Longest week of the year

I seem to be in limbo.

The kids are still home for another week. It will be the longest week of summer. They are ready to go back and I am ready for them to go back. The puppy on the other hand will be very sad when the kids are gone and when I'm off to the gym most mornings.

Nothing seems to be getting done. I find myself making a mental list of some of the things I want to take care of but I haven't checked off a thing. Not sure why really, other than I'm waiting for "my time" to resume. I am still on "kid time" I arrange everything around the kids. As busy as we are in the summer I find that I have a lot more time on my hands doing nothing. Gets boring sometimes. But when they go back to school I seem to pack most days with plenty to do before they walk in the door. Then I'm back on "kid time". But that means something different during the school year. It becomes driving to and from activities, helping with homework, getting everything ready for the next school day and making sure everyone gets a decent dinner. After about 2 weeks of this routine everyone will have a schedule including myself.

The gym is calling me back. Training for the Goofy Challenge starts mid Sept. I will be running 4 days a week, two days of spin, one to two days of swimming and two days of personal training. Hehe that equals 10 days. So yes there will be quite a few days of doubling up workouts. I have been slowly getting myself back into running. I feel so out of shape. But I know it will all come back to me. This morning I ran a comfortable 6.5 miles. Granted it was slow but I got in the mileage.

1 week to go.

1 week to tack on my list, Sunset finisher, Run for the Dole finisher, Goofy Finisher, Miami Tri PR, Lake in the Hills Tri PR and of course the biggie, IRONMAN 70.3 RACINE

Can't wait to start checking off the list.