Sunday - Sunday School & Church, D & E have youth group at night Monday - Lessons, Spanish class, D soccer practice, My BIRTHDAY! Tuesday - Lessons, J & S soccer games Wednesday - Lessons, Art class for E & J Thursday - Lessons, Clothes Swap?, Soccer practice for J and S Friday - Field Trip to Orchard Saturday - Suzy and James soccer games
I don't know Bob's work schedule. He's been working evenings, usually 4-5 hours. If I get any work, then of course everything changes! [Update - Bob's schedule this week seems to be M 4-8:30pm, T/W off, Th/Fr 8:30-5]
Planned Workouts - S - None - resting, M - Jog 2 miles, T -Tae-bo video, W - Jog 2 miles, Th - Tae-bo or kickboxing class, Fri - None? Or make up a missed workout, Sa - jog 3 miles hopefully, Su - rest
Completed Workouts - S - ran 5K (3 mi), M - None - resting, T - 1 mile jog, but hilly, W - Tae-bo video (30 min), Th - 2 mile jog, Fri - ran out of time, Sa - 2 mile jog, Su - wanted to bike, but didn't have time, so rested
I thought I'd follow my friend Michele's example and detail 13 things I have to do today.
1 - Return DVD's to the library. I watched The Soloist (Robert Downey Jr and Jamie Foxx) which I adored. The kids watched Hotel for Dogs which was predictable and sappy, but they liked it. [DONE}
2 - Dig out my essay evaluation paperwork so that I can speak to the SAT prep class at co-op tomorrow. [Found the stuff I need. But what am I going to tell these kids about writing their essays? I feel clueless.]
3 - Read a whole bunch of The Count of Monte Cristo. I have about 400 more pages to read before Saturday! [Read to page 333]
4 - Take Suzy to her soccer practice this evening. We'll probably ride our bikes there; it's just two blocks away. James doesn't have practice tonight. Bob will be AT WORK. [Took her and brought James along. He was invited to practice with his last year's coach's team and I sat and read Monte Cristo. D & E stayed home and cleaned up dinner and got ready for tomorrow.]
5 - Hang two loads of laundry on the line, or actually make the kids do that. I hang out all of our laundry, only doing laundry on days when I can do that. Not looking forward to cold weather but I will still hang out the laundry if there is a breeze, until there is actually snow on the ground. [Emily hung out and brought in the laundry.]
6 - Follow up on some job applications. [Applied for one job, printed out info for several for Bob to apply at tomorrow. Still need to send a few emails.]
7 - Call a couple places that we owe money to and tell them why we haven't paid the bills. Hard to pay when you have no money and payday is a month away and the check will be really small. (Oh, I am really not looking forward to that one.....)[Update - this is done. Did the most distasteful task first. Made small payments so that our internet, phone, and cell phones will stay connected. Important, so potential employers can contact us and so we can job search and apply online for work!]
8 - Take some chapters of Fiery Cross and A Breath of Snow and Ashes off my MP3 player and load new ones. I am trying hard to finish ABOSAA quickly so that I can start An Echo in the Bone, Diana Gabaldon's NEW book that just came out this week! [DONE!]
9 - Push the kids through their lessons - an uphill battle (especially when I am blogging! lol) [STILL WORKING ON THIS! ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH - Later - I gave up on the lessons for today. Next week is a fresh start. Right? RIGHT????]
10 - Watch pointless videos like this one. [Watched those, but no more. See? Not so much a time-waster! LOL] Jackie Chan's On Me Or this:
11 - Run 2 miles [OK, I already did that. And James went with me and ran part of the way.]
12 - Weigh myself since it is Thursday. [OK, I already did that too. And I lost another 1.4 pounds! 30 pounds lost now.]
13 - Figure out where to put all the board games since we moved stuff around upstairs and those no longer have a home.[This can wait until the weekend. I am whipped.]
OK, I know some of you have wondered about Bob's new employment. I didn't say anything much about it before it started for a couple reasons. First, he wasn't all that excited about it. It pays minimum wage and it's not full-time. Second, we were hoping he'd get something else before this job started.
So, anyway, that wasn't God's plan. Bob started at the Salvation Army yesterday. He was hired for a new store, but is training at an existing store (that is farther away). He is working 7 hours 5 days a week this week. I guess we'll see if that continues or changes. He is a back room worker, at least thus far. (One day in, lol)
At least it's a job, eh? Some income is better than none. And he's out of the house doing something. And hopefully a stepping stone to something more lucrative.
Here was the workout plan for the week: - S - none, M - Tae-bo video or none?, T - jog, W - kickboxing class?, Th - jog, Fri - kickboxing class, Sa - none?, Su - 5K race.
Here's how it panned out: Sunday - none (gone all day for family reunion) Monday - none (resting from long jog on Sat) Tuesday - jogged 1.5 miles (only about 1/8 mile of walking in that, after the first mile!) Wednesday - kickboxing class (30 min Cardio Kick and 30 min abs and strength training) Thursday - jogged 1.5 miles (only about 1/8 mile of walking in that, after the first mile!) Friday - Tae-bo basic kickboxing video (27 min) (instead of class) Saturday - Watched soccer for about 90 minutes. (Doesn't that count? no? Darn! lol) Sunday - Ran my first 5K!
Don't miss the new weekly preview just below this post. Sorry my blog is so boring lately! lol
Sunday - Skipping church to run 5K, D & E have youth group at night Monday - Lessons, Spanish class, Bob starts his part-time job Tuesday - Lessons, David, James & Suzy soccer games Wednesday - Lessons, Soccer board meeting Thursday - Lessons, Soccer practice for J and S Friday - Co-op, David soccer practice Saturday - Suzy and James soccer games (Suzy has pix), Wedding to attend, Book Club
I need to read a LOT of The Count of Monte Cristo this week - about 35 chapters! I don't know Bob's work schedule yet. If I get any work, then of course everything changes!
Planned Workouts - S - run 5K, M - None - resting, T - easy jog, maybe a mile?, W - kickboxing class or Tae-bo video?, Th - jog, Fri - Tae-bo video, Sa - jog, Su - rest (I wish I could do the T/Th Kickboxing classes instead of the morning ones but they conflict with soccer for now.)
So tired, but must look at the schedule for the upcoming week so as not to miss anything.
Sunday - Family reunion Monday - First real day of lessons, First day teaching Spanish, David soccer practice Tuesday - Lessons, Emily - eye dr, James & Suzy soccer games, Emily - girls club (Suzy will miss it) Wednesday - Lessons and that's all. Does AWANA start tonight? I sure hope not. Thursday - Lessons, Soccer practice for J and S Friday - Lessons (or Ren Fest, on the off chance I decide to spend the $$), David soccer game Saturday - James soccer pix and game (none for Suzy this Sat!)
Workouts - S - none, M - Tae-bo video or none?, T - jog, W - kickboxing class?, Th - jog, Fri - kickboxing class, Sa - none?, Su - 5K race.
Well, these were the workout planswere: S - Bike ride, M - Jogging, T - kickboxing (evening), W - kickboxing (AM), T - Jogging, Friday - OFF, S - Jogging
What actually happened was: Sunday - Walk with family (instead of bike ride) Mon - Sick, so no workout Tuesday - Jogged 2.5 miles instead of going to kickboxing Wed - Did Tae-Bo video instead of going to kickboxing (she changed class time and it's later in the AM - messes up my day!) + 100 crunches Thurs - Nothing! Way too hectically busy! Friday - Tae-bo video Sat - Jogged 3.1 miles! WOO-HOO!!! Longest ever, and I ran 1.5 miles before I stopped to walk!
Tuesday - Drove to book sale and back - about 60 miles round trip Wednesday - Drove to ANOTHER book sale and back - about 82 miles round trip Thursday - Drove to David's game - 64 miles round trip Friday - Drove to co-op and back, then to David's game and then to Maryann's - 120 miles Saturday - Drove back from Maryann's and then to the kids' soccer games - 52 miles Sunday - Heading to family reunion and back - about 316 miles round trip
More than 700 miles this week! ARGH! If it weren't for The Fiery Cross audiobook, I'd have been sorely bored during all that driving!
So, I came home today to find a message on the answering machine.
"So, Lisa, this is your Sunday School Superintendant, just confirming with you that you're teaching 4th/5th grade Sunday School starting on Sunday. I want to stop by and drop off your curriculum, so give me a call back."
ACK! What?!
Um, no.....
Remember all the problems last year? Remember her asking me last spring, "So, do you want to teach in the fall?"
And me snapping back at her, "NO!" - this after the VERY WORST teaching day of my life. Ever!?
So, why in the world she thought I'd want to teach again - the same class - this fall, I have no clue. But I called her back to clear up the clouded situation.
"Um, I think we have a miscommunication. I wasn't planning on teaching this fall."
Thankfully, she didn't try to persuade me, although she did ask me who I thought might be good.
This is TUESDAY. The fall session of Sunday School begins on, well, Sunday. Five days away. Sigh.
I haven't done a weekly preview for a while now, but it's time again! This is a week full of FIRST DAYS!
Beside the scheduled events listed, I need to go through the fall clothes, finish my homeschool planning, get my sale books together,
Sunday - Church Monday - LABOR DAY Tuesday - Book Sale (as a seller), Suzy & James soccer practice Wednesday - Book Sale (as a seller) Thursday - FIRST DAY of lessons, David soccer game, James Soccer practice Friday - FIRST DAY of co-op, FIRST DAY of James Science Club, David soccer game (yes, 2 in a row) Saturday - FIRST DAY of soccer games for James and Suzy, maybe watching Robin Hood! Sunday - Family Picnic/Reunion (FIRST DAY of Sunday School, but we'll miss it.)
Exercise plans are: S - Bike ride, M - Jogging, T - kickboxing (evening), W - kickboxing (AM), T - Jogging, Friday - OFF, S - Jogging
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