It's 11:24.
P.M.
No, I'm not on my way to dreamland, despite my inability to drag myself out of bed when the alarm went off (for the 6th time) this morning.
Instead, I've been attempting to catch up on the massive backlog on my DVR. I've been poking away at homework. I finally switched out all my crap from wallet #1 (that was broken) to wallet #2 (which is not broken, but does still have the Target tag on it because I was too lazy to get off the couch and cut it off). I've been playing on facebook. This was my evening.
Oh yeah, I also registered for the St. Louis Track Club's Frostbite Series. This is a series of 5 races in Forest Park. Starting Dec. 11, I will be running races every other Saturday until January 22 (except for Christmas Day--that one will be on the 26th).
Crazy? Maybe. Considering the fact that last year, my husband ran this series and one of the race mornings was so cold, he actually developed icicles on his eyebrows as he ran....yep, crazy. I'm just going to pray for mild temps.
I figure that doing this series will help motivate me during this time of year when the sun goes down so early, and I come home form play practice and all I want to do is sit on the couch and veg out.
I've been doing a LOT of that lately. School has been majorly stressful as of late. I started musical rehearsals 2-3 weeks ago. Now I have this huge video project that got thrown into my lap. It seems that few people actually want to be helpful sometimes. Today, 4th hour was a 7-ring circus (organized chaos, but chaos nonetheless). You have no idea how close I came to sitting in the fetal position under my desk and letting the kids run class themselves. Teacher needed a time out!! Some days I just want to change my name, that way when the kids are all asking me questions at the same time, I'm allowed to not respond!
So I come home from days like this. Exhausted. I don't have it in me to run. Running is my stress reliever. But I just can't seem to get myself motivated (not even by the fact that I'm starting to pack the weight back on a little). It's making me sad and scared.
This race series should be just what I need! And, as soon as it's over, I have 2 weeks to my musical. Once that's over, then it's time to go right back into training for the St. Louis half marathon. Or maybe I'll change my registration to the full--cross something off my bucket list.
Maybe we just need to see if I stick with it for these upcoming races...
Anyhow, that's the latest news from Casa Zustiak (or at least from the madre).
G'Night!
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2 comments:
Good for you...thought about running one of the races in the series, but not all of them.
I def. feel your pain! Reasonable goals are the key (maybe)...you have to find the wiggle room and realize that we just don't have as much control as we wish we did over our fates. Being a good mother comes first...being a good teacher is further down the list (you'll have time for that when your kids are grown) and being in great shape...not sure exactly where that fits in. I also have been irritated that I can't sustain my fitness during the school year like I do in the summer...
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