Activity Check-In

Good Afternoon.  I had thought I would check in sooner but here I am, approaching 5pm and we are yet to blog.  So…hello.

I started my day with oatmeal, fresh strawberries, and peanut butter.  Does anybody else love this combo as much as I do?

 

I am in the thick of activity as my Apple Watch has guilt tripped me into moving more. 

 

I am using the tracker for my activity.  I try to put in an emoji that fits the activity I did.  But, I didn’t really cartwheel!  That one was just for fun.  Today, I made the decision to start the workout app and pull weeds along with trimming back the shrubs in the front of the house.  I am was super jealous the shrubs got to have a quarantine haircut and I haven’t.  It is amazing how much you can sweat doing lawn work.  So, today got  a “weed” emoji.  Oh, the joys of making things fun and rewarding.

I am on track with my goal this month and trying to get ahead while I can and not risk burning out.  Some days, I just don’t feel the exercise-bug.

 

I also peeked at the scale today.  So far, I maintained the exact on the dot as last week.  I will “weigh in” more on my thoughts tomorrow and I do plan to also get on the scale again.  I don’t expect a magic drop so we shall see.  Of course, I always hope it won’t go up from one day to the next!  I have no plans to make that happen this evening.

I’m on a short shift and work and then have Tuesday off, another short shift on Wednesday, and then Thursday off.  I am ready for the “weekend.”

Confessions Part VI: I Hate All This

I’ve been feeling down lately.  I keep wishing we could go back to the way it was before.  That if I had known the COVID-19 pandemic was coming, I could have tried to prepare more…but how?  I don’t know.  I am just feeling in a summer bummed out mood and I know most of it is connected to travel.

It has been about three months since our last vacation.  I am really missing the adventures, the food, the alcohol, and the happy feeling boost traveling gives me.

I’ve been really sad this week thinking about all the cancellations this summer.  Festivals, concerts, and life in general being placed on the back burner and struggling to really understand why.  It is hard some days to know what to believe and what to feel about COVID-19.  All I know is I feel robbed of happiness right now.

I want to go back.  I want to be able to see my friends and eat out at restaurants.  I want to go to breweries, wineries, and visit with friends as well as strangers.  

And I really want to travel.

We have had to have some difficult conversations at work as a supervisor on where we go for the remainder of this fiscal year and into next fiscal year.  We might not be able to approve more than one person to be off on vacation at one time.  This is causing conflicts with my own time-off requests.  Something I desperately look forward to and even then, nothing it “planned” until the end of July.  It makes me start to feel like a caged animal not allowed to do anything.

Obviously, when I really sit back and think about all the happy things I have going in my life, that helps me try and not stay in this dark place too long.  Some days it is easier than others.  I’ve been spending a lot of time out on the patio.  I have enjoyed just sitting out there with a cocktail and enjoying the breeze and warm weather.  It has helped my mood at times.  We are having such beautiful weather right now.

I have no idea where I’m going with this post and I really want to end it on a high note.  But for today, I’m feeling sad.  And I’ll hope tomorrow is better.

Meeting Those Goals & Earning Those Awards

My day off yesterday passed by way too quickly!  Here we are on May 1, 2020.

Idaho is starting the staged approach at re-opening.  I have my fingers and toes crossed that it goes well.  I am not sure why but this week has been tough.  I’m really struggling with all the things I’ve missed out on and all the things that are getting cancelled for the year ahead.  I’m just feeling super bummed out today.

So, we will shift focus to celebrating awards!  It was a gooooood month for award earning.

I completed my April Apple Watch Activity Challenge of filling my Stand circle for 29 days.  This is four months of awards in a row.

I also earned an award for a perfect month of meeting my Movement daily goal.  WhoooHooo!

I successfully increased my activity this month and my May Apple Watch Activity Challenge is going to guarantee I keep that success up there.

I also had a great month for tracking and blue dots.  I didn’t earn a blue dot yesterday due to too much…I don’t even know what to call it.  I was just all over the place with trying to fill some sort of void last night.  Ugh!  And, I’ve had to force The Hubs to hide the mixed nuts from me.  I cannot have them in view in the pantry.  That is just bad news.

I am still very sore from my outdoor work out the other day.  I need to do a shake out walk and use the roller on my muscles.  I am in pain it is hard to get up/down from the toilet!  And the times I have to climb the stairs…oy.

Have a great Friday.