Yesterday was a rough day for me after my failed time at the gym, but I woke up this morning and I am ready to try again… I have to remember that I am much stronger than I was before and I will get there- it will just take time. I am being an a bit impatient and going to have to realize it is not going to happen over night no matter how much work I put into it.
So this morning I failed at reaching my Fran goal of under 10 minutes by 1 minute and 54 seconds. I just didn’t have the cardio strength to keep going as the weight wasn’t that heavy and I kept really good form with my pull-ups.
I have to say I was extremely upset afterwords- almost to the point of tears. I realize my reaching my goal was going to be tough, but I didn’t realize I would be that far off my time.
For those of you who don’t know what Fran is- it is a workout that consists of Thrusters with 65 lb and pull ups. You do 3 rounds of 21-15-9 reps. Here is a video of how it should look:
Avery is growing up quick… she is 3 lb now!
This morning Regina came over for some tea and I decided to surprise her with some fresh juice (carrots, kale, bok choy, apple and ginger)
We had a wonderful lunch at The Greenhouse in West Bay. The restaurant serves mainly locally sourced food in a beautiful ocean side cafe.
We started with some fresh pressed juice and I had a glass of ice Lemongrass and Morina tea. Both were lovely. Then we moved onto lunch.
Richard ordered the Sweet Chicken salad- it came with sweet pecans, roasted pumpkin, local fruit and flax seeds.
I first tried Soft Paws when Yabbey was a kitten and it did not go well, but I decided to give it a go one more time with Avery. Soft Paws are basically a piece of rubber that go over the claw and are glued on like a Lee Press on nail. I of course got Avery pink… what other color would you get a little girl? We watched the video off their web site and the cat just sat there calmly as they put them on. Now we knew that would not be the way it would go with Avery. I got a beach towel and wrapped her up good while Richard put the first five on. It went ok- they were not on very straight, but it went better than we expected. I think she was more upset about being wrapped in a towel than anything else!
For the other set Richard held her and I got them a bit straighter- we have to have her looking pretty for the Dr. Collin on Monday!
We spent our last night in Kansas City at the Royals Stadium. We had to start off with a drink in the parking lot before the game.
We took a great tour of Boulevard beer factory on Sunday afternoon. Thanks to Andrew we had a 1 1/2 hour VIP tour that included tastings not only after, but during the tour! It was a very interesting tour and the beer was great… what more could you ask for?
The Johnsons 