In the Swing of Summer

Ah, summertime: that blissful time for teachers when we don't have to set an alarm.  Life is lazier (well, mostly - Braeden's team is still in the dang Little League tournament and then he goes on to All Stars, so our evenings are consumed by baseball).  

As far as exercising goes, I'm trying to get to the gym for the 9:15 classes.  I'm so jealous of the people who get to go to 9:15 classes every day; by that time, my body is awake and ready to work hard (as opposed to when I go to the 5:30 am classes), and I'm not stressed out and needing to cook dinner and get ready for the next day (as opposed to when I go to the 5:30 pm classes after work).  It's just so...nice!

In the past, I had noticed the class sizes dwindling in the summer.  Yesterday, however, Pump was completely full.  We ran out of bars - Jessica even gave hers up to the last class participant to walk in, and she taught holding plates!  It's such a great feeling to have that much energy in the room.  Attack today wasn't quite as full, but we still had a lot of people, and Jenny and Emma amped up the energy as usual.  

I also love the "real" exercise that summer vacation brings: nature walks, kayaking (I have yet to try this with my kids; that's a goal for this summer!), swimming, outside play, mowing the lawn, weeding the garden, berry picking - all activities that aren't necessarily the butt-busting workouts we put ourselves through in the gym, but they still keep you moving (and let me tell you, my squat training came in handy while strawberry picking!).  

Happy summer!