Keeping on

 I continue to fight my way back into a routine of sorts. I have a couple of good days and then a couple of not so good. I crave the consistency that I had created and long to have it back. I must remind myself how difficult and challenging it was to set up in the first place, so much so that I started working on it a month before I wanted to start it. So I must be patient with myself and remember that if this was easy, everyone would do it.
I have no idea what to blog about today. Every time that I blog lately, I write this line first and then I continue on and write. I am not sure why it helps but it does. It's like once I get it out of my mind and onto the page, it no longer plagues me and I can move on. The mind is a wonderful place to play. :)

Happy Thanksgiving

First of all, I totally thought that I wrote my blog last night....I had my computer open and everything...I'm not really sure what happened. I had a really weird day, I felt weird and shaky all day long, so much so that I didn't want to drive. So I had to miss my favorite class, one that I haven't been able to go to for what feels like a really long time. I am not sure what causes it or how to make it go away, it usually goes away in a day or two.
Today we celebrated Thanksgiving because of my work schedule. We talked about what we are thankful for and my number one is Jim and Katie. I am also thankful for my amazing work team, my kung fu friends, God, my career, the opportunities that I have had to grow into the person that I am, my amazing pet family, my brother and his wife and my friends. I feel very lucky 99% of the time and that is pretty cool.
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Ms. Gibbons I hope that meets your challenge :)

House work and puppies

I had a great day doing my housework thing and re-organizing in order to make room for the puppies. They are getting their legs under them and are just about ready to wreak havoc in my home. We will create an area where they can run around and not get in so much trouble. It will mean that our kitchen table will live in our living room for a little while and it will make doing my form in the living room very entertaining but they will only be here for six more weeks so I think that I will be okay :)
I love that we, the team, are using the google plus more, it is fun to keep in touch with everyone all the time. I like the idea for snow shoveling this year, I think that it will be a lot easier to assign times then match people and their schedules up. I am looking forward to going to class tomorrow and maybe doing a little lion dancing!!!!

Last week

Today

Need sleep

Trying to blog more!!!!
I did not have a great sleep last night and it totally affected my morning routine, making me foggy-headed and forgetful. I am hoping to have a better sleep today and a much better day tomorrow. I know that I sleep better when I work out on a regular basis and when I don't work out, then have a crappy sleep and then don't work out....etc. I had a busy work day and a busy evening so hopefully my sleep will be easy tonight:)

Routine

My blogging goal this year is to blog every day, I have failed to do this! It was the first thing to go when I started to have trouble with my requirements and commitment, hind sight being 20-20. A part of me wants to give up on the blogging all together because I've already failed but I know if I do that then the rest of the requirements will stop as well. So I am going to keep trying and figure out how to get back on the everyday train.
I was so surprised yesterday when I got out my yoga mat and got down to my sit up and kicks how at home that I felt. I expected the movements to feel foreign and awkward but it really felt like coming home. I forget sometimes that I had a routine set since January and that it has been a good chunk of the year that I was doing that everyday and a small chunk of the year that I was lost and not doing my daily routine. In the moment, it feels like the down part was the bigger part, hmmm interesting! It feels so good to have that back, I got up again this morning and pulled out my mat and did my sit ups and kicks and yoga before starting my day (the cat doesn't like this routine, he prefers to eat first and blames the yoga mat!). I don't think that will have a problem sticking with the routine, I like it too much and it feels wrong not to do it. I think this is how you make a lifestyle change that sticks!