Thanks to Chandler, I got pretty much zero sleep last night. Chandler isn't exactly a small cat, and for some reason, he's been wanting to sleep on the bed lately. I swear, he takes up more space than I do:
He actually looks kind of small there, but don't let that fool you. Jerry and I were joking about how much space he takes up, and Jerry went in the bathroom to weigh him. The last time we weighed him, he was 23 pounds. Yesterday, he was 25! I Googled "cat BMI calculator" and found this website that gives you a human equivalent to your cat's weight. So if Chandler were me (a 5'4 woman), he would weigh 363 pounds.
I don't know how Chandler got so big--our other cats weigh less than 9 pounds each. Anyway, I just thought that translator was pretty fun!
Today was my boys' first day of school. I got them ready to go, and then walked to the bus stop with them. While they were waiting for the bus, they spent the entire time fighting:
Play fighting, but still trying to throw each other to the ground. Typical boys.
Once they were on the bus, I was very tempted to play hooky from my scheduled run, but I knew I would feel more "worthy" of relaxing later once that was done. The plan was to run eight miles, and I chose to do it on the treadmill because it's much easier on m knees, and I'm still scared my knee injury is going to reappear. I really didn't feel like watching The Biggest Loser, so I decided to start watching Nip/Tuck from season one. I loved that show!
I decided to do the eight miles as a progressive run. A progressive run is just where you start out comfortably, and then gradually increase your pace over the course of the run. So I started at 6.0 mph, and then each time I hit a mile, I bumped it up by 0.1 mph. The last half-mile, I just wanted to be done, so I bumped it up faster and faster.
I kept thinking of a million excuses to quit early, but I stuck it out. And of course, I'm glad I did. But I was pissed when I saw that I forgot to shut off my Garmin while I checked my e-mail (notice split #9)...
When I was done running, I showered and decided to go to Sam's Club. My membership expired in March of this year, and I wasn't sure if I was going to renew--every time we go, we spend a small fortune. But when I was shopping for things like meat, nuts, dried fruit, etc, I was paying a small fortune at other stores, so I decided to renew my membership today.
I probably spent more money today than I would have all summer if I'd still had my membership... but this will last us a long time! I got snacks and lunch stuff for the kids for school, meat to portion out and freeze for dinners, lots of nuts (including a bag of Castachios--a mix of cashews and pistachios, with salt and pepper--yum!), and a bunch of other stuff.
That is what $275 looks like at Sam's Club (and that doesn't include the membership fee, which was $40)!
By the time I got home, it was already 1:00--I had a quick lunch and then tried to catch up on e-mail, which was my original plan today. Cleaned up the house a little, and the boys were home at 4. Time flies by when the kids are at school! But they had a good first day, and I made goulash (at their request) for dinner.
I almost forgot that my new weekly goals start today. Here is what I'm going to work on this week...
Food--Replace my nighttime snack with tea.
Fitness--Do Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred twice.
Misc--Back and tie my sweatshirt quilt.
He actually looks kind of small there, but don't let that fool you. Jerry and I were joking about how much space he takes up, and Jerry went in the bathroom to weigh him. The last time we weighed him, he was 23 pounds. Yesterday, he was 25! I Googled "cat BMI calculator" and found this website that gives you a human equivalent to your cat's weight. So if Chandler were me (a 5'4 woman), he would weigh 363 pounds.
I don't know how Chandler got so big--our other cats weigh less than 9 pounds each. Anyway, I just thought that translator was pretty fun!
Today was my boys' first day of school. I got them ready to go, and then walked to the bus stop with them. While they were waiting for the bus, they spent the entire time fighting:
Play fighting, but still trying to throw each other to the ground. Typical boys.
Once they were on the bus, I was very tempted to play hooky from my scheduled run, but I knew I would feel more "worthy" of relaxing later once that was done. The plan was to run eight miles, and I chose to do it on the treadmill because it's much easier on m knees, and I'm still scared my knee injury is going to reappear. I really didn't feel like watching The Biggest Loser, so I decided to start watching Nip/Tuck from season one. I loved that show!
I decided to do the eight miles as a progressive run. A progressive run is just where you start out comfortably, and then gradually increase your pace over the course of the run. So I started at 6.0 mph, and then each time I hit a mile, I bumped it up by 0.1 mph. The last half-mile, I just wanted to be done, so I bumped it up faster and faster.
I kept thinking of a million excuses to quit early, but I stuck it out. And of course, I'm glad I did. But I was pissed when I saw that I forgot to shut off my Garmin while I checked my e-mail (notice split #9)...
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| Actual time was 1:14:20 (9:09/mi average) |
When I was done running, I showered and decided to go to Sam's Club. My membership expired in March of this year, and I wasn't sure if I was going to renew--every time we go, we spend a small fortune. But when I was shopping for things like meat, nuts, dried fruit, etc, I was paying a small fortune at other stores, so I decided to renew my membership today.
I probably spent more money today than I would have all summer if I'd still had my membership... but this will last us a long time! I got snacks and lunch stuff for the kids for school, meat to portion out and freeze for dinners, lots of nuts (including a bag of Castachios--a mix of cashews and pistachios, with salt and pepper--yum!), and a bunch of other stuff.
That is what $275 looks like at Sam's Club (and that doesn't include the membership fee, which was $40)!
By the time I got home, it was already 1:00--I had a quick lunch and then tried to catch up on e-mail, which was my original plan today. Cleaned up the house a little, and the boys were home at 4. Time flies by when the kids are at school! But they had a good first day, and I made goulash (at their request) for dinner.
I almost forgot that my new weekly goals start today. Here is what I'm going to work on this week...
Food--Replace my nighttime snack with tea.
Fitness--Do Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred twice.
Misc--Back and tie my sweatshirt quilt.
