So, yeah. It would seem that life got ahold of me again and I allowed it to derail my fitness efforts. It's an easy temptation to fall prey to when working overnight, and full time day as a daycare provider, and of course always a full time wife and mother. At some point, something has to give, and unfortunately the first thing to go is a normal exercise routine.
But, the paper route is done now, and a major family/friends drama has passed from which I have a LOT of anger to work out so time to bring the exercise back in to the equation.
I have begun running a daycare out of my home recently, and currently have one infant in my care. Next month I begin the licensing process so I can care for more families and bring in more income. The upside to this is huge. I still get to be at home with my kids which is my number one priority right now. If it goes well and grows, it will allow me to continue to be home even after all the kids are in school. It is important to me to be there for them even if they aren't in the house.
The downside, of course, is that my time during the day is not all mine anymore. I can't simply chose to take a trip to the Y in the morning and go to my classes for 2 hours. I also have a very difficult time going in in the evenings with Jim. By evening I am too tired from the rest of my day to motivate myself to pile the kids into the car, drive across town, do a workout, pile the kids back into the car, then come back and have bedtime battles. It's easier for me to put James down to bed, then take the dogs for a walk. Easier for me to take the dogs for a walk at 5:30am before the kids are up and crazy. The 1.5 mile walk is a challenge, but soon it wont be and I'll start jogging for part of it. Then jogging for all of it. Then extend the distance. And so on. The workout should not be easy. Getting to do the workout should be. How else am I going to make it a habit.
It's all about adapting to a new situation, not making excuses about how it hinders me. Here's to adapting! :)
