Challenge Me

Lord help me, I have decided to join the May Plank and Squat Challenge. Sounds like a great idea right....ask me again at the end of the month and I'll have the real answer for you. 

I'm doing the beginners workout out, which really doesn't seem too bad, I guess. I think the planks are definitely going to be the biggest challenge. I hated planks when I was swimming and in my best shape. I would  struggle through planks for 1-2 minutes. I'm definitely not in my best shape right now and 20 seconds on the first day was killer! 

A lot of people are doing planks, squats, and push ups, but with my elbows I can't do push ups anymore. I would love to add push ups and trust me, my arms could definitely use it. However, my arthritis won't exactly allow it right now. I'm hoping that with the change in my medication my elbows will start to get better and I can start to do some arm workouts. If I'm going to work my ass off with the rest of my body, I need some sexy arms to go with it. 

Anyone else out there doing the May Challenge or have done another month long challenge? I keep telling myself I am determined to make it through the whole month. I think I can do it! 

Side Note: Who comes home from a stressful day to a much needed glass of wine? You? Yeah, I thought so. Sometimes you just have one of those days and you need to sit and take the edge off. In my first year of teaching, I would love nothing more, but can't because of the medicine I am taking. Well, today was one of those days were I could have come and used not just a glass, but the bottle to de-stress. Today, was just one thing after another, all with the same student. This little one decided to crawl under all of the bathroom stalls and lock them, then decided to push someone on the carpet, then decided to throw sand at people on the playground (just because), and then cried/screamed for a solid 30 minutes because he missed the Magic School Bus movie during science, due to his behavior. Oh the joys of a special education teacher. I love my job and I love the boys I teach (...yes I did say boys, 9 boys, all boys), but somedays they just make you want to come home to a nice big bottle of wine. Hope you all enjoyed a nice big glass tonight for me.