Day 12 - 9:16am (BOOTCAMP DAY 6 and breakfast)

today was boot camp. yippppeeeeee!!! yea right. well actually maybe a short "yay!" i had the hardest time waking up. my alarm went off at 5am and first i couldnt seem to figure out what that annoying noise was. then once i realized it was the alarm i couldnt for the life of me figure out why my alarm would be going off at night. well thats because it was certainly morning, even though it was dark. i peeled out of bed at 5:12 and prepared to leave.

workout was pretty strenuous today. we did what boot-camp-zilla called "hydrant drills." you dont want to know. okay, since youre here i'll tell you anyway. that is where we run around the neighborhood surrounding the part and at every fire hydrant (for the most part) we stop and do some exercise (15 counts for a certain number of reps, depending on the exercise).

one thing about this particular work out was that it afforded us the opportunity, once again, to tour the ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL macgregor area and look at the tremendously large, amazing homes. the macgregor area is a historic and affluent african american part of houston. the neighborhood has such beautiful scenery, with some of the largest and most attractive trees and lawns. it was sooooooo peaceful and also inspiring to look around and take in the beauty of what my people had accomplished. i loved it. i mean i loved the view and the feel...not the work out ;-)

i will try my best to capture the work out but i am sure i will forget some things.

WARM UP: stretches (neck, hamstring, quadricep, groin, shoulder, back, chest), 20 push ups because people were late

WORK OUT: (i will put "run / the exercise done at the hydrant")

run / curb push ups
run / mountain climbers
run / squats with 2 hops
run / front and back kicks
run / lunges with kicks(each leg)
run / tricep dips on the curb
run / push ups with planks
run / jumping jacks
run back to park

abs - sit ups, curb sit ups and crab sit ups (with partner)

COOL DOWN: stretches

it was a GREAT work out today. the other day i spoke with our male coach who, for now, i will call "sergeant brick" (its an inside joke about the shoe visit we had the other day but we will have him appropriately named by monday)...anyway sergeant brick helped me see that i was not doing my ab work properly. i have had some back injuries so ab work is difficult because my back is not strengthened enough to support me, which means i also have to do extra stretching and exercises at home to build the strength of my back. he showed me how to do them properly so today i accomplished that. before my quads were sore because i was pulling more from my pelvic which uses the quad muscles instead of using the ab muscles. now i partially already knew this, having been a gymnast and cheerleader, but i guess i needed to boost to press past the back strain of doing them right.

i mentioned in wednesdays blog that sis and i stayed after to chat with the coaches and a few classmates. well that may have been a mistake because today when i was inclined to slack a little i would hear, "jordyn whats up!?" or "jordyn tighten it up!" or "youre supposed to be running jordyn!" i finally had to say "STOP STALKING ME SERGEANT BRICK!!!" well neither he nor zilla let up, and im kinda glad they didnt, but dont tell THEM that!

and i must inform you...remember i said they act like they think they are drill sergeants or something? well i told sergeant brick what i said and he kindly informed me that i was using the correct title because he is/was a sergeant in the marines. well &^%$%! no wonder!!!! so now it all makes sense. figure that.

MEALS

BREAKFAST: 1 large brown egg scrambled in butter, 1 homemade 100% whole wheat walnut pancake (topped with banana slices, walnuts and sprinkled with cinnamon) with hot maple syrup, a few banana slices sprinkled with cinnamon and drizzled with maple syrup and a small glass of orange juice.

this was a GREAT breakfast. i hadnt made homemade pancakes in a while, so i made a batch for my mom and baby brother first (he stayed over last night, and i guess hes not a baby anymore, hes 28, but hes still MY baby). i made theirs the way they like stuff - WHITE...in other words i used white flour, but for mine i used 100% whole wheat. they came out just as great and yummy as ever.



now i am about to rest a bit after i do a little bible reading. i need to catch up on my journaling which i hope to do later today. i have a photo shoot on tuesday that i need to get ready for so i may run some errands related to that a little later. we shall see. the show tonight is at 8 and i would ordinarily have to be at the theatre at 7 to get ready, but we have rehearsal prior to the performance since the understudy will be performing tonight and we have to be there at 6.

so thats it for me...make it a beautiful day!