Unexpected rest day

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Oh well. Was planning to work out but hubby went back to work (had all last week off) and kids weren't back to school so it was a busy mommy day with no other parent to sic the kids on! Wanted to tonight after dinner but DH reminded me it was the night the Detroit Red Wings (hockey for those of you wondering) would be retiring Captain Steve Yzerman's jersey and I wanted to see the ceremony. I expected it to be 1/2 hour and then I'd be downstairs while he and the kids watched the first period. WRONG. It was 1 1/2 hours and by the time it was done it was time to get the kids in bed and then it was already after 8:30 so too late for me to do anything. Feeling a lot of DOMS in my arms today too, not really sure why, maybe all the waving around doing Kari 's step routine yesterday (plus the other 6 days of various stuff). Tomorrow is my first day with no one but me in my house for a few hours since Dec. 20... this is the first year I've had ANY significant, regular time in the house by myself in 8 years and it was really hard at first, not having any kids in the house for a few hours, but I got used to having no one to wait on really quickly! Wednesday is usually a volunteer at school and grocery shop morning but I'm not needed at school and decided to put off grocery shopping until Thursday just to enjoy the silence and, of course, get a good workout in too! Not sure what I'm doing yet but that's okay.

Got a very interesting booklet at my Weight Watchers meeting today with a comprehensive, paced plan for adding exercise into your life if you're not already active and then steps to gradually build your activity level and make it a regular part of your life at various stages of activity level. It was a bit strange only because I'd just really started thinking hard along those lines and here was this very detailed plan with realistic goals, advice and timing for the goals! If anyone wants info I can post the general ideas later. It was the quickest read and easiest to understand/implement program I've seen in a long time. I've noticed, for those who've done WW in the past, that with the newest program fine-tuning (introduced end of December 2006) they've put a much bigger emphasis on exercise and really helping people get and stay active, instead of just saying "and exercise too" like they used to seem to say. That's good because I can use all the help I can get!!!

Will post a workout tomorrow!