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Oh happy Monday, how sweet to see your shining face in my week once more.

I caught the stomach flu last Wednesday and was in bed for 2 days. Somewhere in there I caught my daughter's chest/sinus congestion too. Yuckkkk! Friday night we left for my company ski trip to vermont. Thankfully I didn't have to drive.

I took it easy and had some great runs. Yesterday was snowy all day and I felt much more tired than Saturday, so quit early. It was my only skiing this season, but it was great. The kids had a terrific time. It was wonderful to hang out with them w/o time pressure, rushing around to "get somewhere", like most of my/our life is. I'm leery of spring sport signup because it will just mean more running around, and since I'll be starting massage school at night soon, this will just add to the chaos. I'm certainly not as energetic as I used to be, and this sort of schedule is becoming more exhausting. Is it worth it?

Yes, school for me is crucial right now - I need to do this so that I can move on to the next phase of my life. Sports for my daughter is very important to both of us because she gets so much from it, loves it, thrives on it. Plus gets fresh air and keeps in shape, and builds her self-esteem. I am always cautious about my own reasons for this, to be sure that I'm not forcing anything on to her or trying to live vicariously through her, know what I mean?

Eating was lousy. I'm pretty clear on how I've learned along the way that "vacation is the time for eating the junk food you don't eat the rest of the time", and it certainly holds up with my own children and me. Not so good at all. It was funny, because my son even commented on it, and how do I explain why it's ok to eat che3tos and chocolate now (especially since we're skiing, which needs *good* fuel for lots of energy)? I am sure that I wasn't very convincing, even to myself. We did bring grapes and gator@ade, which isn't exactly the best but better than getting soda on the mountain. The kids had things like pizza and fries at the resort; I had soup and fries, and stuck with water, but still had the other stuff at the hotel. I'm still trying to figure it all out. I certainly don't feel great about my eating, although I'm glad I had a tostada salad at the restaurant saturday night - it had greens and tomatoes and rice and black beans; the worst things were the sour cream and cheese on it, but yummy otherwise.

Of course I also drank this weekend. 4 total over the weekend, which I guess isn't bad, but thrown on top of not feeling so hot and the other junky eating, well...

I'm feeling better today tummy-wise; I'm still quite congested and feel a little light-headed. I want to go to yoga tonight, especially to stretch out the skiing muscles, but I'll have to see how I feel. It is a gentle class, which makes it pretty damn appealing right now - I don't know how many downward dogs I could do w/o passing out.

Eating-wise: well, I brought the last few pieces of chocolate. I also have cut-up red/yellow/orange peppers, baba gannoush, and baby carrots, plus nuts and chicken soup (packaged, unfortunately) for lunch/snacks...

I need to get back on track!