The munchkins started school yesterday. Trixie came home happy. She loves her teacher and had a great day. Dash was grumpy which isn't unusual. No friend yet. Not really liking anything. Begged to be homeschooled. Praying fervently that his attitude will change and that he comes to enjoy school. Cards had a strange day. He was all prepared to change classes. We even went to school twice last week to practice walking through his schedule. Guess they just broke them into groups and went over handbook stuff. He came home with a headache. Poor guy. He had stomach butterflies this morning at the thought of doing the schedule today. Every Wednesday is early release day so the kids will be home about 1-1/2 hours earlier. A good day to go to the library without disrupting homework and chores.
Second day home alone and I love it. Finding that I'm more productive in the morning. I get up at 5 and do my 9 minute strength training exercises. I eat breakfast and read my devotional. Pack lunches for everybody. Get the kids up, fed, dressed and out the door. I read a chapter from a book Trixie picked out while standing in the driveway waiting for the bus. Yesterday I tried to take the dog for a walk, but he isn't quite as cooperative while I'm trying to do intervals. I went without him today. I'm up to 15 minutes of cardio with 1 minute alternating low and high intensity. By this time it's only 7:30. Then I do my GMG Bible study time and map out the day. I spent time cleaning up the kitchen. Had a cup of vinegar and water in the microwave explode. So glad I wasn't standing in the kitchen at the time. Washed 2 loads of laundry. For my Mt. Vernon, yesterday I cleaned the screen door. I didn't clean the glass as that is on the kids' chore list. Today, with the help of some music, I put the entry window curtain in the dryer for a few minutes to remove the dust, washed the blinds, vacuumed the screen and washed both sides of the window. To finish the entry this week I need to clean out the closet, clean the little table with still mostly alive plants and the floor. Next week I'll make my way down the stairs and work on the future 3rd bathroom. There are storage shelves down there and a box or 2 yet to be unpacked. Trixie's room is such a disaster. She is such a pack rat. I think I will take everything out of her room, box it up and store it in that area. Every day we'll pick out 5 items, determine if they are worthy of returning to her room or if they need to move to the toy room, donated and tossed. Her room isn't for some time with Mt. Vernon, but she can't live like that. The boys are going on a camping trip next weekend so that would be a good time for us to pack up her room.
Carb-cycling is going really well. My first weigh-in I lost 1.6 pounds. I wasn't expecting anything so I was very pleased. The second weigh-in I lost another 1.6 pounds. That must be my number. At that pace it would take about 31 weeks to lose 50 pounds. That would keep within the my goal time frame. Next week on the program is the slingshot week where every day will be a high-carb day to keep my body from becoming too efficient with my calorie intake and adjusting my metabolism down. Just shaking things up a bit to keep it running high and burning fat.
Still tweaking our schedules but feeling pretty good with the little steps moving forward.
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