Can't Wait

My two favourite ladies, my Mum and my sis, are going to be here this week. Can't wait!!!

Catching My Breath

I actually don't have anything on this weekend for the first time in what seems forever. Well, that's apart from going to the gym and taking the kids to gymnastics. Life has been hectic as usual since getting back from our weekend away. I finally decided to go to the doctor to see if there was any medical reason for me being tired all the time. Initially I thought it was just a big old waste of my time especially when she suggested that I get 15 minutes of exercise per day - I literally laughed at her - and then she said that it might be a good idea to change the colours in my house because that might help me get back my mojo. Okaaaaay!! About the only sensible thing she said to me was after I calmly said that I normally do a little more than 15 minutes of exercise a day she recommended that I push myself a bit harder - that maybe my body isn't working hard enough. She is most probably right as I have only been going through the motions recently. So this week I have changed my program and taking the dog for a run a couple of mornings instead of our normal walk. I also included a Body Balance as my sciatic has been playing up a little and the stretching will do it good and I have found my love for Body Attack again. I would like to include some more outdoor workouts as well - even if its just taking the girls on a bike ride. I am feeling better for the changes but I'm still getting tired and am interested to see if anything shows up in my blood work.

I've also been feeling as though I'm at a crossroads with regard to work. Something pretty significant has happened and while I'm not sure what is in store it maybe a chance to make a change although I'm not really sure what I want to be when I grow up yet. This is difficult for me as I always have a definite plan and for things to be up in the air leaves me feeling uneasy. At the moment I'll just sit on my hands.

The girls have their concert next weekend and my sis is coming over from Perth on Monday for the week. This is usually a pretty full-on week but now the kids are that bit older I won't have to sit and wait during every rehearsal, besides I don't have a Blue Card so I'm not allowed backstage (coz I'm such a shady character LOL!).

That's pretty much all from me this week. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Back from Adelaide

I swear we have been on more plane trips in the last month than we have in the last 10 years. We had a short but fun trip to Adelaide. I had the opportunity to catch up with Kristy on Saturday morning which was lovely. The thing with meeting fellow bloggers is that you kind of know them already so its almost like catching up with an old friend. The wedding was fantastic - we had a blast and although we didn't know many people we met some new people and had plenty of laughs. Mal decided to party on (we were just across the road from the Casino) while I went to bed (I had massive blisters from my awesome yet totally uncomfortable shoes). The excitement of the evening for him was when they decided to go for Macca's in the wee hours of the morning and there was a gunfight in the street. Of course he wasn't too stressed - he was more interested in getting his burger.

We spent Sunday morning at the Adelaide Oval watching cricket which was so relaxing - particularly considering how "tired" we were. A friend then came to pick us up for lunch and a little sight seeing. She took us to a fabulous Vietnamese restaurant, being Vietnamese herself she took control of all the ordering - very noice. After a bit of a drive around we went back to the hotel for a nanna nap and then dinner.

It was a great weekend and it was nice to have a weekend away without the girls even though I had a massive guilt trip over being away for Missy T's birthday - not that she cared any. Now its time to get back to reality. *sigh*

A Quickie

Just a quick check-in. I had an awesome weekend away with my girlfriends with loads of laughs and incredibly bad singing on Sing Star. The girls who organised the weekend had planned loads of pampering as well and we enjoyed soaking our feet in milk baths and doing our nails - all very girly. It was a shame to come back to work yesterday.

We are off to Adelaide this weekend and I should be catching up with Kristy for a cuppa while we are there.

Training has been non-existant this week as I am really struggling with fatigue. I am planning a trip to the docs at some point to get some blood work done to see if I'm deficient in anything but part of me just believes that I'm burning the candle at both ends. One of the joys of working fulltime with kidlets.

Post Holiday Slump

Its seems as though I have been hit with a case of the blues after our holiday. I guess its largely because we have had to hit the ground running since getting back. The girls have had their tap exams this week which meant extra lessons so there was lots of extra running around the last two weeks. The upside of that is that my gym is just around the corner so a couple of times I could get in an extra workout for the week. Despite my lack of motivation I have got in some great workouts. Routine is such a fantastic thing. I swear if I didn't have Mossy I would find it a lot harder to get up in the morning, having a border collie means I have to at least go walking everyday.

Next weekend I am heading to Rocky/Yeppoon for the weekend with my girlfriends. It should be fantastic and some much needed "girltime" then the following weekend Mal and I are heading to Adelaide for another wedding sans kidlets - exciting!!

I'm Back

Above are photos of the family at my niece's wedding. It was an absolutely fantastic day and the weather was perfect - pretty amazing considering it was cold and raining all week and then raining again the day after. The weather came as a rude shock to us as we had spent the few days before leaving in singlets and shorts with the air con going, when we got to Perth is was 12degC in the middle of the day! Yikes! Mind you, it was lovely to see green grass for a change.

We had a fabulous time taking the kids to the zoo, aquarium and King's Park to see the wild flowers (and for them to roll down the hill) plus the science nerd in me had to take them to Scitech. The old credit card got a flogging - got my LJ fix and, of course, we made a couple of trips to various wineries and breweries (as well as the chocolate and nougat factory).

Apart from walking around the sites and dancing up a storm at the wedding, I did absolutely no exercise for the 2 weeks over there as there was no way in hell I was getting up in the cold and rain. I remember saying to Mal at one point how lovely it was to not think about food and training. It has amazed me catching up on the many blogs that I am at a similar point to a lot of people in the blog world. Yes, I love my training and I also love eating clean but life is too short to weigh up every morsel of food and to live out of tuppaware containers. Time to start enjoying life.

Outta Here

This time tomorrow we will be on the plane to Perth. It will be interesting being without a computer for 2 weeks, Mal went out to have a look at laptops yesterday but came home with nothing. It most probably won't be a bad thing to have some time without blogs, Facebook or Twitter. Mind you, I will be able to update from my phone.

I have a few challenges coming up in the next couple of weeks - food being the biggest of all. I have plans of having snacks in my bag and eat out at lunch, its as much about cost as it is about eating clean. The hardest part will be when we are around my family - my sis does love her coffee and cake. I'm planning on taking my resistance bands and as we are staying at a caravan park, I will be able to use the playground equipment for some workouts if I feel like it. Training isn't high on my priority list as I really feel like a mini-break from it all but I want to be prepared if I get in the mood for a sesh.

I guess I better go and pack. See you on the flipside!