Again

Today, I walked 3.6 miles, made a friend, and actually remembered to stretch afterward!  I was definitely more tired heading up the hill than I was yesterday.  This just means I really need to do this more frequently.  I won't be able to do it tomorrow, since I have a final at 8am, but I'll be back at it again on Friday.  Maybe we'll even go hiking on Saturday.

Let's Start Over

Today, I walked nearly 4 miles.  I walked the kids to school (while carrying two reams of paper!) and chatted with a friend, and then headed out.  I walked along the mountain and back, about 3 miles, and then headed up the hill toward home through the back way.  Up the hill is no understatement.  It's 0.4 miles with an elevation change of 200 feet.  Not easy.  But, I did it!  And then I forgot to stretch because Aaron started talking to me when I got home.  So, I'll be paying for it tomorrow.  Ugh.

And, I made homemade bread on Sunday.  Hand-kneaded, even.  I think it's probably not a good sign that my abs still hurt.  I partly blame in on my countertops.  They are too high for me, so I have to get up on my toes to get enough downward force to actually knead the bread.  No, my countertops are not raised.  I'm just not very tall.

All in all, I want to start getting fit again.  I know Miss L is well on her way, and it's inspiring.  I know she's not had it super easy, but that's okay.  She's still going.  Go, Miss L!

Walking to Tybee

I set up a googledoc spreadsheet where we can all input data. We can still learn about the places we visit on here, but I think the spreadsheet will be easier to keep track of everything. So, we have gone 37.6 miles so far.

This gets us to Claremont, California. My mother lived here from 1962-1967, while my grandfather owned and operated a Linkletter-Totten Dance Studio in nearby Pomona. Claremont is home to the "Claremont Colleges:" Claremont-McKenna, Pomona College, Scripps Women's College, Harvey Mudd University, and Pitzer College for undergraduates, while Claremont Graduate University and Keck Graduate Institute serve those already with Bachelor's degrees.

Let's keep moving! We have 34 weeks remaining, and 2400 miles (out of 2438) to go. That means we need to walk 70.5 miles a week as a group, or 7.8 miles per week per adult. We can totally do that! Go, Pabsts! GO!

We walked...

and walked, and walked, and walked, at least according to the boys! Last night, we managed to go out walking, and went around two big blocks. I google-earthed the distance, and we walked 2.25 miles! So, for all four of us, that's 9 miles to Tybee Island. If you add in my one from last week, that's 10 miles closer! Only 2429 miles left! How much have the rest of you contributed so far?

And, since we are learning about the areas we pass through, I'll tell you a little bit about the Rose Bowl. It is used by UCLA for all their home games, even though it is quite far from campus. The bowl game called the Rose Bowl traditionally hosts the PAC 10 champion and the Big 10 champion on January 1st, unless one of those teams is in the NCAA championship game, and then it is by invitation. This is why Texas played USC here a few years ago. And Texas won! The parade is always held in the morning, except on Sundays, when it would interrupt the numerous churches that line the parade route.

Pedometers?

Does anyone have their pedometers yet? I do not, as I have NO spare minutes during the week! Teaching two different classes, in addition to my other responsibilities will do that to you. So, I think I will only claim one mile, even though I'm sure I did more than that. If you have yours, it's time to report your miles! The more you do, the more you'll feel like this:












A.J. after his first home run!

A New Challenge!

Next June, we'll be spending a week at Tybee Island, in Georgia, along with all of Aaron's family! So, his oldest sister Brenda suggested that we "walk" there. Not use it as a mode of transportation, but as motivation. We'll get pedometers and chart our combined distance every week. I told her that this blog would be a great place to do that. So, if you ladies would like to join us, you are welcome to walk all the way to Tybee Island with the Pabst family. It's 2400 miles from Los Angeles to Tybee, and 850 from St. Louis. So, are you up for it? When we're all done, you will also deserve a little vacation, or at the very least an awesome date night.

It's Friday!

So, I walked A.J. to school this morning. And I did it Tuesday morning, too! That's pretty good for me. It's not all that far, only about 5 blocks, but on the way back it's straight up the mountain. That's why we only walk to school, and not home from school. A.J. might not make it with a backpack on!

Miss L, are you ready for your walk next week? Keep up your training!

And Jessica, taking time for you is really important. I need to remember that myself this quarter. I haven't been in your footsteps, and don't even know what they are, but I want to support you, too. So, keep trying with the exercising. Maybe throw in a short nap if you can to help ward off the exhaustion. Good luck!

Let's go us!