Role Playing a Pirate

The journey was perilous; locked in a fog surrounding all sides, inching closer and closer, blinding the way. My hand reached forward, grasping for something, anything, to hold onto. Finally, a familiar touch let me know I was safe. I leaned into its embrace, pulled the shutter to and looked through the glass at the gentle gray mist as I grabbed the helm. Determined to weather the worst, I steered my vessel at a near unbearably slow pace toward the faintest of lights in the distance, til at least I arrived at my berth.

Ok, so, that was just my drive to the gym, so much fog. I fell asleep sometime between 5 and 6 last night, absolutely exhausted. I apologize for missing a post, that was certainly not the plan. But yesterday, I woke up sore and spent most of the morning pleasing with my body to get moving and it just refused. It insisted on a break from my daily routine. It knew before my brain did that my muscles needed some repair time. They surely must have because I slept for 10 hours straight. It was mostly a chore day yesterday where I chauffeured and cleaned and prepped. Anyway, I planned to post last night around my usual time but then I was very unconscious at my usual time, so, alas, no post.

I did my full workout this morning and by the end, I was falling asleep again. I think some hormonal things may be playing part in the exhaustion as well. I left around 7:30 after 2 hours of swimming and training and headed home planning to nap. While straightening up my desk, I heard a right alarming noise coming from the corner of the room where we had just stored some boxes of non-E2M food for the food pantry. I froze and stared at the noise for several minutes before working up the courage (and grabbing my dog) to go kick the box it seemed to be coming from. Out ran a tiny mouse! Needless to say, the nap was postponed until my husband woke up and could take over my vigil.

I don’t recall the last time I struggled so hard to wake up from a nap. Left alone, I may have slept another 12 hours, but my baby girl got home from her Nana’s and made sure I woke up. I sure hope this exhaustion passes soon! Time to go for a family drive and be back in time for the live. When he announces the contest winners, please remember that your only competition was your before picture and everyone crushed it! Those pictures only tell one small part of our journey, not the challenges we faced or the changes our minds and spirits went through, so I hope we all still feel like that rocking winners we are!!

Only a week between these two pictures but my “apron” continues to shrink upwards, so my shorts are going to be under my boobs soon. And my boobs continue to run away from it! I’m losing that weird fat pocket under my left boob too! I really needed to see that this morning! Also, please say hello to Carolyn Rose! My amazing and beautiful grandmother (Nana!) has joined the fit family!