Real Fit Mama

Yesterday started out like any other day.
I got up, worked out, showered, ate breakfast, dropped the girls off at Summer camp, went to work, came home and changed into my running clothes. Jason and I had planned on running to Regan’s school and running back with her in the jogging stroller after picking Linsey up.

Then the rain started.
It was like a monsoon!

I couldn’t see the road most of the way to get Linsey and driving even remotely close to the speed limit was completely out of the question. By the time we got both girls picked up and got back to our neighborhood we realized that the river Des Peres (which runs right by our house!) was up really high.

We drove around a bit checking it out.
Made the loop around Heman Park.
When we made it back around we realized the river had broken it’s barriers and flooded our entire neighborhood. It was the craziest thing I had ever seen.

We had to back up, drive around to the other side of our neighborhood to come in from the other side and we found our street looking like this…

Yep… That water is at least 25 feet high and spilling all the way over the park, across the street at the bottom of the hill, up our street to the back of Jason’s car. In the end it came up about another foot or so before receding back.

So here’s a couple before and after shots just to show you exactly how things are today compared to the craziness of yesterday.

Remember the intersection near my street that was covered with water?
Well here it is this morning…

We were so lucky yesterday! All that water came so close to our house and it all happened so fast, but our basement was bone dry and we had zero damage. It was scary there for a while, but others weren’t so lucky.

There are a number of our neighbors who lost their cars, had inches of water inside their houses and will have to spend lots of money replacing, repairing and cleaning up everything that was destroyed in the flash flood.

I’ve never seen anything like what I saw yesterday.
I’m sure I’ll see it again. I just hope it’s not for a while.

Have you ever had to deal with Mother Nature in this way?
Were you impacted by yesterday’s floods in St Louis?

I’ve got tons to tell you, lots to catch up on and no energy to do it tonight. We’ve had a busy week and an even busier weekend. We had friends over for Father’s Day while Jason got to grill meat, eat meat and serve people meat. He was a happy guy.

I’ll fill you in on all the details this week — I promise.
I’m just having a hard time getting into the grove of Summer.
But for now just remember this…

I’ll catch you guys later this week!

We have three weekends every year that are “wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am” events.

• Nutcracker Weekend
• Dance Company Benefit Concert Weekend
• Dance Recital Weekend

Last night we finished up the Dance Recital weekend.

It all started Friday afternoon at 4:00 with dress rehearsals for both of the girls. Between the two girls the evening took almost five hours. Regan and I finally left at 9:00 leaving Jason and Linsey to finish up about 10:00.

Saturday morning we were up, getting dressed and doing the hair and make up. Linsey has a head full of hair that takes almost 50 hair pins, 4 snap barrettes, 2 pony tail holders, 1 hair net and half a can of hairspray to go from this…

To this…

My Linsey is a beautiful girl and a beautiful dancer.

She did such a great job this weekend with all of the pieces she performed. She and all of her friends performed amazingly and made us all proud. They work so hard, practice their butts off, dance their hearts out and are exceptional role models to all the younger girls.

Regan did an amazing job during her performances as well. It’s so much fun to watch the little girls dance on stage and see their fearless nature come out. Regan spotted Jason and me in the audience and right before she began dancing she looked right at us, grinned her giant grin and waved with all her might! It was so sweet and super funny.

We love dance weekends, but we also love it when they’re over. They are exhausting and by the time they end we almost feel like we need an extra day off just to recover.

But we don’t get one!

Today it was right back to business as usual. Alarm went off at 5:00 and by 5:30 I was downstairs working out. I did try something different though.

A morning spent with Shaun T AND Bob Harper is a good morning in my book!

The rest of the day was uneventful and long. The deli was slow. The weather was not Summer-ish and by the time I got home I was exhausted. In truth — I’m ready for bed and it’s only 9:00. So I think that’s exactly where I’m going.

Good night…

What we’re prepping for…

So… Yeah… I’ll catch y’all in a week.

I may not have always known what mine would be.
I may not have always stayed on it once I figured it out.
I may have even changed my mind once or twice.

But my path is my own and no one can walk it for me…

In the end the path is leading me back to my real self. Hopefully someday I’ll get there, but while on the journey I’m really enjoying learning new things about myself.

It’s never too late to become better acquainted with yourself.
And that’s exactly what I’m trying to do.
I just want to know ME better.

“We keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ~ Walt Disney