Day 23: Forgetting

Although I am getting in shape and working hard at it, I seem to be more frazzled than ever.  Last night, I was so exhausted.  I got into bed and then realized that I forget to get my workout clothes together, which is something I usually do before retiring for the night.  "No problem," I thought, "I will just take care of it quickly when I get up."  So, I got up the next morning, got ready, got all of my food, and then promptly left the house without my workout clothes.  It wasn't until about 20 minutes later, when was running through my schedule for the day, that I realized that I had forgotten all of my clothes. 

I usually exercise on my lunch break, which is really quite nice.  It gives me some time away from the office to focus on something different, and it ensures that I actually get out of my seat at least once a day.  Forgetting my clothes today was a big blow to my mood today.  I know, yesterday I was on a Live the Life high.  How quickly things can change!  (By the way, I finally asked Trish, who is the lady that helps me with my diet and exercise, she told me that the program is called Live the Life and the company is called Kristi Approved.  That is one mystery solved.)

Anyway, I know it may not seem like a big deal to most people, but my schedule is so crazy, that by forgetting my clothes I pretty much guaranteed that I was either (1) going to miss my workout today (which has not happened yet on the new diet) or (2) exercise when I got home and not get to spend the time I wanted to spend with the kids before their bedtime.  This was not a choice I really did not want to make.

In the end, I decided to exercise.  I then hurriedly ate a little dinner and ran out the door for a meeting until 9:30.  I am glad that I did it, but I missed out on some time with my younger daughters, who were asleep by the time I got home.  I guess it just goes to show that if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.