Post Cross/Pre Summer

We were in Mexico for a wedding last weekend (Bryan and Angie) and it was amazing in so many ways. Beautiful water, fabulous beaches, booze, food, booze, friends and booze. On the grooms side, it was a group of us who have known each other between 15 - 30 years and the crew from the bride's side was just as cool. 49 people, no drama. :)

And while I enjoyed so much of it, my fun was slightly tempered by my appearance. I look fine. I know that. I'm not delusional here, I'm not trying to be 120lbs or something. But having 9 months of warning that I would be spending a week in May in a swimsuit with some of my fittest, funnest friends seemed to do nothing to spur me on to be my best self. If anything, the time window seemed to large and like I had "plenty" of time. And once crunch time hit (April) I realized I didn't have enough to be where I wanted so I just said "whatever." Heaviest I've ever been. So, radical overhaul or just deal with it...Hmmm.

I've been doing CrossFit with Tim since Feb. I just don't love it. I want to. I'm doing ok, progressing a bit. The people are nice, but it just doesn't feel like me. I was like that in volleyball in MS/HS. I was ok at it. Played A Team, good serve and great at back-row. But I was never going to start. Never going to be the best. CF feels that way. I've got at least 20lbs on every girl there and and very scaled when doing my workouts. I know it's a process and I'll get there eventually, but with our move to SoDak and my knowledge that there isn't a box there has tempered my excitement.

Going in to summer, I'd like to just be consistent. Consistently good eating, consistent workouts, consistent housework. School is BANANAS busy right now, so I'll be glad when that's done. But we need to get the house on the market and plan the move. It's a lot of balls to juggle right now.

One day, one step at a time!

Bronchitis + Running = No Fun

The Cold & Flu season has hit the Randall household HARD in the past 7 days. Last week, Ben had a fever Monday - Wednesday and had to stay home because of it. You'd think that since I got an extra day off out of the deal that I would have put away the laundry before it had piled up to 2 weeks worth of clean baskets. You'd be wrong. :)

Tim has been home sick. The last 2 days which is how you KNOW it's bad. 'Cause in the 12 years we've been married, he's been sick twice. Literally. So I've had a few extra chauffeur duties this week, but otherwise the start of school after break has been pretty great.

Saturday, we had Area All-State Auditions in Abilene, TX. I go to this every year so it always seems like old hat. But THIS year, I had my OWN students singing! Because we've opened as a 4A campus, they were able to compete as a small school and it was AMAZING. In the end, 2 of the 3 kiddos that traveled with us made the Texas Music Educator's Association Small School All- State Choir. It's a HUGE deal! One of the best parts of the day was this Facebook message posted by a friend:

How cool is that?! She had 7 singers make it from her school, so she knows her stuff! Love my choir colleagues. 

This past Friday also marked the 1 year anniversary of my application to Northwest ISD for my new job. I didn't hate my previous position, but it was long since time for me to move on and it was a big step to admit that to myself. When I saw this today it reminded me of that feeling to take the first big step.

Happy Tuesday, y'all!