Sunday Update: Reading, Sports, Sleep (Welcome to the the new year, same as the old year)

Two weeks of school holidays is a lot of school holidays!  This week did not have Christmas or the BUILDUP TO CHRISTMAS yet for whatever reason lots of stuff was closed.  In some ways the second week of school holidays (with 1 year old twins) remind me of Covid times.  All the family are together - yay - but there are no play groups on, the library is shut, and everyone is walking around aimlessly outside when it is not raining.  

I'll have to think of a better answer to "How was your Christmas?" before I start work tomorrow, because the above definitely isn't good enough.

I have also been really optimistic on my blog posting ability over new year:

As you are surely aware, I do not write drafts, or edit my posts.  Or spellcheck, or proofread, or do anything that might make my corner of the internet legible or enjoyable to read.  So these posts are just things I tried to write before being interrupted by kids or general life.  At some point, I will join the bandwagon in goals, gratitude, and share how excited I (sometimes) am for 2025.

Onwards!

Reading

Finally reading and enjoying The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

How much do I love books with short chapters?  Very.

Sports

I go back and forth on whether a streak is a good idea or a bad idea.  I'm on a 3 week Peloton streak right now, but a few of those days are just meditation.  However - meditating is a good idea. So maybe a streak is good, even if it includes meditating, because meditating is good?  

Also, I find Peloton good because it covers strength and riding and yoga and stretching and basically everything that is good for me, so I think trying for a streak of doing something good for me for at least 5 minutes every day is probably worthwhile.

• Monday
• 20 Minute Full Body Strength with Ben Alldis
• 10 Minute Full Body Stretch with Ben Alldis
  
  
• Tuesday
• 10 Minute Hannukah Meditation with Anna Greenberg (this one was weird)
  
  
• Wednesday
• 10 Minute Calming Meditation with Kirstin McGee
  
  
• Thursday
• 15 Minute Lower Body Strength with Ben Alldis
• 5 Minute Core with Ben Alldis
• 5 Minute Lower Body Stretch with Ben Alldis
• 10 Minute New Years Day meditation with Kirstin McGee
  
  
• Friday
• 20 Minute Full Body Strength with Ben Alldis
• 10 Minute Full Body Stretch with Ben Alldis
  
  
• Saturday
• 5 Minute Meditation with Kirstin McGee
  
  
• Sunday
• 30 Minute Reset Ride with Denis Morton
• 30 Minute Reset (Yoga) with Denis Morton

Next week I am back in work, and we have childcare.  And a new nanny starting 2 days a week.  It is going to be a busy week but I am really hoping it's going to be an adjustment to having more free/personal time.  I love and miss routine.

Sleep

My average so far this week is 6.75 hours per night, which is probably why I don't feel wonderful as I write this.  Reasons are good and less good - I stayed up and shared a bottle of wine with Andy on NYE, which meant that I had trouble falling asleep (I was so sad to hear the midnight fireworks, I wanted to be so asleep at midnight).  I took the big kids to a friend's house for a sleepover which meant they fell asleep late and I stayed up late chatting with friends.  And for whatever reason, one of the kiddos was up twice this week between midnight and 2 telling me "they were not tired".  Funny enough, we were all very tired the next day.  Babies have mostly been sleeping to or just past 6am (except one 5:30 wake up) 

That's a wrap on Christmas Holiday 2024.  In 2023 I was so looking forward to 2024, because I wouldn't have newborn twins.  I am already excited for 2025, because holidays with 14 month old twins are probably going to be way more fun than holidays with 14 month old twins.