Its not all Shits and Giggles....

As expected, I’m currently experiencing a momentary week 3 melt down. Well, not quite a melt down but I can certainly feel one coming, unless I take stock right now. And I actually expected it to happen closer to week 4 but I had forgotten to take into account the excitement of back to school.


My two youngest kids are starting a new school. So there are uniforms to purchase along with school books etc. There was a slight panic attack mid week due to the afterschool care facility having a ‘watiting list’. WTF???

All sorted.

The Child Care facility down the road from the school does before and after school care. They drop the kids off and pick them up. Plus it’s a smaller ratio of carers to kids and a smaller facility which will be a lot more congruent with Josh and his ‘anxiety issues’.

I’m tired.

This weekend, is going to require quite a lot of effort and focus on my behalf to get the house in some kind of order, the yard cleaned up and cooking done for the next few weeks to lighten the load. School books need to be covered, uniforms need to be ironed and somehow I need to prepare my children for the fact that we are about to hit the ground running on Monday with routine and structure again.

To top it off, I’m doing a take 2 on my PT Cert III and IV. The course starts next week. So now, not only am I working full time, parenting 3 children and training for a triathlon, I’m also now going to be studying part time.

So you’ll have to excuse me if you visit my home and it’s a mess (more so than usual). You’ll also have to excuse me if I appear to be unavailable. It will probably be that way for at least another 8 weeks.

(There might be an opening for a post about how I fill up my life to avoid relationship commitment in here somewhere.....)

The good news is that from experience, I now begin to recognise the signs that I’m getting overwhelmed and I’m taking action before it engulfs me. This weekend will definitely be a weekend of preparation. Life needs to be organised to a point where it ticks along nicely in order for me to focus on training and my commitment to do my best at Mooloolaba Tri.

These are my new (survival) non-negotiables:

• Got to bed by 9:00pm EVERY NIGHT

• Cook and prepare food for the following week

• Hug my kids every single day and thank them for their support

• Continue to remind my parents of how grateful I am of their support (without them I would only make it to half the training sessions)

• Be organised !!

• Train hard and remain focused

• Be kind to myself when it all gets too much

• Say NO if I need to. (to socialising, drinking and eating shit)

Oh, there’s another little bit of exciting news, in-case you didn’t already know. I’m doing the cycle leg of the Cairns half ironman in June as part of a team. We’ve called ourselves the “Atlas Allstars”. I was heading to Cairns to support many of my fellow athletes who are doing either the half or the full ironman and the opportunity arose to be a part of a team. It will be my first ironman experience and I have to tell you, I’m more than a little bit excited. Doing a half ironman has certainly been floating around in my cerebral space for some time.

There will be more to come on that one.