There is one dress that is an option that will come in the color my sister wants, but it is a junior bridesmaid dress which means my daughter will have to have it to custom fit. OK, fine, I don’t mind, but the dress is over $150.00, plus with the shoes, died to match, another $50.00, then the tights which cost nothing.

I was freaking to spend over $200.00 on an outfit my daughter will wear once! My mom offered this weekend to pay for everything Miss K would need for the wedding. Heck yea! Normally, I wouldn’t accept money like this from my mom, but knowing the amount of money I have to fork out to fly home for the wedding, I am ready to take any help possible.

Airfare: $1,408.00; Hotel: $451.82; Car: $208.00; Total: $2,067.82 - OMG! This is just to get us there; no food, no nothing while we are there. I am going nuts. I mean it would have been one thing if I had some sort of idea, but going through all of my own family issues lately, our move, dental stuff for my son, I was drained of money before she had even asked. I could have said no, but considering I haven’t been home in forever, I figured going would kill two birds with one stone.

What irritated me most of all, was NO one in my family - and I have three sisters there within the same vicinity, plus my mom - offered to let us stay with them for the measly four days we will be in town. WTF? We are the only people coming in from out-of-state, but no one offered and I’m not going to ask. That might seem stupid to not ask, but one time I did and I was given the list of reasons why I couldn’t stay, so no need to bother with that.

I am thinking of starting a fund for people to donate to so that I can get home. How terrible is that. Oh *sigh* just another one of life’s little joys!

 

Training Day 9

Wow, can’t tell you how hard today really was for me to go work out. I’ve been doing some cardio this week, but since I had a sick child Tuesday and yesterday I had meetings all day long from 7:30 AM until 5:00 PM, I couldn’t work out with my trainer; until today.

I can tell I haven’t been put through the ringer all week like she does for me because I felt so out of synch training today. I mean, I did it and I can tell I worked, but I was definitely not in a flow today.

Trainer K worked me today, concentrating on my core. Another round of intense crunches and twists - all kickboxing basics, really using my stomach, back, and waist. She showed me how she wanted each to flow into the other and that was that.

For a while the burn was so intense, I had to take a beak. I knew if I kept going I would have puked. I caught my breath, took a few more deep ones, and then right back at it.

I don’t feel to terrible after, and actually feel pretty good. Yes, I’m tired and would love a nap and I think that is just exhaustion from having no intense anything to jumping full throttle into it today.

Next week I measure. YEAH!