The Snow Shovel Workout

Today my workout turned out to be snow shoveling. I had thought it might be less than that, since I was so sleepy after taking cold medicine last night. It's that old problem: if I don't take cold meds, I can't sleep because of coughing. If I do take cold meds, I sleep fine but I want to sleep all day the next day. It doesn't take much to make me sleepy, apparently. I ended up napping during the time I usually work out (when my son Ewan naps) because I was so exhausted. Then when I woke up to go get my older son from the bus stop, I realized it had snowed quite a bit. I went out and shoveled so that my husband could get in the driveway when he came home from work. Then when he sent me a message that he was coming home, I looked out the window and there was another pile of snow I had to go shovel. The hardest part is that I'm still sore from yesterday's back and shoulders workout. Guess what? You use those muscles a lot when shoveling. Ouch. I won't complain further, though, because I have friends elsewhere (Hi to Shelley up in Canada) who have to shovel a ton more than I do.

Tomorrow I hope to get back to it with a good chest, biceps, and triceps workout from Amy Bento's Slo-Mo Strength Challenge. Of course, I also have another physical therapy session in the morning so I'll get some lower body work from that, too.