If I Can........I Will

I have found that my best bet in making sure I get in a workout each day is to do it at 5:00 am. It's the only way I can be certain that nothing else comes up and snatches away my precious "me time". The fact is, if I try to plan on doing it after work or before bed, inevitably something comes up (picking up the kids from school, practices, games, gymnastics, running into someone I haven't seen and talking too much, laundry, dishes, supper, exhaustion, etc).

Every once in a while, I forget that important fact and I shut off the alarm to sleep a couple of extra hours in the morning. And at the time, it feels so wonderful....to pull the sheets up, relax, and slip in and out of consciousness. So Wonderful. But then, as the day unfolds I eventually begin to feel sluggish and wish I had just jumped out of bed and into my workout clothes.

This morning, I woke up before my alarm and started to get ready for a quick run outside before heading to the gym. Then I heard heavy raindrops hitting the aluminum roof covering the patio. Then I heard the raindrops, combined with the sound of the fan spinning in my room. Then I heard the raindrops, combined with the sound of the fan spinning in my room, and my pillow and still unmade bed calling my name. So I did the only thing I could do. I crawled back into bed, covered up snug as a bug, and let myself daydream to the sound of heavy raindrops and the fan. And I fell back to sleep.

Today, that was okay because I was able to swim during the time between bringing Rylee to daycare and heading to work. I enjoyed the workout and was in the process of getting dressed when I saw an older woman in the locker room. She had just changed into her swimsuit and was heading into the rest room before going to the pool. She had the hardest time maneuvering around things, was completely out of breath, and groaned whenever she moved her legs. Yet here she was at the YMCA getting in her workout for the day. Good for her!

It dawned on me that although I have some occasional aches and pains, I am fully capable of exercising every day. And I swore to myself that I will think of this woman if I ever again try to weasel my way out of a workout. If she can do it then there is no valid excuse for me not too (no matter how comfy that bed is)!