[Broken, Lifehouse]

I'm exhausted.  Chasing a crazy active 8 month old boy around is a heck ton of work, but totally awesome.  It doesn't help that I can't fall asleep before 1:30 am and though I know 6 hours sounds like a lot of sleep for most people my body can't handle it.

I have been promising some exciting news, though, so here it is-- an amazing friend who reads my blog is sponsoring my start-up costs to join LA Fitness.  She doesn't want me to have to wait until September, and honestly it's a fabulous idea.  Incredibly humbling, but such a blessing.  I already signed papers so that once her check arrives and is cleared I'll already be able to start working out.  We're aiming for Monday, but in the meantime they gave me a pass so that I can start sooner.

Ergo, a plan.  The plan is that I will go to the Aqua Fit class Friday at 9 am (aka water aerobics) and then at 10:30 I'll meet with a trainer there- free of charge- to get the gym tour and then he'll help me look at options for personal training, or at least get me set up with a workout that I can do on my own that I won't hate.  I'm going to look into that, but for now my only actual need is to get consistent with the water aerobics.  I can't tell how much of the dude's persistence is based on the fact that he sees an incredibly overweight person trying to get fit so he's trying to help because he's passionate about fitness and how much is based on money, possibly commissions, etc.

With that, my goal is to work out a minimum of 2x a week- Monday and Friday's 9 am class.  I may try to do some strength training after each, but I may not-- I really have to baby my back and it's just not worth it yet to risk it.  Getting a pattern of making working out a priority is what my primary goal is.  But, if I miss a work out then I will put $5 in a "pot".  I sponsor a child from Uganda, and I try to send extras his way when I can... this is a good way to inspire me to work out, as $5 will be a lot to us for a while until we build our savings back up.  But, at the same time, if I miss one, that's a good way for me to feel the consequences yet have them be a blessing to someone.

I have an idea to work in a reward with this, but I'll just be honest-- I am way, way, WAAAAAY too tired.  So I'm going to go get a snack and catch up on some shows (Jon & Kate Plus 8, Food Network shows from this weekend, etc) and try to just rest until Jas gets home.

I am so grateful that today is my Thursday!  Actually... Tuesday is my Monday, Wednesday is my Thursday, and Thursday is my Friday and on most of those I'll get done a few hours early.  My job rocks.

Sorry that I'm so tired.  I'll try to work on my sleep schedule so that I will stop being so exhausted at 7 pm, k?

PS Don't forget to check out my foode log and spiritual foode to see how I'm doing on other fronts... so far, so good for both, though the foode log won't get updated until before bed.  And you can click the tabs at the top because... well, you just can and I'm too tired to post them.  Good-bye for real, now.