Camp Week

I was fortunate enough to be able to sign Wyatt up for day camp this week. He goes everyday from 8-5. Today is day 2 and he is so excited. He had such a blast yesterday. With Wyatt being at camp I can use this week as a trial run for what school will be like next month. Yes I know next month is July but somebody smarter than I am is doing year round school. I don't know what the purpose of it is yet or if they will continue because the person who started it retired. Yesterday I wasn't able to get any exercising done because we had a couple of things scheduled and Elijah wanted to go fishing. The one thing that got scheduled ended up being cancelled but I waited around to see if something would happen but nothing did. It has been rescheduled for Thursday.

This week I want to work on a virtual 5K on the rowing machine, strength training and yoga. Tomorrow mom is off so I am going to get up early and get my yoga mat out and do a quick video. Between today, Thursday and Friday I am going to do the 5K and strength training after I get Wyatt off to camp.

When the kids go back to school I have a goal to work for and the first one is at the end of October and then at the end of November and then in March. What are these goals? In person 5K with Wyatt. The one in October is a Halloween themed at the stables. In November Wyatt and I are doing a turkey trot on Thanksgiving. The one in March is at the airport. It'll be the second time going to the stables and airport. Wyatt is going to be too old to do the fun run at the airport next year as it goes to age 7. I have not signed us up for the race that is down town where we live for the end of April yet. I am waiting to see when the fishing rodeo is at the canal Elijah started fishing at. This year it was the same day as the race that Wyatt did downtown and Elijah was upset that he missed it. In my defense I signed Wyatt up for the fun run months before I heard about the rodeo. Starting when the kids go to school I am going to work on training for the 5Ks. I have done virtual 5Ks on the rowing machine. My main goal is to just cross the finish line but I also want to get better with each one. With the kids having 2 weeks off in October I am going to figure out a way to still train and get my fitness in. I could always attempt to get up early enough but that doesn't always work out. Some days I can't get up early enough to have some time to myself. Today I am getting about 2 hours to myself.

August 1st I am getting some blood work done to check my hormones. Something just seems off. I have the unexplained weight gain and I'm tired despite getting my usual 6 to 7 hours. Last week I did buy 4 big containers of Gatorade powder and I've been trying to drink at least one big timer bottle of that everyday. So far I do feel a little less tired than before but I'm still exhausted. So for my peace of mind I am going to get my hormones checked. Things could be normal or something could be off. It's always a good idea to get your hormones checked. I have a list of what I want checked. I'm not leaving the office unless they check everything I want. Doctors have a bad habit of not listening to their patients and are quick to blame things on weight and want to say it's anxiety and prescribe pills. I don't want pills. I know I'm overweight and I'm trying to work on it. If my diet hasn't changed and I'm exercising and I am still gaining weight something is going on. I've gained like 12 pounds this year and I've been exercising and my diet has been the same. I know I've been under some stress and stress kills but good grief. It's not in my head. I'm not crazy.