new age...

did you know that one can hire someone to be a "virtual trainer"?

i was inquiring about getting a personal trainer to get me back on the exercise track...and i came upon this new concept (made for the busy people of this decade i guess)

after the initial in-person fitness assessment (more on that a bit later) and the first one hour workout i correspond with ROB via e-mail for six weeks and then i go back in for another fitness assessment.

bizarre i know

the primary goal is to make sure that your second fitness test scores higher than your first...which in my case should not be very hard to do.

does the phrase "well below average" tell you anything??? i told a co-worker that i was going to get a t-shirt that says that. YES...every single part of the test that involved me doing anything CARDIO came back with the same response..."well below average".

i couldn't just be average or below average...i had to be well below average...and NO they do not have a lower rating than that except maybe "comatose" or "dead". now the results did not all come back so negative...infact...bad as i did in the cardio...i did fantastic in all the strength tests that i had. (but how many 40-something year old women do you know that are happy to be told they can leg press 325 pounds without breaking a sweat?)

in summary i am extremely strong and can lift an enormous amount of weight but i can't run up a flight of stairs.

so...back to the treadmill and elliptical we go. goody.

i now get daily assignments via e-mail and the kids are to make sure that i am taking them serious and so far so good. although i was kinda surprised of the intensity and frequency of the assignments. i thought that we kinda talked about 3 times a week and i am getting assignments 6 days a week...he lets me have sunday off. each daily assignment lasts about one hour and it is taking me some time to figure out when i have a spare hour in my day but i will work it out somehow. i need to get serious again and start working on that CARDIO issue. the diet will soon follow...didn't want to set myself up for failure by starting BEFORE the bloomsburg fair.

wish me luck.

thanks for checking in

tammy

14 days...

or was it 17 days?

someone recently told me that there is a magic number of days that the kids are in school and BAM the sickness starts up.

i am not sure exactly what day we are on but we have been hit with the "back-to-school" germ spread. it seems like everyday either i have one going in late or coming home early and now kelsey is down for the count.

achy

fever of 102

sore throat

stuffy everything

yesterday she told me even her veins hurt...took her to the doctor today and they are treating her for a strep infection. she is sad because this is a big week for field hockey...she missed a game today and there is no way she can even lift her stick let along swing at a ball. tomorrow they play palmyra and friday they play hershey...she is sad. (coach is less than thrilled too)

oh well....what can you do.

you have to rest up and get better.

ashley has been a little under the weather also and has missed school...i honestly can not wait for these kids to be done with high school. the one day they told ashley she had to go home because she looked sick. (and had a fever of 99?) really?

in addition to my kids being sick my clothes dryer apparently picked up a bug of some sort also...so i wash here and dry at the laundromat down the street.

and my car needs an alternator...whatever that is

better days are coming

thanks for checking in

tammy

it's that time again...

yes...the time has finally arrived when we get to cheer on our lady indians.

i think by far this is kelsey's favorite time of the year:

the weather is changing

the leaves are turning

the boys are playing soccer

the boys are playing football

the boys are running cross-country

the girls are playing field hockey

what a wonderful time to be an athlete (and it doesn't hurt to be a senior and a captain too)

we won our first "regular" season game tonight. it was fun to be back in the stands cheering on the girls.

ashley is driving home tonight from long island, NY (kids were off school today)

she was helping a friend's mom who does floral arrangements and she got to attend her first "jewish" wedding...sounds like it was an amazing event.

meg is feeling a bit better.

thanks for checking in

tammy

go lions...

we just got home from state college...we were able to get some tickets for the first game and i happened to be off work this weekend so off we went. (me and the girls and a couple of their friends)

it was a great day. the temperature stayed PERFECT for me...it was a nice and windy 65 degrees and i was thrilled. (kids were a little chilled but oh well...) PSU secured their first win of the season and i ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE THE BLUE BAND PLAY ON THE FIELD. i have been to many many games but this is the first time that i wasn't sitting in a rain poncho or throwing snow balls. it was GREAT.

after the game we stopped by megan's apartment for a visit. she is fighting a cold so if you have a minute say a little prayer for her but other than that all is good in happy valley.

hope you are all enjoying your labor day weekend.

take care and thanks for checking in

tammy