Afternoon Stress Release

Today we had an early release at our school and the staff had a Wellness afternoon. We had choices between volleyball, pickle ball, jazzercise, Dance Dance Revolution, and a variety of other options. I, being the sedentary person that I have become, chose jazzercise. Go figure. What was I thinking? I was so tired and that was after the first fifteen minutes! However, I'm proud to say that I lasted throughout the approximately forty-five minute workout. I was so glad that I had supper cooking in my slowcooker, although my Avon order arrived today so I had to sort that out, but I enjoy doing that. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to say that I didn't enjoy exercising, but it has been a loooonnnngggg time since I've done more than go for a walk. Once the session was done, I felt exhilerated and satisfied knowing that I'll be feeling this tomorrow, at least if I did it right. At the beginning of the day, I considered hiding in my room correcting projects instead, but I decided to give it a try and I don't regret it.

Years ago, and I mean about fifteen years ago, I used to do arobics then walk about three miles aftwards. I did this three times a week and was in pretty good shape. Now that I'm pushing 40 (this year!) I find getting back into a routine such as that is difficult. What makes it hard are the other responsiblities that make scheduling exercise difficult. When I did this, I had no children, just myself and my ex. Now, I have a family and now a job that oftentimes takes up a few hours in my evenings, too, especially at the end of the quarter like now. Also, trying to schedule in time to write is just as difficult. I know prioritizing is important, and trust me, I've tried, but by the time I'm finished all that I wanted to accomplish once I'm home, it's nearly 8:00 PM and it's too late to exercise.

Some day in a perfect world, there will be 36 hours in a day, which will give me more time to do things that I need to and want to do. The thing is, with my luck, someone will add more that we can do during that time to still leave me with less time for myself.