The Gym… and Me in it…

Today I went to the gym. Actually today was day 2(!) of my gym adventure. I must say that although I would like to take the credit for my health kick decision… well I can’t. My VERY annoying husband can take about 80% of the credit… the other 10% can be given to my life long friend (who bribes me with gossip and time with her children- works every time!) … and the last 10% is ME. I would like to point out that I HATE THE GYM. So the fact that there is ANY percentage that can be credited to me… is WELL A LOT!

Part of this whole new gym thing is to get healthy. It’s not a new year’s resolution… it’s just a health kick the hubby and I are in. We have to get healthy for ourselves, for our families and for our future children. Although we are not COMPLETELY out of shape or obese… we could use some “shaping up”; specially since going upstairs in our townhouse feels like a chore!

I must say that I feel good about this newfound “activity” that I have. You see I’m going through a somewhat different body transformation, and I have yet to get to know… my body. This may not make sense to some of you but its kinda like a cleanse… without all the colon pills and irrational diets. Basically I am watching what I am eating, I am trying not to put garbage in my body… in the form of modern medicine or horrible foods (although I MUST admit, and only because my husband is reading this… I haven’t fully accomplished the food part). Part of this plan is to prepare myself for the rest of my life and the plans that I have for our family. The plans that I have for this year.

Doing this has brought to my attention that some things we cannot control. Which leads me to this: I AM A CONTROL FREAK, there I said it. With this body thing, and with most other things in my life, I want to be able to say that I have control over the situation. With this whole body planning thing I do not have control. I can watch what I eat, I can exercise, but I can’t get my body to do what I want it to do… and I have to admit, this is sometimes a bit frustrating. So this “waiting” time in my life is teaching me many lessons.

Wanna know what they are??? (I KNOW YOU DO!)… And I LOVE lists!

* I have to have patience

* I have to let some things “just be”

* I do NOT have control over everything

* My life is great just the way it is

* I have to have patience

* Oh did I tell you that I have to have patience?

OK so maybe I’m still learning about those lessons. Maybe I am dealing with a bit of denial regarding the lessons I may have omitted in this post. Maybe this is going to be harder than I thought! WISH ME LUCK!!!

Until next time…

Your friendly neighborhood SuperWife…

4 comments January 13, 2010

You see… I have a weakness…

My weakness… Men with Flip-Flops… or thong sandals (see above picture for reference). I like my husband in Flip-Flops especially. Unfortunately, above mentioned husband does NOT wear flip-flops often enough! I bought these for him some time ago, imagining endless nights of sexiness… in the form of a husband wearing these while… seductively… washing my dishes. Guess what? That NEVER happens! I got lucky today…. because its FREEZING (the floor is COLD!) and the flip-flops… were “conveniently” within reach. YAY ME! All of the sudden all my dreams came true! (I know! I know! I don’t get out much!).

IN OTHER NEWS… we made it home today in record time. It was nice to spend a lazy afternoon at home before having to go back to work. This week promises to be busy and with the hubby wanting to go to the gym *at least* 4 times a week… I’m already tired!

I have a confession to make… like many couples our age… Superman and I want to have children… someday. Well I have this “hobby” of researching names… We have the perfect boy name (it’s perfect for us!) yet we CANNOT figure out the perfect girl name. I know we are not on a deadline… I am NOT pregnant and it may not happen for a while… but the fact that we have a boy name and NOT a girl name… makes me uneasy… call me crazy… but I am a bit of a perfectionist. SO why am I telling you this? Well because today, while killing time for S to get out of class, I went to a bookstore. The store I went too was closing and had EVERY book at 70% off. It was a nerd’s (yes I call myself that!) paradise! Apart from getting a bunch of fun stuff I got a baby name book… for future pets, for my friends to use and yes FOR US… It’s thick! It ONLY cost me 2 dollars! Guess what? I spent the entire road-trip down from Tampa going through the girl section of the book… I read a few out-loud to S… but NOTHING stuck… we didn’t accomplish anything… BUT we had TONS of fun poking fun at the names that did NOT work out… there’s some “different” stuff out there.

What a FABULOUS DAY!

Until next time!

Your friendly neighborhood SuperWife…

2 comments January 10, 2010