Late... Midterm Reflection

Hiya Internet,

So firstly I apologize for the lateness of this post. It has been crazy busy around my house lately and I have been volunteering a lot... That is an explanation but an excuse so I'm sorry.

Can you believe we are already halfway through? I was amazed to think of how fast it went. Some of the things we have done have been crazy (field poker) but I have enjoyed it :) When speaking about participation I feel I have been doing pretty well. I feel I work hard especially when we are doing things like the pond run. On fitness days I also try extra hard because a few of my friends are in one of the other classes and I like to get competitive with them :P Something I feel that would hinder me in class, is if the group's energy is down. This occurs because I am very easily influenced and if the others feel tired, or lazy then I will feel tired and lazy. My theory is osmosis (that's the science geek in me talking). However I try to keep my energy up and I try to beat my expectations.

In terms of field trips my favourite has been the trip to the elementary school. This was my favourite because I love working with kids and this really reminded me of my family. I have 6 cousins under the age of 10 and they always visit at the same time. It is always fun to hang out with them but it can be difficult to get them all active and engaged at the same time. This event stretched my creative limits and made me miss my boys that much more :( Some of the other field trips have been awesome as well.

Okay. Moving on to fitness. For fitness I feel that I can tell a huge difference! I actually have started to create a better life style for myself! I have started to eat better, work harder, and take better care of my self. I accidentally lost 6 pounds since this class started and I was surprised. I never thought I was athletic but I never realized how much I like working hard. I feel like my body is getting stronger - especially my abs and self esteem. Okay so I was surfing the Internet and I found this cool girl on Youtube. Her name is Cassie and   she has a page dedicated to Pop Pilates. Her workouts are fun and I have been doing a lot of them lately. I'll link her page here: http://www.youtube.com/user/blogilates/featured

Next is important moments... The only one I can think of right now is completing the Sun Run. It was so amazing to run 10 kilometers! I never thought I would be able to do it but I think the environment helped. There were people handing out water like in the movies! It was surreal! I finished with a time of 1:21 I think. That averaged out to a time of about 8 minutes a mile :D Right now I couldn't be prouder but my legs were killing afterwards!

I think that I deserve an A... Maybe an 86ish percent...