I did end up doing Bodyflow on Wed night and it felt great.
Thurs. morning I skipped my workout to take my daughter to get braces. The poor dear’s teeth are so messed up they could only put on the top ones. We’ll see what happens over the next 3 months – she’ll probably go into 2011 with a full metal mouth.
Thurs night was karate. My back was still a bit sore, but not painful. We practiced one-step sparring. Your partner takes one step towards you and punches, you have to block the punch and take the person down to the mat. Somehow I ended up partnered with the tallest, biggest man in the class. I’ve heard that he’s never gentle. I was pretty scared. The first time he flipped me over in a 360 the teacher said, “You looked petrified.” And I was, but once I was actually flipping through the air it felt like I was flying and I wanted him to do it again. The teacher said Wendy is ready to test for blue belt and I’m ready for a stripe on my green belt. I’m not going to test next week though, I want to come as “Wendy’s mom” with the camera and take video and let her have her spotlight. I’m hoping the whole family can go together.
Friday I went walking with a friend around her neighborhood and came home to do some abs.
Saturday was a fun run. I convinced Brian to join me at the Lululemon Tampa Showroom birthday bash, which was the “Bare It All Birthday Bash”, a 5k run followed by a yoga class.
The Facebook event page said: No need to invest in a party ensemble, this event is clothing optional! Yep, you heard it right! Less is best but we don’t post bail…
My finishing mile on beautiful Bayshore Dr., Tampa
The funky 5k led by Nicole Sturtze included bootcamp checkpoints. After the first mile we did 33 pushups and a 33 second plank. At the 1.5 mile stop we were meant to do 33 burpees. (I think I did 8.) Then we all ran back to the one mile point, and then there was a race to the finish. Then we had an outdoor yoga class taught by triathlete/yogi Lisa Jamison.
The morning culminated in mimosas, mini chocolate cupcakes, goody bags, and prizes for the first finishing male and female. Brian was the first finishing male and got a wonderful long sleeve tech shirt that is fuzzy like fleece but wicking like tech stuff, with silver to keep it from getting smelly. I avoided the sugar like a good girl.
We came home and showered, and started to iron out the errands that needed to be run that day. Suddenly, the phone rang and my high school buddy Cindy and her husband asked if they could pop by. She lives in Boston, but he’s a pilot, so they fly places very last minutes and wanted to spend time with us before their real reason for coming – a Sunday trip to EPCOT’s Food and Wine Festival. I was off to volunteer at a fundraiser for My Hope Chest, and Brian & I were invited to a friend’s 30th birthday party, and Wendy had a Halloween party – but they came for about 18 hours to hang out. We ran our errands, I got all fancied up, went to the fundraiser from 4-8, and after some clean up I joined Brian and our buddies at the birthday party. Then they pretty much had pancakes, packed up, and left for Orlando.
Sunday I took the kids for some professional photos. (Sneak peek below of what I snapped with my phone while waiting around.) Then we watched An Inconvenient Truth for their National History Day project. I had never seen it before. The message is powerful but it’s all information I’ve heard by now. 
We have a very busy week coming up with a karate test, cross country meet, 7th grade parent social, Halloween parties, trick or treating, Fall Fun Day at school, Beauty and the Beast rehearsal and meetings at work – with my lead graphic designer out of town. I also plan to meet our old karate instructor at Bodyflow Wed night. I hope I can keep my head on straight. I’ll let you know how it goes!
2010 goal update: 750 crunches, 17 minutes of plank remaining
