So a bit of content backlog, I’m sorry for those of you keeping up, things have been surprisingly busy recently and I am having a bit of trouble staying on top of it all. This past weekend we packed up the car and headed out for our first out of town adventure as a family. This turned out to be much more complicated than we had initially thought. Fortunately, I had already packed clothes for Davey and myself from our visit up to Crystal Lake so all we had to do was fit Chris’s bags into the car. I drive a 2007 Toyota Matrix, I like to call her Icarus, I bought the car because of its ample storage space. She car has served us very well making countless back and forth trips from Kansas City to St. Louis and Chicago. She helped move our family over half a dozen different times before we finally settled into our home in Chicago. I was absolutely shocked to see how quickly and completely every single nook and cranny was filled as we prepared for our one night adventure up to Grand Rapids, MI. I think we may need to start considering an upgrade sooner than anticipated…
The initial car ride over to Grand Rapids went amazing, Davey slept the entire three hours! We made it in the knick of time to see a very dear friend of mine get married, you have to love those Michigan drivers, they definitely know how to get where they are going. The wedding was absolutely beautiful! After which we made a short stop at Founders Brewing Company for some lunch before checking into our hotel where we handed Davey off to our sitter and headed out to the reception. What a blast, Chris and I spent the night enjoying some much needed baby free time filled with dancing and general merriment.
Unfortunately, the ride back home to Chicago did not go as smoothly. Davey decided to cry the entire way. We gave ourselves a small break in Three Oaks, MI where we stopped at Journeyman Distillery. I got to try a pickle gimlet (it was amazing don’t knock it until you try it), Chris got a fig based old fashion (also super yummy) and we shared a plate of some smoked trout spread with horseradish! After which we hopped back in the car, turned the volume up on Tech N9ne (don’t worry Davey is still way to young to understand Tech’s lyrical genius) and tried our hardest not to lose our minds the last hour and a half home.
Once home I was able to fit in the days PiYo workout Sweat. It felt great to get the blood flowing after such a long car ride. It was also pretty nice to take a moment out of my head and focus solely on the workout at hand.
The following day I got to dive into PiYo Sculpt, Chalene was not messing around with this one. It was immediately clear that this was going to be much more intense than anything we had done previously. By the end I was a sweaty tired mess and just wanted to lay on the floor and not move. It was challenging but at the same time very exciting to realize that I was able to participate in a majority of the program without taking any breaks. This workout does require a chair for tricep dips so make sure you have one that is stable enough to support your body weight. The “cooldown” section should really be called a “burnout” in this workout because it is pretty much a constant grind from beginning to end. Overall, it is a solid workout that I can tell will lead to some pretty significant results.
Today, I spent my day at another continuing education course, “Calming the Overactive Brain” presented by Dr. Sieber, hosted by IBP Seminars. I will delve more into what I learned in tomorrows post. I want to give myself the night to process a little bit more and get my thoughts straight.
After the course I came home and jumped into PiYo Sweat! This is a routine I am very familiar with at this point so I was surprised by how difficult it was today. I quickly realized that maybe my muscles were more fatigued than I thought from yesterdays Sculpt workout. I was very grateful when we finally made it to “pigeon town” for some much needed rest.