Ouch!

The good news is that the "ouch" is not from my hike yesterday.  The bad news is that I have a pain in my neck that I just can't quite get rid of.  It started a couple of days ago and got worse after I decided to stretch it out by laying with my head slightly hanging over the bed.  If felt ok during the hike yesterday, but just got worse as the day wore on.  I went to get a massage last night and he worked on my neck/shoulders for an hour and a half and it's still not gone!!!  Ugh!  It is better, but still - ouch!

Having gotten that off of my chest - YAY! - I survived the hike.  We went to Sanitas Valley.  It wasn't a really difficult hike, but holy cow! - it sure felt it to me.  I am sooooo out of shape!  That's one of the reasons I want to do this.  I don't need to be that person that seemingly sprints up a mountain, but I should be able to do a simple hike without stopping a million times and wheezing non-stop. 

Ok, ok - I might be exaggerating a tiny bit - but still - not good.  It probably wasn't the best idea for our first day, but just like Emily said I would be, I was so proud of myself when I made it back to the car.  I wasn't in too much pain today but I took it easy.  My goal is to do some sort of work out every day, but I think every other day for week one is probably ok.  So tomorrow we go on a five mile walk through our neighborhood.  The easy part - mostly flat, difficult part - five miles.  We'll both have our youngest daughters with us (4 & 5 years old) so that will be good and bad.  We're hoping to be able to bribe them to sit in strollers so we don't have to go too slow or stop every few feet.  The good news is that we're getting them out in the fresh air, enjoying Colorado.

That's one of the other reasons I want to do this.  I'm a native for goodness sakes!  We live in such a beautiful place, we should take advantage of the beauty surrounding us.  Plus I want my girls to be moving outside, not just glued to the TV.  Next week should be interesting since we'll have all four of our girls because it's spring break.  So our goal will be to find a way to bring our girls alongside us without making it a leisurely stroll.  Ahhh - the joyful compromising of parenting!