Kangatopia

I am usually really sleepy when I leave work in the evenings.  I possess a special little sensor embedded somewhere on my body that will wake me up before I rear end an 18-wheeler on the drive home.  Last night in a spastic fit of optimism, I phoned up my ex before I even left work and asked him to feed and dress the kids, and I would take them to the gym with me.  So, when I picked them up, they were ready but all I wanted was a nap.  I tried to explain this to them, but they are so concerned about my health apparently that they literally screamed and cried when I announced my plans to go home and sleep.  Just kidding.  The gym has a child care center that makes my children drool with anticipation.  So, when my attempts to negotiate another night failed, I packed them up and took them to the gym.  After depositing them in their unfathomable happiness at the child care center, I went to the dressing room, removed all of my clothes and sat in the steam room for about 5 minutes to contract a 2nd degree burn and fill my lungs with the vaporous wonder of Eucalyptus.  Then, I sat and watched tv until it was time to pick them up again.

Today I took a 10 minute nap in the restroom stall.  Kind of gross, right?  But it was better than trying to nap on my office floor beneath my desk - which I would do if I weren’t so chicken about getting caught.

I have no picture of the day for today or yesterday.  I tend to forget about it until the kids are in the bath or asleep, so there’s a danger that all of these pics will be of naked or sleeping babies and the story I don’t want to tell is how Mommy tends to forget everything until the last minute.

Finally, I’m officially in training.  In May I am planning on going on a fairly long bike ride, so I have started to work on my cardiovascular health, strength and everything else I’ll need to enjoy the ride and not wear myself down into a writhing mass of jelly.

Tonight I have a date with my son.  The plan is that I’ll pick him up at his dad’s, take him to the gym (they really, really love the childcare center) and then home for some one on one time.