So long school, good to see you again Quest

Week four is off to a rough start seeing as I slept through our group meeting Monday.

To be fair, I actually did wake up # to hit the snooze button and subsequently fall back into a coma. I had been up the night before until almost 2:30 am finishing schoolwork and 6:00 am most certainly came too soon. My guilt over ditching a workout to rest soundly for three and a half more hours is still lingering, but I have to say, it's also being overshadowed by the fact that, in less than four days, I. AM. DONE. WITH. SCHOOL. Let me just say that again # I'M DONE WITH FREAKIN' SCHOOL (kind of…aside from my extraneous summer math course, that is).

Now that I don't have to worry about writing papers and making it to class on time and running to tutor for four hours while trying to schedule a workout session in the midst of it all, my intentions to bust my ass until it is less than half the size it currently is, is in full swing.

Last week was fairly decent in the sense that I got two cardio Pilates classes in. I am obsessed with it! I don't think I have had a workout in a long time that leaves me sore afterwards, but also energized to the point I want to maybe go out and run laps or something…so needless to say I was bummed when I missed out yesterday morning.

We also had the chance to have Reiki last week and that was ridiculously cool, too. For some reason I had it in my head that Reiki involved stones and a bunch of people placing them on my body but…ummmm…no. It was done by Valerie, who used her hands to transfer the energy from her body into mine.

She was able to get rid of some negative "stuff" I had been apparently holding down for some time now, and at a few different points I could feel tingles in my spine; they felt like warm pulses running up and down my back # very cool.

I'm extremely excited that I get to dedicate more time to this Quest now. While I know I was an active participant before, I also wasn't entirely into it. Yes, getting up at 6:30 in the morning still completely blows and yes, I really dislike doing squats until my knees grind themselves to dust, but now that I'm starting to see results it's paying off. (not my kneecaps dissipating, but feeling muscles in my legs and calves is a cool bonus of 630 am wakeup torture, as I lovingly call it).
There's a slight chance I may be "running" the Mother's Day Seadogs 5k this Sunday, perhaps with Shannon (right, Shannon?) but if I don't, no worries, because the other big thing that our trainer Catherine has been trying to instill in us is that what we've done yesterday doesn't matter as much as what we're going to do today # unless of course you murder someone, then that's probably not a redeemable offense.

But in all seriousness, missing my workout yesterday sucked but I made it up by walking extra last night. If I don't run the 5k on Sunday, no biggie because Father's Day is only a month away and then I'll have more time to train.

Just gotta remember to go with the flow (and that, let me remind you all, I'M DONE WITH SCHOOL)