The Morning After

Monday morning!

The tent adventure went well. No one bailed out to sleep in their bed, although rumor has it the night got a bit chilly. They are requesting to do it again tonight, although permission is somewhat pending based on behavior and attitude in light of the lesser sleep some obtained.

The harder part was, perhaps, mine. I didn't feel comfortable going to the bedroom at the other end of the house with the white noise and the comfy beds. I didn't think I'd hear kids even come in if I did that. So I opted for the futon with the back door open a crack, to listen. Since I didn't sleep deeply, I was up and down a few times, played some games online, and the like. While I'm all for the kids getting the camping out of their system this way, I'm not sure I want to spend too many nights away from my comfy bed and the Grand Lunar. Maybe I'll rig up some monitors so I can keep an ear out for the kids ... I don't know. Or maybe we'll just do two tent nights and call it good.

Perhaps due to the lack of sleep and infusion of extra caffeine, I have a LOT of energy today and am feeling good. Probably that pre-crash sort of good. So I got off my rear and walked 3 miles with Leslie this morning, as well as doing a modified upper body weight training thing. I still use the Joyce Vedral videos for the direction/exercises but am using closer to the Power-of-Ten guy's method to actually execute them.

It's almost the end of July. I am thinking of aiming to lose 10 lbs by the end of August. I'm again kicking myself for not having been more serious about this weight-loss-window. I see summer coming to a close and the slow progress I've made as mostly wasted opportunity and overly-claimed indulgences. I wonder if that's reasonable? Seems like it is.

For lunch I'm having an asian-style somen noodle and cabbage salad, McDougall compliant. It's good. I was hungry.

Well, it's just about quiet time and it sounds like the children can use one. So I'm off to get them ready so I can enjoy the quiet part of the afternoon.

Have a good day!