Well faithful readers I am getting closer to posting on a Monday ( today is Tuesday for the calendar impaired) perhaps I will hit it next week but I am offering no guarantees.
January is almost over and I spent most of it hitting the reset button, slowing down and reading directions (what a concept)!
I wonder if this will be a recurring theme over the entire year?
Just this morning I spent about an hour running up and down the stairs convinced if I unplugged the phones and repeatedly turned them on and off I would get them to work. My husband insisted that I should try resetting the modem ( everything is tied into that blasted thing and I am convinced it is run by little gremlins who like to make it malfunction when I need it the most) I resisted and kept trying to make it work by turning it on and off and perhaps a bit of the “think” method ( remember that from “The Music Man”)
Maybe I just didn’t want Paul to be right AGAIN. It was the modem. On the positive side I got lots of exercise running up and down stairs.
Other things I have had to slow down and read the directions for include my Ipod, my new digital recorder, my jupiter jack and my bed.
Yes my bed. Is that indicative of how we as humans have evolved? I now need to read directions on how to operate my mattress.
More than several years ago we bought a sleep number mattress. In the beginning it was great but lately not so much. We even added a memory foam pillow top and yet I was waking up like I had an elephant sitting on my back all night.
So the thrifty cheap part of me DID NOT not want to replace this mattress. Finally the light bulb went off and I pumped up the number on my side and BINGO no more back pain. Yet another semi blonde moment ( semi because my blonde comes from my hairdresser)
As for my running not only am I setting the reset button but eating a bit of running humble pie.
My run outside last week on our one glorious day of sun and 50 degree weather was horrible. It was just not one of those occasional bad runs. It was time to listen to my body AND redo my training plan and hit the reset button and start back at the beginning.
- Yes I took time off when I had a severe cough, and then got busy with the holidays.
- Yes I did the elliptical and the treadmill..inconsistently.
- Yes I thought I could pick up where I left off since I am a runner, triathlete , cyclist.
- NOT
Not only did my body hurt last week from running but my ego was a little bruised as well.
Time to put on my big girl panties and go back to the beginning. So I actually read several training plans, my Chi running book and several articles on ( gulp) beginning running.
AND I put each training step in my calendar. It has actually been fun and refreshing to begin again. Humble running pie turned out to be quite tasty.
And those big girl panties fit just fine thank-you very much! Anybody else ready to hit the reset button, and join me?
I believe in do overs and new beginnings in EVERYTHING…jump in the water is fine! OMG now I have to think about swimming…gulp!
Boy oh boy do I understand what it feels like to hit the reset button. Sometimes I feel like that’s all I ever do. Hitting reset is better than giving up, though. At least you’re still working towards your goal.
Oh, and tell that hubby of yours not to be so right all the time. That can be so annoying from a husband. 😛 Think of it this way, though. At least you got the phones working. Wouldn’t it have been awful if both of you were wrong?