Gymalicious

After my siesta or rather hibernation from working out I'm back! I went today for the first time since Thanksgiving. It felt so good to work out again, although I don't think my body will be saying that much longer. It already hurts my bum to sit on the toilet, not to mention the pain in my legs on the way down then back up again.

I decided to start off my morning with a Chisel class from 8:40-9:10. I don't know what the hell I was thinking doing a class like that my first day back. Sure it was 30 min. long, but don't let that fool you. We ran, did lunges, lifted weights, sit ups, stairs, ran some more, stairs again, more running and lots more weights. And as if that wasn't enough I headed off to my spin class @9:15 (hence the sore bum). I haven't been on a bike since the winter (I just don't do cold very well). Now I'm regretting my long break. It feels like I'm starting all over again. Hopefully I can get
back to where I was and fast. I'm dieing to get back on my road bike again but first I have to build up my endurance. Wish me luck!

ROUGH TOUGH CRAZY

The men of Deadliest Catch return this Tuesday, April 15! I don't know what it is that's so captivating about this show but once you start watching you can't stop. I've been watching since April 3 the recaps from the last 3 seasons and am just so excited for this season to start. What is it that draws me to this show? Maybe it's the fact that they live on the edge doing crazy things such as this


Or facing waves like this


They work through in the worst conditions and sometimes in pain from an injury like this


There are sad moments like when a crab boat from last season sunk and 3 of the 4 men were killed. And then there are wonderful moments like when Captain John Hillstrand and his crew pulled a man out of the water after watching him fall. It was a scarry moment for the crew and a sense of redemption for Captain John Hillstrand because 10 years ago he was faced with the same situation and by the time they got to the man and pulled him out he was dead.

Well whatever the reason is for my fascination with this show one thing is certain I owe these man a huge thank you for risking their life so that I can enjoy this!

That's Just Not Fair!

I hear those words from my boys often throughout the day, "That's just not fair!". Today it was my turn to utter these words to my hubby.

I got a phone call from my friend Renee in Texas. She was calling to let me know that her youngest son was in the hospital on the respirator. I was so shocked to hear this because he hasn't had any issues in a very long time (he was premature). She then went on to tell me that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer and because of the size of the tumor it was inoperable. I just sat there in shock and unable to find my voice. I wanted to be strong for her and say the right things but nothing seemed right. So I just listened to her and marveled at how strong she was. She said that he will be going through two rounds of chemo therapy and hopefully that will shrink down the tumor enough to operate. Right now the tumor is pushing into his lungs and that is what is causing him to have trouble breathing. She talked and I cried and told her I was so sorry and that I would pray for her and put her name on our temple prayer roles.

Sometimes life isn't fair and we are thrown some pretty big curve balls. It is times like these that I rely most on my Heavenly Father, family and friends to get me through. It is such a comfort to know that my Father in Heaven loves me and knows me. When life isn't fair it is great to know that there is a bigger purpose to all this. I hope my dear friend Renee finds peace and comfort during this trial. I hope she knows how much her Father in Heaven loves her and her children and I hope she turns to him for the strength I know she will need.

Cancer sucks.