My week!

 

Sunday was an interesting day, my little girl dog Sadie began her labor to give birth to these beauties. Normally this is a long impatient process, in this case, a little longer. I am Sadie's person, she likes me to be with her, especially when she doesn't exactly know what is going on. So I stayed with her throughout her process and it was much longer than any of us expected. On Tuesday morning, Sadie had an emergency C-section and gave birth to 2 girls and 2 boys, it was amazing (I was there the whole time) to help these little guys take their first breath, watch my daughter see the whole process and support my nervous Sadie through the whole thing. Sadie needed a lot of support over the next couple of days as she dealt with being a new mom and recovery from her surgery and today I am happy to report that she seems like her old self with some new fun qualities. The babies are growing like weeds and getting cuter by the minute and the rest of my pet family is getting used to the weird noises they make and their unique smell. We are a happy, tired group as we try to manage our added chores with the rest of our responsibilities. I look forward to the love and growth that will happen in our household over the next couple of months. :)

get up and go....left!

What is up with me? Well, I'm sure you figured something was coming since I haven't blogged in two weeks! I'm having a hard time getting anything done, with each plan I make comes many excuses and reasons why it won't work out. I seem to have a million of them . I'm sure that part of the problem is that I have not been at the kwoon much in the last little while and that is definitely my grounding place. It seems like each time a make a conscious decision not to attend a class, then life completely gets in the way for a few weeks after that. This week I am working Wed - Fri evening and then Sat and Sun during the day. Missing many of my favorite days of classes. It seems like being sick a week ago zapped all my get up and go, I'm still really tired and I am having trouble staying awake through parts of the day. I'm trying to eat really healthy and keep my energy up and that seems to be keeping me barely hanging on.
I am thinking of the things that I should be doing, could be doing and then coming up with reasons/excuses why I won't. I have really struggled throughout this whole year to keep my spirits up, to complete my commitments, to stay engaged....it suddenly seems way to hard for me.
I suppose that it would be good if I had this all figured out and was now presenting a solution but I don't have one.

Fall has arrived.....

It seems like summer is over. I went back to work on the 19th of August and we have not had decent summer weather since. We have had beautiful fall weather - there is a smell in the air that is fresh and cold and promises of long nights snuggled under the blankets with a good book. I don't mind fall, in fact, I kind of like it, it is my reset time. I don't like that it means that winter is on its way. I am not a big fan of winter, unless I am participating in winter sports. I don't like to have to do stuff when it is too cold and snowy to be outside. When I was young, I lived in northern Sask., and it was very cold in the winter. When it was super cold, we stayed indoors and did fun stuff. When it wasn't minus 40, we played outside - skiing, tobogganing, building snow forts, you get the idea. So I guess that is how I would like winter to still be - stay in when it is cold and play when it is not. Where do you think that I can sign up for that?
In order to pass the winter without getting too cranky, I am going to train for a triathlon in the spring. At the end of May actually. I am super excited, my brother has completed one IronMan and a few triathlons and is going to help me create a training plan. I am looking forward to spending more time with my brother and getting better at swimming, biking and running.

It's a new day!!!!

I'm pretty excited to get back to classes this week, I had some personal things and work get in the way a few weeks before renos so it seems like I haven't been around for a while. Maybe it is the school girl in me but this time of year always seems like a fresh start. I am not sure what this school year will bring for me but I am planning on making it spectacular. I may have an opportunity to take some new state of the art training for my career, I will definitely take part in a training plan in order to participate in an event next summer and I will continue to move forward in this journey with my family, bonding and growing stronger together each day. I love being on the I Ho Chuan team and feeling that push each day to be better and try new things, it has definitely encouraged me to take steps outside my comfort zone which has created some new opportunities.