Cloudy Sunday...

Today has been yet another cloudy, rainy day in New England. Not that I'm complaining. The clouds and rain are a nice break from the oppressive heat we would otherwise be suffering through. Summer has never been my time of year, even more so now that I'm 8 months pregnant. I'm a spring/fall girl.

I've recently discovered a few podcasts about getting fit and living a more balanced life. I'm hoping by listening to these shows, I'll find the motivation I need to get healthy for my sake as well as my unborn child's. I don't want my child to have to live with one parent like I did. Not that it was a tough childhood, it's just that you lack something in your life that people with two parents have. You lack that balance and the ability to see what a mother/father dynamic is supposed to look like.

I purchased a pedometer yesterday. I only wore the thing for roughly two hours of housework today and have already accumulated 453 steps. I took it off for the time being because it was bothering me, but I do intend on using it starting tomorrow to log how many steps I take in a day. I want to work up to the 10,000 goal that so many people tote as being healthy and beneficial for weight loss. We'll see...

Spiritually, I feel stunted again. I feel like I've fallen off the wagon and am struggling to get back on. I want to have a daily practice of some sort: meditation or something of the like. I just seem to never have the time. Now I know someone will come back with "if it's important you'll find the time", but it's very hard to find time when you're exhausted from carrying 50 additional pounds day in and day out, trying to keep up with housework, and are emotionally drained from the stresses piled on at work. I really cannot wait for maternity leave when one of the three biggest issues I have right now will be removed.

Until then, I'll focus on trying to get my physical activity in as much as possible.