We did it....

This week-end I set a goal for Kent and I and we conquered and achieved it. The goal will be bizarre to some, but Kent and I spent the entire week-end relaxing and not running ourselves wild. My promise to myself this year was to take better care of myself in all meanings of this term. We usually run ourselves busy during the week as we work, come home and cook, head to the gym and by time we shower etc it is 10pm and time to get ready to go to bed. We have been super successful over this past 2 weeks and have worked out 5x both weeks. On the week-ends we tend to power on as much as we can. Going places, chores, errands, fun times, family obligations and on and on. What we rarely allow ourselves is some time to do nothing. I bit the bullet and when Kent asked me what we had planned for this week-end I told him nothing!

Our week-end started off tough as I had to lay another person off on Friday afternoon and then I spent the rest of the day calming the staff down and finding was to motivate them through the day. By time I came home by neck and back were killing me as I tend to hold the majority of my stress in my shoulders. Kent massaged them for a minute and then we went to the gym. I was super pissy about this as I just did not want to go. We had promised each other that we were going on Friday night as we had missed Thursday. Once we were at the gym it took me a few minutes to find my groove, but I pushed myself pretty hard. We came home and I made dinner and then we watched Step Brothers which was exactly what I expected. I laughed a little, rolled my eyes and enjoyed seeing my husband crack up repeatedly. We woke up that next morning and went to a spin class my trainer Chris was teaching. 15 minutes into the workout I was toast. God I forget how hard spin classes are. It was a great workout but it literally wiped me out. We had lunch, watched TV, showered, started a new book and took a nap. Can it get any better? Yep...after a nap we went to the coffee shop and spent more time planning our trip to Italy. We stopped off at the grocery store and I made dinner and then we went to the bar Connor Byrne for a Dolly Parton tribute by 5 local bands. It was great. I only had a few beers at the bar, had fun with friends and went to bed at 2am and woke up at 10am! Woo Hoo! Had a lazy breakfast, cleaned the house, walked for an hour by the beach and stopped by to see our friends new little baby boy.

This was such a good week-end because there was so much down time and it was really positive. Even cleaning the house and running to the grocery store was positive. We both are making a serious effort to focus on long term goals (moving, health, children) and it feels really great. I also have been struggling with falling asleep and this week-end I just dozed right off. Hopefully this sleeping trend will continue into the next week! Here's to lazy days!