Pumped Up!

Yesterday got off to a rough start when my hubby and I got into a spat about bills. One bill in particular he promised to pay off and didn't which caused a finance charge to be tacked on and then increase exponentially for two months!!!! Then he turned it around and said a couple hurtful things to me about not paying it myself (what, could I not afford a minimum payment!). The point is that he said he would take care of it and he tried brushing it off on me.

Even worse he told me to get a REAL job. That was very hurtful. What I do is very real. You try acting like nutritionist, psychologist, counselor, coach, mommy, cheerleader, store clerk, salesperson and group facilitator/entertainer/teacher in heals and pantyhose 6 days a week when some days you feel like stuffing yourself full of oreos while sitting on your sofa all day reading US magazine (which I don't do, but you get the idea).

Nevermind I still squeeze in time to work on my web projects -- Arghhhh!!!!!

So between that and a stressful morning organizing and schlepping around in 100 degree weather for a new At Work meeting which ended up working out well -- nice group -- but I was toast by 1:30.

It would have been easy to blow off the afternoon workout, but I didn't. Since I missed my morning run (was out too late with highschool friend from out of town) I was feeling the pressure to do something. After a quick bite to eat at home I regrouped and headed to the gym where I managed a 40 minute run with a strong effort on the treadmill (which I hate, but did it anyway while reminding myself how proud of myself I would be after) and a one hour killer body pain (I mean pump) class. At body pump I didn't skimp on the weights. It was time to step up to the plate with challenging enough weight. And I did it!

That was all I needed to feel better and more energized for my evening meeting.

Yeah Me! (don't you hear the cheering section?)

Good news... the bellydance choreo class has FINALLY been scheduled AND my friend Carolyn may be dropping in (from California) tonight at my BD class AND the teacher tells me she can just pay a drop-in fee of $5. Yeah! Let's here it for small victories.

Other bonuses... R and I made future plans for running on Friday which I think will work out better than trying to squeeze a run in on a Sat morning (let's go RedRock, finally!) and I have a nice lunch at Subway and Golden Spoon frozen yogurt with a colleague to look forward to this afternoon. Good times, good times.