DAY 7 - LIFE GOES ON

DAY 7 IS HERE AND KICKED MY BUTT!!!

YOU SEE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A 24 DAY CHALLENGE AND WE ARE WORKING SO HARD TOWARDS OUR GOALS, LIFE GOES ON!!

AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED TO ME STARTING LAST NIGHT AND TODAY. MY DAUGHTER IS SICK AND SPENT LAST COUGHING AND VOMITING MOST OF THE NIGHT. SO LIKE ANY PARENT I WAS UP WITH HER. I FELT SO BAD  I PUT HER IN BED WITH MY WIFE AND I. THIS WORKED OUT BECAUSE I WAS RIGHT THERE WHENEVER SHE NEEDED SOMETHING BUT THIS ALSO KEPT ME UP UNTIL 430AM.

I WOKE UP AT 630AM TO SHOWER AND GET DRESSED FOR I HAVE MY 24 HOUR SHIFT AT THE FIRE STATION TODAY WHERE I WILL BE RIDING THE AMBULANCE. I GET DRESSED AND GATHER MY THINGS AND THE WHOLE TIME MY DAUGHTER IS SAYING "I WANT TO GO WITH YOU DAD". NOW SHE SHOULD STILL BE ASLEEP BUT SHE IS NOT. 

AS SHE IS FOLLOWING ME AROUND I PUT ON SOME CARTOONS AND GET HER SOME MILK AND THEN GET MY SON UP AND READY FOR SCHOOL. I LOAD THE CAR WITH MY BAGS AND MAKE SURE MY SON HAS HIS BACK PACK AND LUNCH. OFF WE GO...

HAVE YOU NOTICED SOMETHING? I HAVEN'T MENTIONED MIXING MY SPARK OR TAKING MY PROBIOTIC PILLS. THAT'S BECAUSE I WAS SO BUSY I FORGOT. NO BIG DEAL I REMEMBERED WHEN I GOT TO THE FIRE STATION. I MIXED MY SPARK AND MY COOKIES AND CREAM PROTEIN TOGETHER TO KNOCKOUT TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

AS SOON AS I DID BOOM! THE TONES GO OFF AND THE AMBULANCE AND I ARE OFF TO HELP THOSE WHO NEED IT. AND BOY IT HAS BEEN A BUSY DAY..

I FINALLY GET BACK TO THE STATION AND GRAB A SNACK OF SOME CHORIZO AND EGGS WITH SOME AVOCADO. PERFECT LITTLE PICK ME UP!

BANG THE TONES GO OFF AGAIN AND I AM OUT THE DOOR. THIS TIME I DON'T RETURN UNTIL 130PM AND I AM NEEDING SOME FUEL. IT IS INTERESTING HOW I HAVE GONE FROM BEING HUNGRY FOR FOOD TO NEEDING FUEL FOR  MY BODY. I TAKE A QUICK 30 MINUTES TO EAT MY LEFTOVER ASIAN LETTUCE WRAPS AND A FEW CHICKEN WINGS.

NOT 10 MINUTES AFTER US GOING BACK INTO SERVICE THE TONES ARE SCREAMING AGAIN. I GET TO COME BACK TO THE STATION AROUND 400PM AND GRAB MY SECOND SPARK AND QUICK SNACK OF YOGURT AND BLUEBERRIES. DINNER COMES AT 630PM AND IT WAS LEFTOVER PORK TENDERLOIN AND SALAD AND A SMALL BITE OF BROWN RICE.

WE LEAVE FOR SOME MORE CALLS WHICH BY NOW IS UP TO ABOUT 15 AND GET BACK AT 930PM. THIS IS WHEN I REMEMBER TO TAKE MY OMEGAPLEX AND MY LAST SNACK OF CELERY AND PEANUT BUTTER. LATER I WILL TAKE MY HERBAL CLEANSE PILLS AROUND 1130PM. 

YOU GUYS NOTICE ANYTHING DIFFERENT ABOUT TODAY YET? YEP I DID NOT GET TO COMPLETE THE EXERCISE CHALLENGE OR WORKOUT AT ALL. NOW THE WORKOUT PART IS NOT TOO WORRISOME BECAUSE I WAS PLANNING ON TAKING A OFF DAY AFTER MY LAST TWO DAYS. BUT MISSING THE CHALLENGE HURT. I PLAN ON DOING BOTH THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS CHALLENGE TOMORROW.

SO WHAT IS THE MORAL OF THIS, IT IS THAT LIFE GOES ON. IT DOESN'T STOP JUST CAUSE WE ARE IN A CHALLENGE OR BECAUSE WE NEED TO WORK TOWARDS OUR GOAL. OH NO, LIFE IS WHAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS AND BECOMING BETTER AT LIFE!!

SO YES MY DAUGHTER IS SICK AND YES I AM BUSY AT WORK BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I STILL GOT IN WHAT I NEEDED TO AND STILL MADE GOOD CHOICES AND GET MY PORTIONS SMALL AND DID MY BEST TO NOT MISS MY SNACKS. OK SO I DIDN'T WORKOUT BUT THAT IS OK, WE MUST LET OUR BODIES REST FROM ALL THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WE HAVE BEEN PLACING ON IT. AS FOR THE EXERCISE CHALLENGE I WILL GET IT ALL IN, WHEN I CAN BECAUSE I KNOW THAT LIFE GOES ON AND I MUST GO WITH IT!!

STAY SAFE AND STAY WARM....