Apple muncher's number crunching

Got myself another NSD and a lunchtime walk, which was rather brisk as I needed to get rid of some stressy anxiety and overdose of coffee. It more or less worked.

Tomorrow I have an evening 2 hour meeting/training, which will take about 3.5 hours once travel is included. Hope I can stay awake...

Dd has had a good day and is on the mend.

I have signed up for the May NST challenge. 2 of dd's friends have bdays so I need to make their bunting. Off to have a quick look at the pillowcases to cut up...

Took 2 bags to the Sally Army today, also garnered another NSD.

Work has been v anxiety-inducing this week. I have even been working out how many hours I would need to work on minimum wage to earn the same as I would do when I cut back to 2 days - and although it is a silly number, I haven't dismissed it yet...

Anyway, 1 more day this week, and then a back massage with a friend on Friday.

And then launch myself into exam board work...

Today is payday and there is still money in my account - yay!

Yet another broken night with dd. The sooner I am back to 2 days, the better I'll cope with it all.

Work itself isn't bad at all; it is certain situations that have badly affected me and that I am 'working through' but it takes time.

Exam board stuff 1 opens today; exam board stuff 2 next Thurs; 2 more weeks until study leave starts; 4 weeks until half term.

The sun is shining, I have washed my hair so I feel less skanky. Off I go!

apple_muncher wrote: »

Tomorrow:
-school runs :D1 down, 1 to go. Dd did not want to go
-washing
-mow if weather is suitable
-replace mower blades first
-m a s s a g e - can't wait!
-take bags to SA NOPE
-maybe get a sbucks £1 coffee when in that area NOPE - tis cheaper at home
-mega workout - it has been too long since the last one :T:j:T:D - ZWOW 49
-exam board stuff 1
-marking

So, I decided not to 'bother' with having to drive out for the SA bags and coffee. But to do some bunting embroidery and the workout:

[FONT=&quot]ZWOW 49 Merry Christmas Workout (365 reps; most 12k KB): 2 DB swing L; 10 competition burpee (belly down); 20 DB swing R; 10 competition burpee (belly down); 20 reptile push up (belly down, knee to elbow when up); 10 competition burpee; 20 side crunch L; 10 comp etition burpee; 20 side crunch R; 10 competition burpee; 20 strict mountain climber; 10 competition burpee; 20 DB dragon rev lunge; 10 competition burpee; 20 side to side DB squat; 10 competition burpee; 20 knee hug; 10 competition burpee OOPS!!!; 20 spider (plank, straight leg under to opposite hand); 10 competition burpee; 20 3k DB lunge press L (lunge position, lift DB as rise); 10 competition burpee; 20 3k DB lunge press R (lunge position, lift DB as rise); 10 comp etition burpee; 5 BW jump squat = 32min; cool down


I didn't realise until the end that I had missed out the knee hugs + burpee part, but couldn't face adding that in, as it had taken 32 mins to get to that point!

I will sooooo enjoy the massage now![/FONT]

Note to self: workouts that involve about 100 burpees will make your wrists hurt. Despite switching to using my knuckles instead of my palms, my right wrist is v tender indeed. Probably worsened by using the belligerent lawnmower - which has now died on me, leaving a large L shapeof 6" grass unmown where the climbing frame was before I moved it in order to mow. Aha! Add moving a climbing frame onto the pain-inducing activity list! It is all starting to make sense now... Must dig out the Hands Free workout for next session.

Phase 1 of exam board standardisation complete, and a very nice chat with my Team Leader has been had. Phase 2 awaits me in the morning, along with marking my own pupils' work. Dh is doing the ballet/freestyle/musical theatre run, so I'll get 2+ hours to focus. I'd better get it done, or there will be trouble...