the Gym
I pretty much stopped going to the gym when we got married, and resorted to running outside which is wonderful, but you really can't do that all year round. During my long absense from the gym I have sorely missed pilates classes! I've tried doing them at home by myself but really its just not the same. Well luckily for me my good friend Whitney who is the GM of the WAC(Wisconsin Athletic Club) needed a little extra help in exchange for a FREE MEMBERSHIP!! This is seriously my dream come true. I'm way to cheap to spend $70 for a membership, but I would gladly trade my time for one. I'm swapping babysitting with a friend, she takes Sadie every Wed. for a few hours while I do my time and then when I go in to workout I can leave Sadie with the daycare at the gym.
I've never left Sadie at any kind of daycare before and was totally not expecting the reaction I had when I dropped her off for the first time. I put her down to play with the toys and felt a big knot creeping its way into my throat! Be strong Miriam!! It's just an hour! Seriously, not a big deal, but the whole workout I couldn't stop thinking about her. I'd abandoned her with complete strangers, was she screaming her lungs out? who knows, but the guilt was setting in strong. When I went to pick her up she had done just fine (much better than I had I'm sure). Day two, she cried a little while I was gone, but still okay. Day three, she knows what this place is now and cries and cries when I try to leave. Day four, even more crying! I really hope she gets used to this quick because I'm really enjoying my gym time. Ryan gave me a good pep talk so I didn't feel so bad about the whole thing and now I'm finally okay with it.... I just hope she is.
This morning I went to my new pilates class, and LOVED it. Sadie still hated it.
posted by Miriam at
10:35 AM
2 Comments:
that sounds like such a great deal! I'd love a free gym membership. I also am a huge fan of pilates and agree that doing it at home is just not the same. I did a prenatal video today by this super hot mama who is super pregnant and she incorporated several pilates moves, which I love. Good luck with the daycare thing; it will be good for Sadie to get used to being with sitters for a while! You're a great mom & a good example of living a healthy lifestyle for yourself & your family.
Love, Karli
hooray for the gym! man, I wish I went more often than I do! I'm scared that when we move and we're poor college students again ryan will tell me I'm not allowed to go to the gym anymore because its too expensive! I NEED it!! maybe I'll find a sweet deal like you! at first when I was reading it and you said sadie did so well the first time, I was totally jealous. at least it hasn't been so bad that they've had to come get you from class. when they did that to me, that was the last time I took kate! luckily, I have other options....or I would be so sad! keep it up, I think its so good for kids to play with other kids in that kind of situation. I LOVE sadie's monkey costume. seriously, you're talented. as you can see from my blog, I didn't get into kate's costume too much this year! okay, well I miss you miriam.
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