Moxie for Life

I was inspired by Stacey today and the pictures of her butt. Go ahead, click on the link. You know you want to.

So, I had an hour of cardio to do and really wanted to do it on an incline, but my treadmill is old and although it has served me well, does not do much, and the “auto incline” no longer auto’s.

So I got under it and realized that it does go up but the hydraulics that keep it up don’t work. So I made it stay up. See figure A below.

Figure A

Yes, that’s a paint can. I’m either REALLY dedicated or just plain ghetto. Anyway, it got the job done. 55 minutes incline cardio. Ka-POW!

And, what, some of you may ask makes a person want to do 55 minutes of incline cardio? Not to mention, this was hour #2 for the day. See figure B.

Figure B- my one piece suit

And how, you may ask, does one finish this cardio? Well, first you spend a half an hour thinking of all the reasons why you don’t actually NEED another hour. Then you think about how tired you are. Then suddenly you remember all the time and money you’ve spent already and think about fitting nicely into that said suit and you go. Then as the minutes tick by all you can do is remind yourself, only 40 more minutes…only 30 more minutes…only 20 more minutes. You get the idea. Before you know it, you get to turn the thing off and eat dinner.

Now, what happens IN the house while you are running your butt off? See Figure C,D,E

Figure C

Backpacks and homework strewn everywhere.

Figure D

Hubby has graciously dropped off fast food before heading out to pick up kid three at drum lessons.

Figure E

And, a much needed couch pillow lily pad pathway to the bathroom was installed. Thanks, Riley!

I cannot forget to mention that I had to pee 5 times during this cardio hour, and got one sales call that I seriously wanted to kill. We are still teaching the kids what the blessings of caller ID are.

So, there you are. So much can happen in an hour. Today I also looked up Taurine as I notice it is in all the energy drinks, etc. (I remember a student last year told me it was “bull pee”. I guess Taur - taurus…bull? and Ine - the ending of urine? and you put it all together and you get Taurine = bull pee) Ai!

Anyway, check out the link for some interesting facts about this amino.

Ok, off to bed, only to get up at 4 and do it all again. Ahh, this is THE LIFE!

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