A week off...

total bliss. A week to do whatever I want....
apart from the fact that I need to go to the dentist..uggggggh.
I have had a total fear/loathing/hatred of the dentist for most of my life... But now a molar that chipped some months ago is playing up....

so I have to somehow try and find some brave internal fortitudey stuff and ring...make an appointment..then show up.

I also made the first tentative steps into doing my video assessment on the weekend, did some practice with my guinea pig with bp testing - LOL at first I couldn't hear a thing, then decided perhaps I'd best ensure that the stethoscope is over the brachial artery before claiming her dead.

Yay, finally EI free

Most (normal) people would be forgiven for thinking that Australia was considered EI free a while ago...well, not so. For the last few months in a large part of NSW, it was still necessary to obtain a travelling horse statement from the Department of Primary Industries prior to moving your horse anywhere..
well, from 1 July..no more.. they have said we are EI free. Yay.

Hopefully the canary pox that my horse was injected with has no ill long term effects... if he starts turning yellow and sings a lot..I'll be worried.

Captain Cranky Pants

Boy have I got my cranky pants on today. Agencies just sending through things full of mistakes, colleagues asking your opinion on design and then saying they prefer the other design. WELL DON'T BLOODY ASK ME THEN!!!!! STOP WASTING MY BLOODY TIME!
aaah, that's better.

Maybe it was the wind this morning. It wasn't just any old wind...it was howling a gale, serious high speed winds...and we did attempt to have a beach workout.. it was dark, about 100km/h winds.. then we opted for the relative (or not) safety of the soccer field to finish off - went under cover and used the benches for step ups and dips, and then did some runs across the field, lots of squats, half squats, lunges...
So at least we did it!!

Sex & the city

Well, considering I was a S & T C virgin, it was thoroughly enjoyable.
Absolutely loved it and could even convert....
LOL

But I didn't get home until 11.15...which meant it was about 11.45 before I got to sleep... then I woke at 6.05..but stayed in bed until 6.30, so no baby walk this morning - and boy did I suffer for it.

I did however, do some weights - I did pushups, DB chest press, DB flyes (incline), crunches, and medicine ball pullovers.
In between throwing someone's skanky meaty bone back outside...

Winter solstice

This morning dawned fine - although it's dark until I get home...at least it's the shortest day this weekend..which can only mean one thing - the days will be getting longer again! Thank god.

I am totally and unequivocally 'over' the rain. My horse is a misery guts because we haven't been able to do any riding - I've had to make do with lungeing him in the roundyard..poor bugger. He'd much prefer to be galloping around over a few jumps...but the ground is too slippery and greasy still.

I mentioned about the Smart Foods Centre and their upcoming research which I had put my name down for. I had been called by them and gone through a long questionnaire, then they said they would be in touch if I fit the criteria. I have had a message to call a dietician there, so I've now left a message for them to call me back. It would be really interesting to be involved in this research as it's to do with the importance of dietary fats in weight loss. All interesting stuff!!
One of the questions was, would you be prepared to eat meat for breakfast? Um.. Yes.. I am a carnivore!

This morning was back and shoulders after the pooch walk.

We're off to see Sex & the City movie tonight - now, I must confess, that I have never seen the show - it started when I was commuting 1.5 hours to and from work, and starting at 8am - so in order to get my workouts in at that time I was getting up at 4.45am. Needless to say, late night (after 9pm) TV was out of the question!!!

So it will be an eye opener.

DOMS

Well, I have to admit, it's been a while since I've had DOMS. Today my legs are killing - going downstairs is particularly difficult!!!

Yesterday morning, after I took Jemima for her quick round the block outing, I then proceeded to do some proper deadlifts, walking lunges, plie squats. This is what has caused the damned soreness today! yay... gotta love that :-)

This morning we did a couple of laps of the block, then I did a quick step workout, then finished with crunches & medicine ball / swiss ball ab rollups (you hold the medicine ball out behind your head with straight arms and bring it up to your knees).
With added degree of difficulty of one rhodesian ridgeback standing across my knees...

A good week

This week has been a pretty good week with diet and exercise - had to have a cheat night on Wednesday as we had a dinner with our agencies at . Fantastic!!! then had to stay at Star City as we had a meeting first thing next day...but get this - they said they had upgraded me to a harbour front room..blah blah, and I thought I heard her say smoking, but one of the other girls with me said, no way, it was non....
Anyhow, we had 20 minutes to get up to our rooms and get changed before heading out again for dinner (no time for nice relaxing showers!) - and yup, it was a smoking floor. What the??? how is that an upgrade?????????????

Had a good leg workout this morning after my doggy walk.
Miss Jemima was literally bouncing on her walk this morning - I think she was quite pleased to have me back home!

Got to love a long weekend!

How nice is a long weekend? That one extra day really seems to make such a difference. You can actually get things done, and not feel as though you are just rushing the whole time.
Bliss.

However... some dry weather would have been more than appreciated. My poor horse is just a little bored - and this will mean he'll be a little naughty next time he gets worked..think bucking bronco !

Still, Miss Jemima got thoroughly spoiled with lots of runs around up at the property over the weekend. I'm trying to discourage her from leaping up to Kado's mouth to kiss him though - she thinks he must be a big dog - just one that smells a bit strange. It's cute, but... she thinks all horses are just as cool as the Kado..

Had a great workout yesterday afternoon, managed to kick and punch the bejesus out of my bag in the back room - this I alternated with star jumps, then I finished with a variety of ab exercises. Then this morning I took Jemima for a walk around the block and then worked chest and shoulders - they are pretty tired from yesterday, so feeling nice and sore now.

Food's been great too - all meals are planned, and written on the fridge. We didn't want to buy a new fridge, but the door was looking a little less than pretty - a few bubbles of rust etc were coming through... solution: blackboard paint!!!
It's the best - you can write your shopping list, notes to the other half, important dates and meals for the week on your fridge! Very handy.

Dare I say... finally back on track?!