First Time Kayaking

This morning I got up early to meet my friends out in Belmont Shores. My intention was to just do my training, which I did...an hour of brisk walking... and then spend about an hour with them and then head on home to study. However, it didn't work out that way. Through my friend Gary, I met 2 new friends. They all came out to Kayak and had 4 kayaks. With some nudging and encouragement, I went along and kayaked for 2 hours. It was lots of fun. We kayaked to the end of the Marina and saw alot of jellyfish. I never knew jellyfish to be so beautiful. I had the opportunity to touch one of them. Yes, it was slimy and very thick....kind of like squid. After this, we kayaked back and had lunch. I was ready to go home to sleep. I said my goodbyes and told my new friends that we would keep in touch and do this again soon.

2nd Day of Training

Today was another good day. I dropped my daughter at school and hit the gym for my 2nd day of training. My sister told me yesterday that Disneyland was holding a half marathon this year in Sept. I thought about it and thought "You know what? With a little/alot of determination, I can do it". Thirteen miles. That's not too bad; however, you would have to keep a pace of 15 minutes per mile. This was doable. I went to the gym and jumped on the treadmill thinking...gee, that's a piece of cake. Well, apparently, not the case. I was brisk walking so fast that I almost walked off the treadmill and it still wasn't a 15 minute mile. I'm going to try again. I may have to do a slow jog to make the time. I'm looking forward to getting back into shape...slowly, but surely. :)

First Day of Training

Over the weekend, I had an opportunity to get together with some former co-workers. It was great because we all had our babies within a few weeks apart. Not only that...we all had the same interests. It was made known to me this weekend that one of the moms is training for the Long Beach Half Marathon in October 2007. I haven't seriously excercised in .... let me see... how old is my daughter? :) I think it's been at least 3 years. Well, once she told me, I decided that I was going to begin training. I ran the Huntington Beach Half Marathon before my baby. It was an accomplishment for me. One of my main goals is to eventually do a marathon. I figured .. why not .. it's probably better to do it now rather than wait until I'm older. So, ...

It was wonderful today. I was able to get myself up early as well as my daughter and exercise. Today was the first day but I was able to brisk walk for 45 minutes with my daughter in a stroller. Now, to work on my diet to maintain a good energy level. Will have to do some research.

Din Din Time...Almost

It's been another long day for me. A job interview, buisness, drive to south O.C. and back to South Bay, playtime and dinner...almost. It's late but my little one wants to go outside and play with her friends. Of course, she's had a very long ride in the car and needs to stretch out a little. I don't blame her. Even I get a bit stiff from sitting in traffic for a few hours every other day. She had alot of fun with the neighborhood kids riding their bikes back & forth. She's just a bit frustrated because they're all riding bicycles and she's riding her tricycle and can't catch up. :) It's dinner time but of course, playtime is more important in her eyes. Who cares about food when you can play. When she gets tired and her metabolism is working overtime and her tummy is calling for food, then she'll come looking for mama. Half an hour later, sure enough, my little princess comes calling for mama. We go inside the warm comforts of home and have a wonderful dinner together.