You'd think that I would know this. After all all my kids are grown and I have two grandchildren.
My life style keeps me young and active, but the truth is I'm middle aged!
What scares me is that I'm closer to retirement and not sure I'll be ready when that day comes.
This past weekend my husband and I went to see the movie "Hope Springs" first indication your middle aged is that no one under age 45 was in the theater. I place it in my top 20 all time best chick flicks.
What made it so great is that it brought on some deep discussions within my own marriage. One specific discussion came from the question in the movie "What is your best sexual memory you have, even if it was bad". In my mind I have a top 10 list, but when it came down to picking the best, it was that I could remember everything about that night in detail and what led up to it being so good.
Funny thing is my #1 didn't even make my husbands list. We agreed on 4 of 10 and my husbands #1 was my #5.
I'm ok that we don't agree on this topic. What surprised me is that for my hubby there is a theme that makes it more memorable. Most of his list was made up from times we role played and sexy outfits were involved or times we had sex in public places. My list had a couple of these, but the rest leaned more to the intimacy of the act and connection I felt during the experience.
Time seems to be slipping away faster and faster. I think it's time to take a look at another movie topic and get to work on my "Bucket List"
~G
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Cheerleading Madness
Each year from August through November we are non stop with activities.
Sunday - 2.5 hours of recreational cheer practice
Monday - off
Tuesday 2 hour competitive cheer practice
Wednesday - 1.25 hours recreational cheer practice + 45 minutes of tumbling
Thursday - 2 hour competitive cheer practice
Friday - HS Football Games
Saturday - Recreational Cheer/Football Games
REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT oh and then add extra tumbling practice, school starting and finding time to help/check homework, daily 20 minutes of reading before bed, planning for homecoming, making weekly videos for cheer parents, coordinating, purchasing, boxing and delivering school supplies. I love this time of year, but with mom living with us now I have constant guilt for not being home more often.
When it comes to cheer this year I'm more patient and more organized than ever before. Firing my team mom as an assistant coach helped easy much of my previous stress... I love her as team mom, but, as an assistant coach, not so much! Coaches have to make tough decisions and some parents don't like those decisions, she wanted to try to make everyone happy and the reality is when your dealing with 12 cheerleaders and 12 different sets of parents your never going to make everyone happy at the same time with the exception when they call your team name and announce you came in 1st place.
This year we are stunting and it seems everyone wants their child to be a flyer - 9 years olds lifting 9 year olds is not an easy task. Many are weak, others still lack coordination, some are taller and heavier and what it comes down to is the most petite are the ones we can get up at least for now. My job is to make sure every cheerleader knows that there job is just as important, flyers can get up without strong bases, back spots are critical to catching dismounts and/or a falling flyer. One of the reasons I video tape all our practices is so the parents can see what we do. Let them see how we try 12 different ways sometimes more before we get the right combination to make it work. Maybe even see that we tried to put their child up in a stunt even if they didn't get that spot in the end.
One thing I have learned this year is the parents who do the least seem to complain the most... Can anyone tell me why that is?!?
Diet update... yes I know I said I would check in. I'm down 4 lbs - yes not a ton of progress by that number, but inches I'm down over 12. My hubby said it is because I've converted fat into muscle which weighs more. I'm doing Zumba 3 times a week and cheer practice helps on the other days. Running is really hard on my hip - so I speed walk a mile around the track after every practice.
~G
Sunday - 2.5 hours of recreational cheer practice
Monday - off
Tuesday 2 hour competitive cheer practice
Wednesday - 1.25 hours recreational cheer practice + 45 minutes of tumbling
Thursday - 2 hour competitive cheer practice
Friday - HS Football Games
Saturday - Recreational Cheer/Football Games
REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT oh and then add extra tumbling practice, school starting and finding time to help/check homework, daily 20 minutes of reading before bed, planning for homecoming, making weekly videos for cheer parents, coordinating, purchasing, boxing and delivering school supplies. I love this time of year, but with mom living with us now I have constant guilt for not being home more often.
When it comes to cheer this year I'm more patient and more organized than ever before. Firing my team mom as an assistant coach helped easy much of my previous stress... I love her as team mom, but, as an assistant coach, not so much! Coaches have to make tough decisions and some parents don't like those decisions, she wanted to try to make everyone happy and the reality is when your dealing with 12 cheerleaders and 12 different sets of parents your never going to make everyone happy at the same time with the exception when they call your team name and announce you came in 1st place.
This year we are stunting and it seems everyone wants their child to be a flyer - 9 years olds lifting 9 year olds is not an easy task. Many are weak, others still lack coordination, some are taller and heavier and what it comes down to is the most petite are the ones we can get up at least for now. My job is to make sure every cheerleader knows that there job is just as important, flyers can get up without strong bases, back spots are critical to catching dismounts and/or a falling flyer. One of the reasons I video tape all our practices is so the parents can see what we do. Let them see how we try 12 different ways sometimes more before we get the right combination to make it work. Maybe even see that we tried to put their child up in a stunt even if they didn't get that spot in the end.
One thing I have learned this year is the parents who do the least seem to complain the most... Can anyone tell me why that is?!?
Diet update... yes I know I said I would check in. I'm down 4 lbs - yes not a ton of progress by that number, but inches I'm down over 12. My hubby said it is because I've converted fat into muscle which weighs more. I'm doing Zumba 3 times a week and cheer practice helps on the other days. Running is really hard on my hip - so I speed walk a mile around the track after every practice.
~G
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