I have been super lazy as of late, and my back is definitely reflecting that laziness in the form of pain! My goodness it's hard to go to bed when you know you'll be uncomfortable all night and wake up with one side in enough pain that you can't walk right away. I am not sixty!
I realized that the only difference was my level of activity, so I figured I'd better bump it back up! My good friend leant me copies of Prenatal Yoga, Prenatal Pilates (10 minute workouts), and the Perfect Pregnancy Workout. I figured that even the heat couldn't be a good excuse not to workout at all when I have these at the house.
Perfect Pregnancy Workout (with Karyne Steben): Hardcore, but soooo helpful! The squats and lunges and hip circles and pelvic tilts and "keep it up exercise"--they are all bearable (even for a larger lady like myself) and make you feel so strong and in control of your body. I highly recommend this one--skip any parts that seem too difficult, and you'll still get a great workout all around. I like that she works out your arms too--we'll need those for when the baby arrives!
Prenatal Pilates (with Lizbeth Garcia): Great!! 10 minute bits--do whatever you have time for and want to focus on. There's a great segment on flexibility that helps fix my back aches and stretch things out so that I feel like that baby has more room to move (and thus--I can breathe a lot better). Plus, they're short, so you can't really make up an excuse not to do it.
Prenatal Yoga (with Shiva Rea): I haven't tried it. I've never done yoga (or pilates for that matter) before, and this one requires a chair, a block, a strap, some folded blankets....I rarely want to take that much time to prep for a workout and our living room doesn't accommodate that much stuff. It looks like it would be a good idea though.
Anywho--just after doing some of the first workout and then a the flexibility pilates I had no back pain. It's insane how much they helped and how quickly. Now I have no excuses to be a lazy moo on the couch.
However....that's what I did today. B had a big interview out of town and we stayed up all night getting him prepared, then woke up at 3:30 to a really crazy lightning storm, then he left at around 5:30 and I half slept until about 8:30 when I realized he hadn't called to say if he landed or not. (He had--whew.) I guess the stress of his interview rubbed onto me and I've been a mess all day--unable to focus on anything. It's over, he is pleased with how he did, and he'll be back in about four more hours. :/ Long day!
As far as my job goes: I have no idea what is going on! I went to get the paperwork to fill out and will go return it tomorrow. However, I just found out that there's a new teacher orientation at my school tomorrow. Seems like I should be there for that! I don't know when it starts, but I may have to go in. This is the most unorganized I've ever been at the beginning of a school year, and it's extra crazy because I don't have a classroom and can't plan anything until I meet my students. I don't even know how much I'll get to see them-it will vary student to student. Panic. We start next week.
I miss having a classroom, by the way. It's been a long time. I think I will do well with my gifted enrichment position, but booyyyyy what I wouldn't give to go back to teaching high school social studies in a classroom. I genuinely feel like that is something I am very good at, and it's something I really enjoy. It is nearly impossible for me to find a position in that field though with all of the coaches taking priority--gotta have our sports down South. Social Studies often gets shafted, which may explain why I hated it for so long.
**Of course there are some excellent teachers that teach a variety of subjects that are coaches as well--I'm not trying to peg them all in that hole! One of my very good friends was definitely born to teach social studies, but also to coach--and he's great at both. I just know of certain cases where someone who was an athlete was offered a social studies teaching job without even being a certified teacher. That is what makes me burn up a bit. I had a science teacher and a couple of social studies teachers in high school who were just coaches (not teachers) and boy could I tell.
Black hole rant of doom over: Let's go give these gifted kids something to think about! Time to get ready to challenge young brains!
Did you enjoy being challenged academically in high school??
My answer: YES!! But it didn't happen often enough because I didn't take any of the tough classes; I was lazy and afraid to have to work too hard and end up not doing well anyway. I feel like that's what happens to gifted kids--they need practice doing challenging things so that they can attack things in a successful way. I have a goal!
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