it hurts to type (chicago, day 3)
My mother's personal trainer is sneaky. I had an hour session with him at her gym (after doing 15 minutes on the bike). He took me through some evaluative stuff, then we did two circuits of six exercises -- squats holding a medicine ball, then pulling weights on a machine one arm at a time, then hip bridges (where you lie on your back, keep your heels up and your hips off the floor, and lift one leg at a time, alternating 15ish times), then standing push ups, then stepping, then this plank thing, where you basically balance on your toes and forearms, holding your abs in. I thought it was all fun -- challenging, but not so bad that I wanted to die. This morning, I want to die. Every muscle group that I used hurts, and I used a lot of muscle groups yesterday. Ow.
Aside from that adventure and its aftermath, the rest of the day was relaxing. Went to lunch with mom, aunt and grandma at a place called the Cornerstone Cafe, which was a random little family-owned diner-ish place. Took a quick trip to Target, then did some more shopping around my neighborhood. Had leftovers from Japonais for dinner, along with my favorite summer veggie rolls (noodles, pineapple, carrots and cucumber in rice paper, with peanut sauce for dipping), plus Molly's Cupcakes for dessert. I think there are still cupcakes -- I might have one for breakfast.
I'm starting to get antsy with the lack of a regular schedule, and the fact that my parents' house is a disaster area (the whole dining room is currently being used for storage - you can walk through, but there's nowhere to sit at the table, or do much of anything else. Pretty much the same is true about the kitchen). I have to find some excuse to leave the house during the day today, but my parts ache enough that it may or may not happen in the hours leading up to my Scrabble date.
Aside from that adventure and its aftermath, the rest of the day was relaxing. Went to lunch with mom, aunt and grandma at a place called the Cornerstone Cafe, which was a random little family-owned diner-ish place. Took a quick trip to Target, then did some more shopping around my neighborhood. Had leftovers from Japonais for dinner, along with my favorite summer veggie rolls (noodles, pineapple, carrots and cucumber in rice paper, with peanut sauce for dipping), plus Molly's Cupcakes for dessert. I think there are still cupcakes -- I might have one for breakfast.
I'm starting to get antsy with the lack of a regular schedule, and the fact that my parents' house is a disaster area (the whole dining room is currently being used for storage - you can walk through, but there's nowhere to sit at the table, or do much of anything else. Pretty much the same is true about the kitchen). I have to find some excuse to leave the house during the day today, but my parts ache enough that it may or may not happen in the hours leading up to my Scrabble date.