Life Lyn Style

Today, the kids and I had a great day at the J.  We were running early and I was a bit worried about occupying them until I wanted to drop them off at Kid Kare, but we left the house anyway.  Not 5 min after we were in the J, it started to pour.  It rained and rained and was very dark.  We were glad that we were dry and inside.  We visited the locker room and stopped by the new Kid Kare room.  Wednesday, the Kid Kare is moving into a brand new purpose built space that opens to the gym.  My son enjoys checking out the construction progress.  Today, they were opening and unloading new furniture and toys.

After I dropped off the kids, I did a few sets of abs and back extension and headed to spin class.  Beth was back from vacation and it was a great class full of tan people who just returned from various spring breaks.

Next up: trainer workout with Chelsea and week 3, day 1 of C25K training

I’m a planner and like to have plans and schedules.  Today, since it was my birthday, I planned out the whole day.  I started like many of my days by taking the kids to the playroom (also known as going to the JCC for a workout).  I had scheduled a manicure for my birthday, so I planned a shorter workout and shower so I could get my nails done (at the JCC spa services department) while the kids where still in Kid Kare.  I ended up with a solid 30 minutes of high intensity cardio on the elliptical.

At 10am I arrived for my manicure appointment.  But, I hit a snafu.  The manicurist didn’t realize she had an appointment and wasn’t there.  One of the staff called her and she was going to head in, but I was upset and frustrated with the lack of communication and finger pointing.  Feeling rushed during my relaxing birthday manicure was not on the agenda.  I was not a happy camper.  I picked up the kids early from the playroom and checked at the desk to see who was in charge of the spa services staff.  There really isn’t a way for them to fix this, but there are some holes in their process and for the sake of future customers, they need to patch them.

Although, I was upset when we left the J, I was determined not to let this ruin my birthday.  So, the kids and I stopped at the park on our way home.  I chatted via phone with my sister as the kids played and we all enjoyed the playground and a bit of sunshine.  I found another place to get a manicure and headed out during nap time.  I was able to thoroughly enjoy my manicure and the timing workout out in the end.

After nap time and present opening, the family headed to Akron.  My parents took care of the kids and my husband and I went on a date.  We headed to the Akron Art Museum to see the M.C. Escher exhibit.  We really enjoyed our time there and it brought back many memories of art museums in Europe that we enjoyed on our honeymoon and other trips.

For dinner, we headed to VegiTerranean a vegan restaurant in Akron.  We shared a couple of entrees and desserts and had a great time sans kids.

We don’t have many pictures of Stephen and I together, so I made a point to have one taken today.

All in all, I had a great birthday.

Next up: spinning with Beth in the morning.

Today, I had a small window for my workout.  I made the best of the time available with the following:

• 5 min warm up on the elliptical
• lunges down the fitness center floor (holding 10lb dumbbells)
• lunges back with 10lb dumbbells also with curl/press
• ab machine – 2 sets of 30 at 105lbs
• back extension- 2 sets of 10 with twist holding a 6lb medicine ball
• triceps v-bar – 2 sets of 12 reps of 60, 50, 40, 30, 20 without a break
• biceps curl-2 sets of 12
• row- 2 sets of 10 at 80lbs
• lat – 2 sets of 10 at 80 lbs
• wood chops – 12 on each side w/12lb ball
• plank practice and stretching

Next up:  C25K run/walk tomorrow.