Day 10: Saturday = My day

This window is part of a church close to my house - I find the design intriguing. When light hits it it is beautiful.

My wonderful friend, Ashlee, left a comment on one of my other posts about how she & her family (she has 5 children) are training for a family 5K, but she still does a run without the children in tow. I have known Ashlee for over 5 years and is probably the biggest influence on my desire to eat better & exercise.

I have mulled over Ashlee's comment all week and decided that maybe I needed some time to workout without the children. From this post, we know that I don't like to spend a lot of money things that I deem unnecessary - like a gym membership.

For those of you who don't know, I am a big proponent of mom's having time to themselves once a week. It doesn't have to be long or involved, but it does need to be something that recharges them. I have not had my weekly night in a couple of years. Perhaps that was part of the underlying depression I suffered from this summer.

But that is actually not either here nor there. What is important is that I have taken Saturday morning to be my time. And what better way to spend my time than to walk for 30 minutes?

As great as the children have been this past week with walking at the mall, it is not necessarily stress free for me. I like to keep them within view and I worry they might accidentally knock someone over when they choose to run, jog, tear around the mall, etc...

My solitary walk this morning was very relaxing. It wasn't bitterly cold so I walked my neighborhood. It was so quite & still...as if the day was waiting for just the right moment to awaken into activity.

Not until the very end did I see some other souls out and about: 2 dog walkers, 2 bicyclists and jogger.

I felt alive and ready to conquer my day.