The Good:
– This photograph of Livia, snapped by our dear friend Renae, is definitely good. In fact, it’s great! I love how Livia’s green-grey eyes match the grey tones of the screen door and how her toddler fingers frame the hole in the screen. Note: the door had a gaping wound prior to our purchase of the house, however it keeps expanding due to one particular little person, who will go unnamed in this post.
– Also good, exercise. See “The Ugly” below for a more detailed explanation.
The Bad:
– This whole entire week. Okay, that’s a bit unfair. Most of the week has been hard due to the yucky, sinful, fallen-ness of this world. S-i-g-h…
– Also bad, speeding tickets. CHiPs caught up to me somewhere between a nearby bridge and my house, and pulled me over at an intersection that has bad vibes for me (I was rear-ended there last winter). My mind had been preoccupied with all the “bad week” issues and I had no clue how fast I had been going. Yikes. Twelve miles over the speed limit – I’m not surprised, but I am ashamed – and I’ve got to pay a whopping fee or else pay a smaller fee and attend the dreaded STOP class. STOP class it is, for insurance purposes. Ugh, ugh, ugh. Note: if you’ll be attending STOP class in the near future as well, let me know; we can go together and make a day of it. Heh.
The Ugly:
– Exercise. It’s kind of an ugly experience for me. It fits in the Good category, though, because it makes my heart happy (literally), gives me energy, and allows me to have fun with friends. The ugliness comes with the truth that I haven’t exercised in forever and that we do our aerobic set in front of mirrors. Mirrors. Mirrors which reflect the out-of-shape, somewhat rhythm-less, pasty pale reality of moi. It may be a bit ugly now, but Baby, after the Tredway Summer Challenge is over I’ll be reporting The Good, the Bad, and the Smokin’ Hot.
– Also ugly, naked mole rat babies at the zoo. (Hey, I needed a second Ugly point. And it’s true, they are not very attractive in their wrinkled nakedness.)
4 Comments
charity Jun 18, 2006 8:21 AM
as shocking as it is, i decided i needed to get off my butt and start exercising too. not having a lawn to mow i found myself gaining extra weight. boo. so we’ve started playing tennis! andy still beats me most games, but it’s fun none the less.
Melissa Marsh Jun 19, 2006 12:57 PM
I love to exercise – ok, maybe not love, but I’ve lost 20 pounds since dedicating myself to exercise and healthy eating. (Unfortunately, I have a whole lot more to lose!) I wish I didn’t have to exercise, but I think God wants us to take care of our bodies, our “temples” and exercise is a part of that. But I start to crave it if I haven’t done it for awhile. I still have days where it is really hard to get my behind to Curves. I love Curves – 30 minutes and I’ve worked out every part of my body.
RT Jun 19, 2006 1:55 PM
Way to go, CT and Melissa! I’m realizing that I invest way more time in dreading exercise than actually doing it. Getting up at 6:00am to go work out will probably never feel natural… but it helps that friends expect me to be there. Hmm, accountability anyone?
Melissa Marsh Jun 20, 2006 12:37 PM
I can’t get up at 6 a.m. to do much of ANYTHING. I’d never exercise if I had to do it in the morning. But having friends who are expecting you to be there would be a great motivator.
The thing I like about going to Curves is that I’m already on the move – I leave work and go directly to the gym. My daughter is still in daycare and I have that time to myself to focus on “me.” That’s the hardest thing for mothers today – to get that much needed “me” time away from work and kids.