Getting Back on Track

With all the craziness over the past 2 months, I fell off track with so many things.  Time to get everything back on course so I can continue to work towards my goals.  I had been great at setting monthly, then weekly goals so I could reach my overall year goals.  But 2 months and it all fell by they wayside. 

Time to start it up again!  Time to find my focus! 

The fitness group has been so successful!  People are doing amazing with the Couch to 5K group and I love seeing everyone succeed.  This new session that started last week seems like I'll have a group that will really do well.  They seem very focused and intent on finishing this. 

Between the C25K group and our Diva Dash in September, I'm doing more to promote my bootcamps.  Last Wednesday night, my "free" class, was great!  I'm pretty sure I'm getting more people just through that.  At least that's what I hope!  So today I need to plan my class structure for tomorrow night.  Thing is... I have NO IDEA who is going tomorrow night!  NO idea!  Hard to plan out my class when I'm not sure who I'm planning it for.  But I'll figure it out.

SO... overall goals were finances, fitness business and my personal fitness.

Start with the fitness business... for the rest of the month, 2 + weeks. 
1. Apply for 3 fitness jobs
2. Teach 5 classes with income at least $100 for month
3. Find one new contact or new way to promote myself
4. Update website
5. Order new business cards
6. Figure out what I'm doing for insurance

So for just this week!!
1. Apply for 1-2 positions to teach
2. Teach 2 classes (income $40-50)
3. Think about contacts/promotions
4. Website
5. Order business cards

That's actually pretty manageable since I was already planning on working on the website more later today (already did a little this morning).   I just want some help from my boyfriend before I continue.  And I'm planning on teaching Monday and Wednesday nights, just need the people to SHOW UP!

Okay, second focus.  Finances.  That one has been off.  I worked hard, pay down bills, totalled my car and needed to buy a new one, plus went on vacation.  I ended up over extending myself a little last week and I think I ended up leaving myself a little short.  So now I'm figuring it out.  I get paid on Wednesday, plus I''ll be teaching twice and hopefully have some money from that.  But I have just been spending TOO much.  Granted, my bills are in GREAT shape.  My new car payment is less than my old one, granted I was about to pay off that car!  :(  Oh well.  This car is newer and will overall cause me less issues and will cost less in maintenance.

Hmm... so my finances for the rest of the months, 2+ weeks.
1. LOG ALL MONEY I SPEND.  I was better before at that than I am now.
2. Keep money in bank to use for August.
3. NO GROUPONS for the rest of the month.
4. Limit takeout to no more than two times a week.

I just have to watch and not make any unnecessary purchases.  Just tough when they all seem necessary! 

So this week...
1. Log all the money I spend for the week.
2. Food shop to not get take out.
3. NO extra food purchases at night for dinner, except Tuesday night.
4. Pay Cable/electric/car payment

Just tough to figure it all out and see where I'll be. Bills, food, life that comes up and everything in general.  Just SO hard!!!  I hate dealing with money!

Lastly... my personal fitness
I have had SO many friggin injuries in the past 2 months.  Just as I was getting my back under control from running, I had the car accident.  It re-aggravated EVERYTHING!  The first time I ran 2 miles, I couldn't walk with weight on my right leg 2 days later.  It was BAD. 

I've been treating with my chiro who has also had me seeing his massage therapist once a week for my back.  I've been slowing getting better.  Toss in that I haven't done ANYTHING to workout?  I feel like a slug and slob!  I hate not working out!  I've lost SO much muscle in the past 2 months. 

Last week I got the okay to do interval running.  SO when the C25K group started up, I did their week one training with them, even though I should be SO much further along than that.  But it is what it is. 

I didn't get the okay to do anything else, but he already knew I was taking golf lessons. 

SO last week... C25K on Monday.  Tuesday was golfing. Wednesday was C25K, then a little bit of the bootcamp.  I didn't do everything I had them do, but I did some.  Thursday I HAD to go to kickboxing.  I missed it SO much, plus the week at work was horrible and I just needed to punch something.  I took it easy and didn't do everything.  I know what my limits are right now and I'm not pushing too far with it.  Then I took Friday off.  Yesterday, although not "working out" my boyfriend and I were working on his patio.  So I did something with lifting up those 20 pound tiles and moving them around the yard and all that.  Today I'll do the same with the patio (which we should finally finish!).

My monthly fitness goals for the 2+ weeks left?? 
1. C25K with the group for weeks 2-4.
2. Increase what I do with Bootcamps to continue to build back strength.
3. Golf on Tuesday's.
4. Kickboxing on Thursday's
5. Run/jog, interval on Saturdays.

I need to listen to my body and not push it!  But that's the same for each week.  I can do that!

I don't think these goals are too lofty.  I think this is manageable.  I can do this.  I want to continue to make everything a success!!

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On other notes?  What else is going on in my life, besides completely blowing off my overall goals??

My week was all over the place.  Worked SUCKED and I seriously wanted to quit at least 3 specific times that I can remember.  I was miserable.  I wish I could support myself on fitness training, but that's a long time off.  Maybe at some point it can be a reality, but not for right now.  So I'm doing what I have to do to make it work and keep my sanity.  Which is why I was back at kickboxing on Thursday night!

My back is slowly getting better, which is nice.  My wrist is feeling alright right now, but who knows what else will happen with it. Sometimes its better than others. 

My friends are incredible and every day I realize how lucky I am to have made it to where I am.  It took me a long time to get where I am and to have the people I have in my life.  They are positive, happy, fun, healthy people.  Everyone supports each other.  There is no judgement or criticism between anyone.  Just a great group of women who are so supportive of each other.  I'm just happy to have them in my life!

And then my boyfriend.  Life can toss challenges now and again. This week was no different.  Things were good early in the week.  Tuesday we argued a little but he helped me with my class structure for Wednesday nights class.  But we didn't see each other on Wednesday.  Which was good.  We were both tired and cranky.  I was still off on Thursday but kickboxing helped. 

Then it was like a switch was flicked.  He is back to everything I loved a year ago!  So affectionate and loving.  Little kisses on my head while I'm laying in his arms.  Telling me he loves me.  It was just a great weekend with him so far! 

Even yesterday when we were working on his patio.  It just looks so nice!  I wish I could do more now, but with the point we are at... just one person at a time can do things.  The other things I was doing are done.  SO I do what I can do now.  He said, "I couldn't have done this without you.  Well, I could have done it, but I wouldn't have done it all without you."  Just hearing that, knowing that he means it and he appreciates me being there and helping him, that means so much. 

So I'm looking forward to going back over to his house to finish it up.  And per him, next is the driveway!  Which is CRAZY!  LOTS more work, but that's okay.  It was fun do to the patio and exciting to see what we could do.  Plus, I feel proud of it.  An accomplishment we did together.  We work really well together for things like this, so its nice. 

But that's where I'm at and what I'm doing.  Life is never easy and always interesting.  But overall, things are good.  More on the good than not.  And I am happy.  :)

I made it home from my vacation.  What a great week!  I had so much fun and was finally able to just relax!  It was really really needed.  Some small tiffs here and there, but overall a great week.  The weather was absolutely PERFECT!  I have a great tan too. 

I was down Sunday to Sunday.  My boyfriend made it down on Tuesday night.  The fireworks along the beach on the 4th were incredible.  SO cool to see people that into it.  Dueling displays from random people along the beach.  Although having a beer in one hand and lighting a huge thing of fireworks with the other??  I don't think its a great idea to have a bunch of drunks handling explosives, but oh well!  :)  As far as I know, no one got hurt. 

Things with my boyfriend were amazing.  I love him so much... even more than before.  He's a great person.  We have something really special between us and he just makes me really happy. 

Last night he came with me down to the beach to watch the sunset. It was beautiful. And then my mom took a picture of him and I. Here are those pics from our last night on vacation.

So much to write about.

Relationship with boyfriend.
Health/injuries
VACATION
Cheryl Richardson
New vet

I'll start with my vacation, since that's where I am right now.  I went on vacation with my parents yesterday down to Cape Cod.  I love it here.  It is just so relaxing on the beach.  Of course I can never sleep here but that's alright.  I went to be around 11:15 last night but couldn't fall asleep.  I woke up around 6:15.  But up, watching the news and waiting for the coffee to be ready. 

No plans this week.  Just sit in the sun and relax and enjoy! 

Before I left, I wanted my cat checked.  I HATED his old vet and felt like they were always trying to up-sell me each time I went there.  I asked a few friends who they went to and who they liked and did yelp checks from there.  My friend Laura's vet had 3 reviews in the past few months and they were amazing. 

Well, McGraw is doing well.  He had a ruptured cyst on his arm but it is doing alright.  Long story about trying to get him to take a pill!  WOW that wasn't fun.  Lets just say he won.  But his glucose levels are now within a healthy range and he has controled his diabetes with his low carb, high protein diet. 

McGraw is doing better than me with his health.  I feel like I've been having one thing after another, after another, after another!  NOT stopping.  I had my car accident on May 16th and I tried to run once since then.  Two days later I couldn't stand up and put weight on my right leg.  NOT fun. 

The chiro twice a week with a massage at one of those appointments has been helping. That and doing NOTHING at all, which is not fun for me.  I HATE not working out.  I'm not allowed to run, lift weights or go to kickboxing.  It is making me crazy not doing any of that or doing what I love to do.

Today I saw Cheryl Richardson's newsletter for the week.  Here is the link:

http://www.cherylrichardson.com/newsletters/week-27-nora-ephrons-list-what-would-you-miss/

That made me think.  What would I miss?  What were those little things in my life that I would miss?  That made me want to sit and come up with my own list.

My family
My boyfriend
My friends
My cats
McGraw flopping on his back for a belly rub
Patches snuggling
Rocco
Taking Rocco for a walk.
Rocco's excitement when he realizes we are going for a walk
When Rocco gets a new trick
The clouds
Sunset
Pink skies
the beach
swimming in the ocean
Lobster
Hearing my boyfriend tell me he loves me
Snuggling up in my boyfriend's arms
Seeing newbies succeed with C25K
Helping people reach their goals
Running

Kickboxing

I thought that was a good list.  :)

And then my boyfriend.  Things with him and I better than they have ever been.  Ever.  And I am really happy.  He makes me really happy.  He's been great with my injuries and so supportive.  I love being with him and doing things with him. 

We've been working on his yard. I have so much fun with that.  We dug up part of the back yard, evened it out and then put down 12 x 12 tiles building a patio.  SO much fun!  And it looks incredible!  I'm just proud of him and how much he has done with it.

Things with him and I are just going really well.  We have fun together and have been spending SO much time together.  I don't really know the last time I slept at my place.  I sleept at his every night.  I love nothing more than being wrapped up in his arms. 

When I was buying my new car and chatting with his mom while she was working, she told me that someone asked her if this was her daughter-in-law.  She told me she answered, "I wish!  Hopefully someday."  It's nice to know that's how his mom feels, especially since he was engaged to his ex before me. 

I'm just really happy with how things are going.  Yup, I'm injured and cannot shake it, but things are really good overall. And I'm just really really happy in my life!