So...a week has gone by since we started Insanity and HOLY CRAP!! Insanity is no joke!! It is killer...many days I find myself asking "really?!?" while doing the most insane (hence the name) movements that I have ever attempted. It's been interesting, but I am definitely sleeping better but am always hungry it seems like.
We have also decided to run the Everest Challenge Disney 5K at Animal Kingdom next May. My mom is even going to try to do it with us! We attempted C25K last summer, but it kinda fizzled out. To motivate us more, we decided to "monetarily commit" to running. So, we both bought Nike Free Runs and Nike + sensors. Granted I am a novice when it comes to running, but I LOVE my Free Runs!! They are so incredibly light and comfy. The sensor has me addicted to running - like seriously addicted. I am competitive with myself - I keep trying to be my distance and the amount of time I run vs. walking. I am only three days into seriously running and am already seeing changes.
Last summer we really kept up with P90X, but fell off of the wagon once school/football season started. It is my goal to NOT do that again this year, but I guess we will have to stay tuned to see what happens...
xoxo
A glimpse into my world and its going ons...proceed with caution :)
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Insanity Day 1
So....
While in Jupiter for Memorial Day weekend (and PJ's Baby shower) a challenge was hatched..
I dunno if it was the total zen we were feeling after the fantastic massages we got or the relaxing day on Peanut Island,but we (including Jay,my SIL, MIL, FIL) all decided to essentially do a two month version of Biggest Loser.
We weighed in with our partner, wrote down our weights, and sealed them in an envelope to be opened the end of July. When we get to Steinhatchee for scalloping the end of July we will reweigh - on the same scale - and see who lost the largest percentage.
Enter INSANITY!!
We did P90X last summer, and boy was it an experience. Although I did see results, I wanted to try something different and that is a little shorter in time...so we started Insanity today.
Today we did the Plyometric Cardio Circuit. Yeah, the series is named appropriately. Half way through I was grunting and crying out right along with the people on TV. Like Plyo in P90x, I had to modify many of the excercises because of my knee, but I tried my best to keep my heart rate up. Jay and I were both sweating like pigs and ready to fall over by the end of it, but we finished it and that was truly the goal for the day...
While in Jupiter for Memorial Day weekend (and PJ's Baby shower) a challenge was hatched..
I dunno if it was the total zen we were feeling after the fantastic massages we got or the relaxing day on Peanut Island,but we (including Jay,my SIL, MIL, FIL) all decided to essentially do a two month version of Biggest Loser.
We weighed in with our partner, wrote down our weights, and sealed them in an envelope to be opened the end of July. When we get to Steinhatchee for scalloping the end of July we will reweigh - on the same scale - and see who lost the largest percentage.
Enter INSANITY!!
We did P90X last summer, and boy was it an experience. Although I did see results, I wanted to try something different and that is a little shorter in time...so we started Insanity today.
Today we did the Plyometric Cardio Circuit. Yeah, the series is named appropriately. Half way through I was grunting and crying out right along with the people on TV. Like Plyo in P90x, I had to modify many of the excercises because of my knee, but I tried my best to keep my heart rate up. Jay and I were both sweating like pigs and ready to fall over by the end of it, but we finished it and that was truly the goal for the day...
2010 - 2011 School Year Part II
So...I got the holy grail of positions (in my opinion) at my school - a full time gifted classroom. It was 3rd, which kinda scared me as I am used to the big kids, but was excited nonetheless...
I had less than two weeks to get moved and organized and cleaned...all while having EVERYONE under the sun come in and comment on how they just didn't know where I was going to put everything, or just down right laughing as they wished me luck. Yeah, felt great. Thank goodness I had my Guardian Angel and Sanity, Maxwell, by my side. Whether she was in my room diving right in (even against my reprimands of her pregnant self being on a chair) or just texting/calling to remind me that I COULD in fact find a place for all of the stuff and get it looking cute. I also found support in the rest of "my team" (my old 5th grade team, that yes, I still refer to as my team) - Jessica by text and rest by random stop ins with ind words. I just closed the door and kept on plugging away. By Thursday night, everything was up and running - AND CUTE!!
I had a ton of anxiety about stepping into the Magnet program, and many anxieties cropped up as the year went on and I encountered more "firsts' of the year. With each new step I just kept plugging along, and it was easy because I ABSOLUTELY LOVED MY CLASS AND TEACHING!!
Who knew teaching could be so awesome?! Who knew you could come home happy (and not just on Fridays) Don't get me wrong - I did enjoy my past classes and did love my children, but it was HARD most days. I didn't know just quite how hard until I was on the other side this year. It shouldn't have to be that difficult, and it saddens me that it is.
To sum it up - I had a wonderful school year. We had great fun, tons of laughs, and my kids ROCKED the FCAT. Almost all 4s and 5s!! Six students got perfect scores on the Math and Two got perfect scores on the Reading...and they deserved it - they worked their butts off all year.
I was sad to see the school year end, but it was comforting to know that I will see them in the halls for the next two years. I am also looking forward to tweaking things and having an even better year next year!
XOXO
I had less than two weeks to get moved and organized and cleaned...all while having EVERYONE under the sun come in and comment on how they just didn't know where I was going to put everything, or just down right laughing as they wished me luck. Yeah, felt great. Thank goodness I had my Guardian Angel and Sanity, Maxwell, by my side. Whether she was in my room diving right in (even against my reprimands of her pregnant self being on a chair) or just texting/calling to remind me that I COULD in fact find a place for all of the stuff and get it looking cute. I also found support in the rest of "my team" (my old 5th grade team, that yes, I still refer to as my team) - Jessica by text and rest by random stop ins with ind words. I just closed the door and kept on plugging away. By Thursday night, everything was up and running - AND CUTE!!
I had a ton of anxiety about stepping into the Magnet program, and many anxieties cropped up as the year went on and I encountered more "firsts' of the year. With each new step I just kept plugging along, and it was easy because I ABSOLUTELY LOVED MY CLASS AND TEACHING!!
Who knew teaching could be so awesome?! Who knew you could come home happy (and not just on Fridays) Don't get me wrong - I did enjoy my past classes and did love my children, but it was HARD most days. I didn't know just quite how hard until I was on the other side this year. It shouldn't have to be that difficult, and it saddens me that it is.
To sum it up - I had a wonderful school year. We had great fun, tons of laughs, and my kids ROCKED the FCAT. Almost all 4s and 5s!! Six students got perfect scores on the Math and Two got perfect scores on the Reading...and they deserved it - they worked their butts off all year.
I was sad to see the school year end, but it was comforting to know that I will see them in the halls for the next two years. I am also looking forward to tweaking things and having an even better year next year!
XOXO
Saturday, June 11, 2011
2010 - 2011 School Year Part I
So...lemme catch you up on the past year and some change of my life -- it's been a CRAZY one.
Last time I actually blogged, it was the beginning of LAST school year, and I was in the Media Center. It was not the worst year of my life, but definitely not my best (not even close). It was a year of "ho-hum" for lack of better description. I felt wasted - like I wasn't really getting to touch lives of children or being able to make a difference. Sure it was nice not to have papers to grade or report cards to input, but it just wasn't me. Even when I had classes I still felt out of sorts - while I LOVE books and reading, I am by no means excited by the Dewey Decimal system or teaching research components. When I didn't have classes I was busy trying to survive the mountains of excess responsibilities thrown my way. My fav - teaching PE for two weeks...yes you read that correctly. Bottom line - I wasn't in love with my job.
So, the year ended and summer began...fast forward to the beginning of August...I'm flying home from a wonderful visit to CT and in between flights, I turn my phone on to check messages, and see I have one from my boss. Immediately I decide to SKIP that one, as I am sure it has to do with checking out a laptop or some other mundane task that I refuse to discuss, since I was ON VACATION! Soon I have another one from her, and a text from my CRT. I told the CRT that I was on vacation, and there for, was not going to call my principal back. I get on the flight and shut off my phone. I land...and turn on my phone again - email, message, and texts. Something about a position..my interest is piqued and I call back.
At this point, my boss offers me a classroom position in a GIFTED 3rd Grade class!! I accept, in the car, while on the way to Steinhatchee to go scalloping with Jay's family. I should be over the moon excited at this point, right?! Well, something in the pit of my stomach tells me "Not so fast" so I only tell a select few people. The next day we are out on the boat and I check my phone to see the time, notice my boss called and left a cryptic message. I immediately tell my MIL that I am pretty sure I just lost the job I got the day before - I was correct. At this point, I had been so excited about going back in the classroom, that thinking about going back into the library - even for a year as she said - HURT. I ask if there is any classroom I can take, while I work toward Gifted endorsement, and she says regular 3rd - I say I'll take it. Fast forward a day and I get a cryptic email from her that sounds like I got the gifted job back. At this point I am SO over the back and forth. Try to call her, no answer, so I email her back asking. All weekend goes by...
Monday morning I pull up to school to pack and move my stuff to a classroom - just not knowing which one - and as I get out of the car I get an email saying that I got the GIFTED job! Whew - rollercoaster ride over...except for the fact that I have a week and a half to get my stuff moved, some semblance of a class set up, and some planning to get done before the school year begins....
Last time I actually blogged, it was the beginning of LAST school year, and I was in the Media Center. It was not the worst year of my life, but definitely not my best (not even close). It was a year of "ho-hum" for lack of better description. I felt wasted - like I wasn't really getting to touch lives of children or being able to make a difference. Sure it was nice not to have papers to grade or report cards to input, but it just wasn't me. Even when I had classes I still felt out of sorts - while I LOVE books and reading, I am by no means excited by the Dewey Decimal system or teaching research components. When I didn't have classes I was busy trying to survive the mountains of excess responsibilities thrown my way. My fav - teaching PE for two weeks...yes you read that correctly. Bottom line - I wasn't in love with my job.
So, the year ended and summer began...fast forward to the beginning of August...I'm flying home from a wonderful visit to CT and in between flights, I turn my phone on to check messages, and see I have one from my boss. Immediately I decide to SKIP that one, as I am sure it has to do with checking out a laptop or some other mundane task that I refuse to discuss, since I was ON VACATION! Soon I have another one from her, and a text from my CRT. I told the CRT that I was on vacation, and there for, was not going to call my principal back. I get on the flight and shut off my phone. I land...and turn on my phone again - email, message, and texts. Something about a position..my interest is piqued and I call back.
At this point, my boss offers me a classroom position in a GIFTED 3rd Grade class!! I accept, in the car, while on the way to Steinhatchee to go scalloping with Jay's family. I should be over the moon excited at this point, right?! Well, something in the pit of my stomach tells me "Not so fast" so I only tell a select few people. The next day we are out on the boat and I check my phone to see the time, notice my boss called and left a cryptic message. I immediately tell my MIL that I am pretty sure I just lost the job I got the day before - I was correct. At this point, I had been so excited about going back in the classroom, that thinking about going back into the library - even for a year as she said - HURT. I ask if there is any classroom I can take, while I work toward Gifted endorsement, and she says regular 3rd - I say I'll take it. Fast forward a day and I get a cryptic email from her that sounds like I got the gifted job back. At this point I am SO over the back and forth. Try to call her, no answer, so I email her back asking. All weekend goes by...
Monday morning I pull up to school to pack and move my stuff to a classroom - just not knowing which one - and as I get out of the car I get an email saying that I got the GIFTED job! Whew - rollercoaster ride over...except for the fact that I have a week and a half to get my stuff moved, some semblance of a class set up, and some planning to get done before the school year begins....
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