Wow - My company's New Year's Resolution Challenge ends today and I logged my last 8,336 steps on my Virgin HealthMiles GoZone Monitor! This was a great way to start the New Year and my New Health and Wellness Journey. My Team came in 45th out of 121 Teams and my colleagues and I logged a total of 146,760,877 steps during this competition! It was really fun. The goal now will be to keep up the 7,000 steps five days a week as I carry on with TishTrek - my 51/51 Challenge. I know I have the discipline to continue this on my own!
This journey is literally a game changer for me - a real life change that requires me to think differently. It also requires lots of action on my part that I never took the time to plan or execute before. I'm calmer, more focused, a tad more structured in my daily activities. I consider myself more mellow than usual. Good gosh, I hope I don't start missing myself in February! Maybe it's just a settling period; maybe the hard facts hit me like a ton of bricks when I realized how important this effort is to my long-term health and wellness. When life changes hit there always seems to be an adjustment period no matter what age you are...
I often think about what a life change it was for my Kate when her brother arrived. She was 4 years old at the time and I had wanted to have them closer in age, but I was "busy"... My little baby girl with her rose bud lips and auburn-red curls was as fun and sweet as any little toddler on the planet! I can confirm that she enjoyed being the love-of-our-life and the center-of-all-our-attention before Scott showed up.
She'd always dance with joy around the coffee table when she heard the music from the game show Jeopardy. Kate would light up our house and our hearts when she'd sing, "Are you ready for some football?!" with her Dad every time that song played as part of the pregame show for Monday Night Football. It was no surprise to any of us that she'd feel right at home at "The Shoe" - that awesome football stadium at The Ohio State University that seats 105,000 fans because for her and her Dad, they always had football.
When Scott arrived, I think Kate had her first crisis... aside from suggesting that Grandma Eunie was welcome to take him back to Seattle with her; her mood and demeanor changed for a while as she sized up what the introduction of this new addition actually might mean to her and our family.
Can you spell the words, "S-h-a-r-e Everything?!"
Kate didn't have a bad or aggressive bone in her body, so her behavior was shocking to us when we first brought Scott home from the hospital. All 8 pounds, 15 ounces arrived by emergency c-section, so as I hobbled around the house nursing a 13 inch incision (Yes - My mother-in-law and I actually measured it!) for the first few days, Kate decided blaming him for her mommy's boo boo was an appropriate first step in their new relationship. Then one afternoon as I sat on the couch with the baby sleeping a few feet from me in his bassinet, Kate waltzed through the living room with a tender smile; walked over to the bassinet; and used a powerful left hook to smack down the mattress Scott was sleeping on with her fist. As I gasped and leaped into action, she then sprawled out on the floor and started kicking the bottom of the bassinet with both feet while screaming, "How long does HE actually have to stay with us?!"
Any life change or event that brings great joy, meaning, pain, sorrow, or laughter ushers in a process I suppose we all have to go through before we can permanently adjust or adapt. For some people, it happens quick; others need more time depending on their set of circumstances. Sixteen years later, Kate and Scott love each other; she respects him and he looks up to her, (They'll both scream when they read this, but I'm the mom and that's what I see!). Anyway, one month into this Virgin HealthMiles Program, I'm finding that being serious about this commitment was the first necessary adjustment I had to make to win!
One definition of "mellow" is "made gentle by age or experience." Being mellow is good for this journey.
Best regards,
Everybody's Cousin Tish
Score: 10/51
Quote of the Day: "What society calls 'doing nothing' may actually take you somewhere." - "I'd Rather Be Fishing" Sermon, Grace Lutheran Church
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