Birthday, the Flu, No Sleep- Oh My!

So this week has been interesting.  #2 hasn't been himself- when he doesn't eat or drink there's definitely a problem.  Luckily whatever bug he has has been "contained" but he still isn't sleeping.  #1 celebrated his 7th birthday.  He had a blast getting showered with phone calls "just for him" and gifts.  He's started receiving $ as a gift and he thinks that's fabulous.  He's really more about the number so 10 dollar bills is better than 1 $10 bill in his eyes.  He's not sure what he's saving up for though so chances are he may spend it all on 42 bottles of Hog Wash. 

I woke up late so decided to drag myself to swim at the Y this morning.  I shuffled into the locker room, opened my backpack to discover I only packed my towel- WTF!  Oh well.  I contimplated swimming in my clothes for a minute- no different than my swimsuit 7 years ago....But decided to take my workout downstairs to the wellness center where I heard about new equiptment.  One piece in particular caught my eye...

This for me was a broken nose waiting to happen.  I am not graceful, coordinated or a rhythmic dancer. So when I stepped on this thing, it took off and I almost shot out the back end like I was on the Summit Plummit- but on the positive side I kept my pace at about a 3.8 mile but my heart was were it would be at a 6.6.  After 5+ minutes my butt mus-kles had enough.  Definitely a great calorie burn for those gifted with coordination...I think I met my Mt Everest for the winter.