life with lance

This afternoon Jeff and I went mountain biking.  It was the first time in over a year and a half that I have been on the trails.  It was also only the fourth time I have been on a bike since getting pregnant.  I thought the ride was going to be really hard, but it wasn’t.  I do have a lot of work to do, but I wasn’t as bad as I thought I was.  I was able to handle the hills better than I have in the past and I had a lot more energy and stamina then I have had before.  My technique and confidence was lacking, but it will come back in time.  Two years ago my new year’s resolution was to enter and finish a mountain bike race and I completed it, I thought after having lance I would never be that good again, but I might actually get better with practice.  I have the energy now I just need the skill and get over the fear.  So today was one step closer to me getting back to my old self.  I won’t be able to ride as often as I use to, but it will get easier.  The only downside to today’s activities is I feel kind of sick, my throat feels gross and I wonder if I am coming down with a cold or just allergies, I guess I will just have to wait and see and I am afraid that I am going to feel worse tomorrow. With this crazy weather I don’t know what to expect.

Sunday we tried out Lance’s bicycle trailer.  He looked very cute all enclosed in the trailer.  He didn’t seem to know whether he liked it or not.  He was very quiet on our bicycle ride and just sat in the trailer sucking his thumb.  I can’t wait to try the trailer out again on some trails in the woods, hopefully he will enjoy the trailer more.  Monday night was very noteworthy for me.  I left Lance with his daddy and I went to my first dance class in years.  I have always wanted to take a hip-hop dance class and after talking to the studio owner I decided to check this one out.  It was a lot of fun to get away for the evening and do something for myself.  The class was really hard, but fun.  I realized that I have lost a lot of my flexibilty and strength.  My head was spinning when I was trying to pick up the dance moves, but I hope it will get easier the more I go.  Jeff said that while I was gone Lance was looking for me and was upset, though it breaks my heart, I know that if I don’t get out, I will be permanently attached to Lance and it will be impossible to ever get away.  So in my quest to figure out who I am I can mark off dancer as one.  I can’t describe how exciting it was to have my ballet shoes on and dancing.  So on my mental list of likes and dislikes, dancing is a definite like.  If I could I would love to take modern as well and join the Y to do pilates, but I need to be patient, maybe one day.