I have just come down of the high of working midnights. I have to admit that getting reaccustomed to days was much harder than adjusting to working nights. I don't know why that is really, or what that may say about my personality. Maybe I will be cut out for shift work afterall as a Respiratory Therapist? Guess I can count myself lucky on that note as it may give me a one-up over my peers. This was to be my last week of nights but due to the rain, I worked Sunday and Monday night and then went back to days on Wednesday. It really threw me for a loop. I came home Tuesday morning and slept my usual peaceful, wonderful 8 hour day sleep. Upon waking at 4 I then went to see Fahrenhuit 9-11 with Rhian and was home by 9 to find a note telling me I did not have to work that night, but rather, had to show up for work Wednesday at 7am. Well, needless to say, that after already sleeping 8 hours, I did not sleep well that night. Went to work groggy and grumpy for Wednesday and a blissful day of weed picking. Yippee! That night, I went to bed at 7pm and got a solid 11 hour sleep. Amazing. I am still adjusting me thinks. Good news is, that I am now back onto a semi-regular workout schedule. Buns of steel, here I come! Just a note of my progress... ran 20 min yesterday and did my arms. Today, ran 3km in 21 min and then did my abs. I started on this ab program on Wednesday. I guy I work will gave it to me and my God, it hurts. But it works. I thought, 'Wow! This is great! So great I'll do it everyday instead of the recommended 3-4 times weekly and then I'm be all the more stellar in far less time!' Uh, hold off there keener. After attempting to do it again on Thursday and seriously, only getting 20 sec into it and nearly puking, I have since changed my mind. Here it is for all of you up to a challenge. I consider myself to have pretty good core strength because I had been working on my abs prior to this and I can only do 2 sets instead of the 3 you are supposed to do. If you can only make it part way through one, go easy on yourself because it's not easy!
Do each of the following in this order back to back with no breaks for 1 min each:
1) Leg lifts: lie flat on your back and raise legs from floor for they are pointing straight up. Do not lift bum or brace bum with hands or hold onto anything with your arms. Lower legs slowly back to floor without touching heels to floor and repeat for 1 min.
2) Crunches: lie flat on back with legs at 45 degree angle. Cross arms over chest or hold hands at ears and lift upper body towards bent knees. Return to start without lowering back completely to floor. Continue for 1 min.
3) Rocky/Twists: Remain in same position and twist laterally for 2 twists up and 2 twists down without lowering back to floor. Repeat for 1 min.
4) OH THIS ONE IS SO HARD BUT IT'S MY FAVOURITE! Plank: Lie on tummy on floor and brace elbows beneath chest at 90 degree angle (like you are going to do a push up but you are on your forearms instead of your hands... these are hard to explain) Raise yourself onto the balls of your feet (push up style again) and keep legs straight, bum in line with shoulders. Do not raise bum above shoulders and remain straight, like a plank, using your abs for 1 min.
5) Bicycle: Lie flat on back and raise feet off floor so your legs are at a 90 degree angle. Place hands behind ears at the side of your head. Raise left knee towards right elbow and right elbow towards left knee simultaneously. Then rasie right knee towards left elbow and left elbow towards right knee. Like you are on a cross trainer... move opposites towards eachother at the same time... hope that one makes sense. It's hard to explain. Continue for 1 min.
After doing all this, take a break and lie panting on the floor for 2 mins. Repeat set again, break for 2 min and then do again! Holy hard! Try it though. It's good for you.
Today at work, Heather taught me how to drive the 3 ton truck. It really wasn't as bad or scary as I thought it would be. This Mother has 10 gears. High and low with 5 in each. And then reverse and neautral of course. So gearing up you have to go Low1, High1, Low2, High2, Low3, High3, Low4 and then straight to Low5, High5. To gear down, WAY WAY WAY in advance if you ever plan to have a hope in Hell of stopping, you go High4, High3, High2 and then to a stop. That part is harder because I don't fully seem to have the dexterity to think that I can brake continuously and then just put the clutch in to shift. I want to brake and ride the clutch but this actually makes you go faster. As Heather put it, you are then "Freewheeling." Whooo! So we drove around the country getting used to stopping and starting and shifting and I'm pretty good at it. We wanted to practice in town but when I got back to Sherwood Park it was pouring rain and my wipers were barely keeping up. I wasn't comfortable with my lack of vision, lots of traffic and a multitude of traffic lights to contend with all at once so we called it a day and went back to the shop. We will go out again on Monday.
Mom and Dad went to DQ whilst I was on the treadmill herego, I have no food to eat for dinner. I just couldn't will myself to stop running in order to go fuel up on grease. Barf. I probably would have. So Mom is bringing me back the DQ Grilled Chicken Salad. It's delisc.
Tonight, Delle and I are getting dressed up and going for a drink at the Savoy on Whyte Ave. It's a bit of a pretenscious little spot, but it's hot and so are we and it's a good spot to catch up. We're going at 8 so I have tons of time to get ready and it'll still be quiet atmosphere by the time we get there. Later, I'm meeting up with Alex and going to some Bday party of a friend of his. I can't wait to go to bed though. Oi vay. I'm pooped.
Love
Peas
Chicken Grease!
~Shella
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