Demolition Ninja

 Damn, I love Mondays.

Top ten reasons why today is awesome (in no particular order):

1. Gonna start re-doing my bathroom after yesterday's demolition (and to everyone who suggested that I come help do theirs? I'd be happy to but so far I have no clue how to do anything except destroy the existing decor so maybe hold off on that until you see the after pictures!) This project is not only for the benefit of a spiffy new water closet; it's part of something much bigger that's been on my mind for years: I am going to get HANDY. I will stop feeling stupid and helpless whenever anything in my house breaks; instead I will confidently slip into my Wonder Woman panties - yes, I actually have some - and tool belt and FIX it.

2. After a three-month layoff that followed almost immediately after a six-month layoff, I get to start back to taekwondo tonight!! I'm so excited I could pee! Maybe I've had too much coffee but today has been a long time coming and it feels like Christmas.

3. Push Ups! Today marks day one of that ridiculous 6-weeks-to-100-pushups program that is floating around the internets. I've tried it a couple of times but always on top of whatever other programs I was working on, which of course meant that nothing got finished because it all became too much. Not this time.

Why do I care about doing 100 Push Ups, you ask? Well...I don't. It seems to me like a CrossFit-esque ego-based goal where people get down and do a hundred shitty push ups in thirty seconds then jump up and show off all their overuse injuries. Those CrossFit douchebags are the same people that strutted around grade school telling us nerdy kids to punch them in the stomach as hard as we could. I don't give a rat's ass about being able to do 100 reps of anything. What I would like to do is learn to love push ups in the interest of my ever-present fitness goal which is, obviously, to GET STRONGER!! ROAR!!!

 4. It's finally spring and the sun is shining and the snow is melting! 

5. I love everything about mornings, no matter what day it is, especially coffee. COFFEE.

6. Kids are going back to school today after a week off. Now, don't get me wrong, I totally love having my kiddies at home. Really I do. And this spring break was awesome - we did a little road trip to Fernie to visit my brother and sis-in-law, we played outside, we celebrated a family milestone...but daughter #1 spent the day yesterday alternately lying on the living room floor loudly bemoaning how bored she was and asking for more video game time. TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. 

7. I took most of spring break off to hang with my kids and I have that ants-in-my-pants feeling like it's time to get back to work. I'm excited! Which is pretty cool I think - I mean, how lucky am I that I get to be excited about working?

8. I have an appointment this week with a Dr. I've been waiting months to see, and I'm looking forward to getting some answers and straightening out my severely wonked endocrine system. More on that later this week, but another reason why this week feels like Christmas.

9. My dog. Every morning the first thing I do after I get out of bed is give her a tummy rub. I defy anyone to get up and stay in a bad mood after rubbing a fuzzy tummy. And it's ALMOST light enough for us to start running in the mornings again! Next week maybe...'cause I am not one of those hard-core runners who goes out and does it no matter what. Sorry - it's only fun if it's light outside and above zero. Hey, there are boundaries to my insanity - who knew?

 10. Whatever else the week has in store that I don't know about yet! Part of why I love Mondays, which I think I mentioned last week, is that they are full of possibility - a chance for a fresh start. What's not to love about that?