What an absolutely gorgeous day today!  Spring! But alas, rain/cold will be here tomorrow so enjoy it!

Went an did grocery shopping and now I'm wobbling.

I did have a workout today that was 'not bad'  I wrote on the whiteboard what I wanted to do and accomplished oh, about 3/4 of it.  Now that's after I did 'the hill' to get  things warmed up.  'The hill' is where I go to basically accomplish two things: run the dog, and I get exercise too.  It's quite a steep hill and I walk up and down for as many times as I can.  My record is 6, today I only did 3, BUT I did squats with the exercise ball behind me so I can keep my balance, lean further back so it works my quads/butt, then I did stair master crouching low, and leaning forward, again, to work quads/butt.  Given that these two muscle groups are one of the largest groups, it also gives a good cardio.  These are also the groups I have the most problem with so I feel I need to work them more (light weight-high reps) than my upper body which, thankfully stays toned.
Now. The reason I only did 3/4 of what I had originally planned was that we did plan to have a workout after supper with our daughter, so I figured I would 'save myself'.  That's not going to happen now, so Monday I'll go at it again.

I drank 3L of water yesterday too! Now THAT feels good! I felt better today, man I gotta do that every day - it's hard though!  Thankfully, I don't work outside the home so I can drink as much as I want without having to worry about not being able to 'leave my desk' to fill up or go to the bathroom.
I'm once again getting more comfortable with the fact that I won't work at a 'job' again.  I was trying SO HARD to be 'normal' and have a job like everyone else.  It's almost like I wanted to be able to complain about having to work like the average joe. Sure they make more money than me but I got to raise my daughter how I wanted her to be raised not like a sitter or daycare's standard rules, I got to see her first steps, hear her first words, experience her incredibly cute times, I potty trained her and got to feel how proud she was to be such a big girl!  I got to play dress up, and dolls, and go for playtime to the park, on the swings and slide. On and on and on.

Yes it WAS hard and tiring at times, but I got to see and do that - not some 'report' from someone else who got to see MY KID grow!  It makes me cry to even write this because I am SUCH a lucky girl to have gotten that!  Yes I have MS, yes I WAS in a wheelchair, it hasn't been easy, but I'm not now, my daughter is 13 and little comments she has made makes me realize that she does appreciate that I've been there.

And the fact that I have MS I see has made her a more compassionate, caring, understanding person.  I do believe that my attitude has always influence her too.  When I was going in to get my wheelchair, I told her that she would be on her bike, I'll be in the chair, and I'll leave her 'sucking my dust'!  I've always been someone to make a game/competition of things so my mom says.

Of course there are times when she just pisses me off to no end (being 13) that simply strangling her some days feels like is the only option.  BUT then she gives me big hug, not the little pat on the back brush off ones, but a real snug hug!

Gotta love parenting!