A little bit of everything...

Life has been busy the past week and I forget what I have already blogged about, so if I repeat myself I apologize!

I have been trying to work on taking care of myself but it is much harder than one would think. It's not something you can just pick up all of the sudden and do by breaking all of your bad habits at once. I've been trying to tackle little pieces of it one at a time.

So far I have managed to fix my back! I went to physio last Thursday and got some really good news!
The pain I am having is caused by poor posture, which I already knew I had. Over time slouching causes your back to build up pressure then one day out of no where your back starts to really hurt. Correcting your posture is what helps to release the pressure.

I was given two exercises to do and I was feeling 90% better by Friday. I have still been doing the stretches and only feel the pain during the stretch and if I forget to do them every hour. Needless to say I am feeling MUCH better and ready to start back to my regular workout session soon! I will need to get back into it slowly - but I'm okay with that :D I guess the moral of the story is to always listen to your Nanny because you don't want to end up like her!!!

This weekend was a busy one that did not leave me much time for me - so I am taking some personal time right now.

Saturday morning I was up bring and early to go shopping in the states with some friends. We had a great time and I was able to get some good new runners. When I got home we had some friends over and we had make your own pizzas and played board games. We learned a new game that was quite fun once I got the hang of it.

Mother's day we had over my parents and we made a full brunch (blueberry pancakes, an array of cut up fruit, orange juice mixed with sprite, and my mom brought bacon). It was a feast fit for kings. Not going to lie I drew my inspiration from GG because their breakfasts always look so good!

We gave Levi a hair cut and did some other things around the apartment like laundry before heading to my first soccer game of the season. I did not play since my back was just starting to feel better and I have not touched a soccer ball since last Aug.

Tonight after work I came home and started putting back together the apartment - somewhere between brunch yesterday and bed time last night it became a war zone. Most of the stuff is put away now, I'm taking a quick minute to write before I sync my ipod with some new music, and head in to read a book.

Right now I am perched on my balcony over looking the sun setting over downtown. Quite picturesque if I do say so myself, not to mention the extreme comfort of my muskoka chair!

All that is missing is a cold glass of iced tea...or a bottle of beer!