August has been a busy month and I can't believe it is already Labor Day weekend. It's been a busy month, so here are some of the highlights...
Fitness - I've been practicing Body Combat endlessly and loving it! I've team taught twice and received some really great feedback from instructor friend Gediz. I'm going to be taping 2 times in September when I sub his class and thinking of subbing one more class in Santa Clara for another opportunity to tape. Super excited to be continuing my Les Mills journey. Received an unexpected post on Facebook from another LM instructor/trainer and he offered some really nice words of encouragement..all in all, I'm feeling really good about this. I'm sitting in Hawaii right now and yes, I brought my Body Combat music & gloves and will be practicing in the hotel room every day! My tennis elbow injury sustained during the Body Combat Challenge has been a pain in the arse all month and I've had to modify my lifting weights in Body Pump. I'm thankful to now have 10 days off until I teach Body Pump again and hopefully this will heal my arm.
I've been very diligent with my Weight Watcher tracking, my food intake, drinking my shakeology everyday and so far I have lost 12 pounds and I'm feeling really good- this is it, I'm losing the happy fat once and for all. I am making small goals that happen to coincide with vacations and am determined to make sure that vacations don't become counter-productive to the weight loss journey.
Work - it's been a busy month with travel requests and a month with a lot of clients complimenting me on wonderful trips. It is so gratifying to speak to clients when they return and have them tell me all about their trip and how perfect everything was. I am blessed to have just celebrated 23 years in the Travel Industry- so happy that I found this career path, I can't imagine doing anything else. I get to help people take vacations of their dreams and I get to go to fun places myself.
Mom - overall she is doing well. We finally got her computer set up at her apartment and she is thrilled to be playing her Bejeweled Blitz and Text Twist. It helps her with the boring times and that was the goal- so I'm very happy that she is entertained. Health is doing pretty well too- everything seems to be stable and we are on the 3-6 month Doctor visit schedule, which is fabulous. We do have one hurdle to overcome and that is a growth on her temple that is seeming to be getting larger. She will be seen by the Dr. next week while I am gone and hopefully it turns out to be nothing. My hope is that it's a calcium deposit or something along those lines. Something easily fixed. No more medical drama please.
August has been a fun time socially. Went to an AMAZING concert- front row tickets, just happened to try to get tickets to a sold out show at the box office on that day and yay- front row- Luke Bryan was amazing, as were his opening acts of Florida Georgia Line and Thompson Square. We've been celebrating various birthdays this month- Great Niece Kenzie (2), Great Nephew Kayden (1), Pastor Eric (30) & friend Lisa....fun times! We have gone to Candlestick to see the Niners practice and also to a pre-season game. Feeling a bit nostalgic with this being the last year at The Stick, but they are making it extra special. I've been to a few Giants games also, although not a great season for them- I still love them and root for my G-men. Went to see Journey Revisited - "Music on the Square", super fun night.
Overall, it's been a great month.....looking forward to September! It starts off in Hawaii- that's got to be a good start- right?
