Small Victories

Good morning!

I assume 99% of y’all watched the Super Bowl and have opinions about what happened.  I happen to fall in the other 1% who did not watch the Super Bowl so I don’t have any opinionated comments or post for you today in that regard.  What I do have is a mini weekend re-cap post along with a few small victories!

Friday I stayed at work later than normal on a Friday, but we had a few meetings late in the day that I had to help with.  Immediately after work, the girls and I headed out to Fondren Public for a few drinks.  I’m growing to really love the girls I have at work, they’re fun & sweet & easy to talk to!  We hung out there for a few hours, but I eventually headed home with lame old lady plans of falling asleep around 9pm.  Saturday I woke up and headed out to the gym for a good arm workout because my legs were still pretty sore from a good leg workout I got on Thursday.  Now my arms have been pretty sore for the past 2 days!  I’m so glad to be back at the gym and motivated to at least get a workout – any workout – in!

After the gym it was time to head out to Whole Foods for our very first Mississippi Women Bloggers meet-up!  I had been looking forward to this event all month long and it did not disappoint.

(Photo c/o of Kellee @ Delta Moxie & her selfie-stick!)

Check out the wonderful ladies I had the chance of meeting on Saturday:

Jessica @ Meet the Magnolias

Jenny Mac @ Crown & Owl – Currently Under Construction

Meg @ Meg the Mama

Kellee @ Delta Moxie

Jenn @ Making the Most of your Square Inch

Stefanie @ Caught Read Handed

Whitney @ Polka-Dotty Place

Mandy @ The Sassy Starfish

Leah @ The Muddy Mermaid

It was pretty funny because Me, Jessica, Jenny Mac, & Meg are all part of the leadership team for MIssissippi Women Bloggers and we were the least prepared – everyone else had business cards of some sort and we had… nada!  The event was a lot of fun and we spent a good 2 hours chatting away about our blogs and questions we have about how others blog!  They got us really pumped about increasing our involvement with MSWB and had some great questions and challenges for us!  We’re already looking forward to our next meet-up.

I cleaned up afterwards and did some grocery shopping while I was at Whole Foods then headed home.  When I finally got home, I was exhausted!  Another lazy night at home for this wild thang!

Sunday was productive with a  trip to the gym and a trip to purchase some blogging project materials.  Can’t wait to share what I’ve been working on!

SMALL VICTORIES

I mentioned that I’m having some small victories – when you can’t run and you’ve been dealing with certain pains, then any change in that behavior calls for a small victory dance!  On Friday and Saturday I noticed for the first time in weeks that my knee did NOT HURT while walking down the stairs.  Before I would struggle getting down stairs after a run or I’d feel like my knee was extremely weak and may dislocate going down the stairs.  I felt strong walking down stairs this weekend though – the only soreness I felt were in my sore muscles from my workouts.  It was so surprising when it first happened and now it’s like I want to walk down stairs ALL.THE.TIME!  Another small victor was the fact that I simply made it to the gym this week.  It’s been rough to motivate myself the past few weeks to do anything.  I’ve been bummed about my knee and I can’t run which has been my typical go-to workout.  I made it to the gym 4-5 times this past week though and it’s been absolutely wonderful!  It’s been exactly what I needed and it’s because of the running stretches and strength moves that I’ve been able to see improvement in my knee and feel comfortable walking down stairs.  I’m also trying to target other trouble zones such as my butt, arms, & abs so I can be ready for Jamaica in less than 4 weeks! Ahhhh!!

I definitely think celebrating small victories is important!

• What small victories have you celebrated in the past?
• Do you attend blogger meet-ups?  What type of things do you do at your meet-ups?