Roundups
Wait, how is it Monday already? Wasn’t just yesterday Friday?
If it’s Monday that means tri training starts today! Well, according to my calendar, it actually started yesterday. Oops. Guess I’m not off to the best start.
Since I’m essentially starting from scratch, I plan on following this beginner triathlon training plan. I’ve used it before and really like that it uses time instead of distance. You can also pick which sport is your weakest and focus your training more on that. Using time as a guide is a good way to help beginners prevent injuries by going to far too soon. So here goes!
Cute pic of the day:
{He’s signing “banana” in Kynado language.}
A little link love for you:
Reading
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Fun
This weekend I did something completely out of the ordinary. It was flabbergasting. Life changing.
I didn’t work.
Ok, I’m being fairly dramatic- it wasn’t quite life changing, but it was refreshing, rejuvenating, and relaxing.
That’s not to say I sat on my bum all weekend- I just didn’t do work work. In fact, I didn’t even open my computer.
I just enjoyed the weekend for what it was. If I worked a “regular” job, I wouldn’t also spend the weekends working, so just once, I decided to pretend I worked normal hours and didn’t try to cram work into every spare moment I could find.
It.felt.so.good. For the first time in months I feel like I actually had a weekend. {Of course, that also means I really felt Monday morning roll around.}
I simply just enjoyed the weekend for what it was. I did things I felt like doing, not things I had to do.
I got my hair cut. This is significant. {It will never look like this again.}
I cleaned. {Yes, cleaned.}
I made pancakes.
I worked on long overdue nursery projects.
I cracked open a book. {Ok, it was a work-related book, but still one I wanted to read.}
I sat on the porch for an uninterrupted 15 minutes and did absolutely nothing but enjoy the cool fall air; my final farewell to summer.
Ironically none of us are feeling so hot, so we actually enjoyed time as a family instead of being all over the place trying to get things done.
We {by “we” I mean husband} built a bike rack. Yes, the one that caused this to happen the first time around.
We watched football. {ok, I didn’t watch- I was being a busy body.}
We went to a 1st birthday party that puts all Pinterest parties to shame.
We went to bed early and woke up early. I enjoyed every minute of every short baby nap. Even 20 minute naps feel longer when you’re not trying to fit in a week’s worth of work.
Here’s to stopping to savor the moments and not always getting things done.
More weekend pictures on tiny sneakers. 😉
