From Stress to Productivity

This week was a tough one.  Work was extremely stressful, which left me unhappy and tired.  I was melting down at the end of the week.  Before pregnancy, I was very diligent in making sure I balanced my life so that work was just a part of life, not the big enchilada.  I need money to live, but I need health, family, and experiences to be happy.  With a baby on the way, though, I have started to get a little out of balance.  Work has been replacing workouts.  My worry about money has me trading in lunchtime for an extra patient.

Yikes.  It may work for some, but it leaves me out of harmony.

I realized what has happened in the past few months is that I have not prioritized exercise.  Generally, I have my training plan and it gets done no matter what else is going one save an emergency or uncontrollable event.  I don't let anything come between me and my daily dose of healthy training.  

I relaxed my standards and it was a FAIL.  I realized that I am not happy or healthy when work takes over my life, at the expense of other healthy endeavors such as exercise, healthy eating time, and rest.  Today I made sure that the hour I had planned to walk/run happened.  No excuses.  There was nothing short of an emergency that would keep me from my priority.  Tomorrow, same thing.  I have my workout time all planned out.  It will happen. 

I also turned that weekday stress into some weekend productivity!!!  Time to make this house inhabitable for the 6 of us.

Dave and I have so much work to do!  Today we worked on turning the extra bedroom/office/junk/bike room into our bedroom.  We scraped all of the popcorn ceiling off and refinished the ceiling.  Tomorrow we have to paint the windows and baseboards, touch up the walls, and change out the electrical outlets.  Oh yes, and put some furniture back in.

19 weeks in pictures

Sometimes household improvement can leave Dave and I put-out with each other.  This morning I really thought we were going to end up in couples counseling when Dave was less-than-prepared to work and I was ready to go!  (that is the nice way of saying I was so frustrated with him and thought things that I can't write in a blog).  But, we somehow made it through the day and he still wanted me around.  So, soccer game/date night was still fun, even after a day of working together. 

Even after 17 years of watching Dave play soccer, I still love it.  That is him in the middle with the ball.  ;)  Proud wife.

xo