C25K W4D3

Today I completed week four of Couch to 5K.  I'm still absolutely 100% amazed that I am doing this.  Today was a huge struggle, but I did it...I pushed Mason and hadn't taken him with me for my other runs this week, so I forgot how hard it was!

To show my commitment and remind me why I'm doing this, I took some pictures.  I must warn you, they are NOT pretty.  (I wish now that I had taken pictures at the very beginning because I know my body has changed, but I honestly thought this would just be another program to quit when it got hard.)  So, I apologize in advance for this, but it's a symbol of my dedication!

Project 365 Day 4

Mason and Grandpa watching TV.  See the resemblance?

Project 365 Day 3

Hangin' with Cousin Leah - we hardly ever get to see her, so it took Mason a while to warm up to her!  I wish we could see her more!

Project 365 Day 2

Wellll, I meant to take a picture with the whole family at dinner (Little Mexico!) but, I kinda forgot.  I was even showing them pictures on my phone and it never crossed my mind to take one!  So, here's a picture of my precious getting ready for bed.

Project 365 Day 2:

I also have to add that I feel like a Superstar today.  We got our TAKS scores back and all of my kiddos passed except one!  I'm sad for her because she's such a hard worker, but I'm very, VERY proud of my classes!  (And a little proud of me too!  It's my first year teaching 4th grade, I can brag a little, right?)

Project 365

My good friend Laura, (who also encouraged me to start C25K) is doing something really cool called Project 365.  You're supposed to take a picture every day for a year.  I pretty much do this anyway, but I thought it would be really cool to have an album of just one picture a day for an entire year, to watch how we all change and how the little man grows.  I'll try to keep it interesting and not just post the same ol' pictures every day!  Since I can and do get pictures of Mason allll the time, I thought it would be fun to start with this one.

Project 365, Day 1

My kids at school earned some extra recess for completing an attendance challenge.  I climbed on the merry-go-round with them and snapped a pic for day 1!

Stuff

I woke up this morning to the piercing scream of a poor little boy who had his leg stuck between the bars of his crib.  And I mean ALL the way stuck...up to the top of his thigh.  I can only imagine how scary it must be to wake up like that!  I was in his room in about 1.2 seconds and saved him from his horrible trap.  Then we got to cuddle a while, but he was just too darn wired to go back to sleep!  About the time he did, I had to get ready for work!  **yawn**

Tonight is C25K Week 4 Day 2.  Same intervals as last time.  I'm nervous, because I get nervous before every run, but I'm excited too.  I love the way I feel when I'm done!  I adore the ridiculous sense of pride I get from completing something that I've never been able to do before!  I also LOVE the fact that it makes me feel better the rest of the time too.  I have more energy to play with Mason and get things done.  I feel like I'm just a happier person in general now that I'm getting some consistent exercise!  If that's not motivation to continue, I don't know what is!  Here's a picture of Mason after one of our last runs...you can tell he was just exhausted!  So exhausted, in fact, that he drank almost all of my water! 

So far behind...

I am so far behind, I don't know where to start...so I figured I'd just start and see where it takes me.

School's out in 9.5 school days.  I am VERY ready for a break.  The constant worry about TAKS scores on top of rapidly increasing behavior issues from Summer-hungry kids is just too much some days!  I have two really good classes, but it is time for us to part ways!

I am very much looking forward to summer break with my little darling.  We signed him up for a Kindermusick class June 14-18, and swimming "lessons" June 21-July 2.  Unfortunately, I have quite a bit of summer professional development to do, but it's almost all in June so at least I can get it over with! 

Mason is growing into quite a little boy.  He tries to be very independent and has the occasional tantrum when he doesn't get his way.  Thankfully, they pass quickly for the most part, and we get our sweet boy back.  He's got more teeth than holes at this point, and he's a walking machine!  He is all over the place, and is getting pretty darn fast!  His smiles make me laugh, and his kisses melt my mommy heart.  There's nothing like picking your baby up after a long day at work and getting a kiss - without even asking for it! 

I have started training to run a 5K.  Yeah, I've pretty much lost my mind.  I'm using a program called "Couch to 5K" or C25K.  I haven't posted about it yet because, frankly, up until now I expected myself to quit.  I've never really stuck with any other exercise program for very long, so I figured it was inevitable.  But I really feel like I'm going to do this.  Each week, your running intervals increase and walking intervals decrease, and by the end of 9 weeks, you should (supposedly) be able to run a 5K.  At first I started with just 60 seconds of jogging at a time, and now I'm up to 5 minutes.  I NEVER ever ever thought I'd be able to run 5 minutes at a time.  I'm amazed that this program works, and I'm very proud of myself for sticking with it...it's hard to explain...it's very hard, but it's just "doable" enough that I feel like I can stick with it.  I'm currently on week 4 - here's what my training looks like this week:
Warm up 5:00
Run 3:00
Walk 1:30
Run 5:00
Walk 2:30
Run 3:00
Walk 1:30
Run 5:00
Cooldown 5:00

Now by the end of NEXT week, I'm supposed to be able to run 20 minutes...we'll see about that!  I'm going to give it a shot!

I have tons of pictures, but most of them are on my phone.  I'll post some when I can get my phone hooked up to the Mac at home. 

Ahhh, it feels good to post again!