Over Doing Again December 14, 2006

Last weekend (i’m almost caught up on this thing!) I learned another lesson in overdoing it….
Friday night was our company Christmas Party and there was dancing involved. Now I was feeling great….and am able to still stay awake until wee hours of the morning….and so I danced. Not super hard…and I will have to tell you that I typically am not super comfortable dancing at work parties because it always seems a little weird to do some of the typcial moves I might do while dancing with a bunch of guys I work with around….and I don’t really enjoy dancing “wedding style”…you know… the way your aunt and uncle might dance to the “kids” music a few years before they blow out their hip. But dancing at 8 months pregnant…well that really feels weird…..i just thought of myself as a balloon floating around the floor….anyway… Then Saturday was a baby class (more on that in another posting) then after baby class we went to Bell Square for Christmas shopping….then we met up with a friend who was in town for Belgium…I went to bed earlier then they did…but still maybe a little late. Sunday morning it was up and attam’ with the Jingle Bell run/walk in downtown Seattle (at least i walked!) The photo attached is the crowd….apparently Seattle has the biggest event in the country. Sadly enough…the mere 3.2 miles pretty much did me in. I was EXHAUSTED afterward! I got lot’s of props from other participants for doing the event at all…which was nice….but OI! my aching back! It’s Wed. and I’m still trying to catch up…and already trying to figure out how I will not make the same mistake this coming weekend. Part of the problem is that in my mind I am already in “taking it easy mode”….but apparently my body has a whole different definition for this! I figure I will have it all figured out in the next few months…you know…when it’s too late =)