Finding Motivation with AT&T

My mom and I both lack motivation sometimes. Sometimes is putting it nicely. Especially when it comes to exercise. So, we decided that we're going to let technology help us out.

Starting sometime in the near future (hahahahaha) we're going to figure out when we both have time each week to walk. We're then going to call one another and chat while we walk. It'll be like walking together even though she'll be on a gorgeous island in the middle of the blue ocean and I'll be in the dark basement on a treadmill. But, hey, beggars can't be choosers here. And it's in the near future and not today, because she's here visiting. Sort of defeats the purpose of calling one another when we're in the same room.

So, bring on the earbuds, Momma, we're going walking!

How'd She Get So Much Energy?

My mom and dad flew in last night for some time with the family. Not to mention business meetings, doctor's appointments and mad dash shopping that they can't do on their island. After spending part of the day with my mom I am convinced that she has some serious stamina.

I think it hit me about the time I sat down to eat lunch. A lunch that she had cheerfully and perkily (is that even a word?!) made after we got back from a marathon shopping trip to Super Walmart. Super Walmart a.k.a "The Vast Vortex of Time and Space Where You Can Waste 10 Hours And Never Even Know It." Seriously, sometimes that place scares me.

We somehow had made it out of Walmart and I was dragging. The cold medicine is not working and I was ready for a nap. But not my mom! No sirree! She was like the Energizer Bunny just zipping along. God bless her! Maybe it's because she has to zoom around to get groceries and go to the bank at home that she can maintain such a pace. Maybe I'm just lazy.

Either way, I have regained my appreciation for my mother's ability to shop and run errands faster than any other human being I have ever met. Mom, you put me to shame!

Now, while you're cooking dinner I'm just going to go take a quick little nap...

Food, Mom and Morning Workouts

The smorgasboard (I like the word too, Jer) yesterday was yummy. And big. Although my meal consisted of mostly a salad, some mashed potatoes, some cold roast beef that should have been eaten warm, and a dish of apple crisp with vanilla ice cream. It's tough feeding a baby miniature size bites of things and still eating your food while it's warm. Impossible really.

Well, my mom flies back tomorrow. What a quick two weeks! Don't you find that time goes so much faster as you get older? Scary. Anyway, a wonderful time was had with my mom and it wasn't so much that we did anything super special....it was just being together that was fun. That's the way it should be.

I was thinking of starting to walk on the treadmill again tomorrow morning. It sounds like a good idea now, but tomorrow at 6am I may have second thoughts. So, please, don't hold me to it. We're also going to hit the library tomorrow, so I'll be checking out the exercise DVDs....maybe I'll get lucky and find Gilad. A girl can dream.