Tech and training

This post is for parents who are out of the newborn phase and are knee deep in the shit-talking toddler phase. Just kidding, I meant the attitude-slapping toddler phase, or maybe I mean the sleep-deprived toddler phase. I’m so tired that I don’t know any more.

When my little one was first here, I though I was tired. Now he’s about to turn four and I’m tired in my bones. Like, I thought that this was supposed to get easier? And in a way it has, he can now talk, so I do not have to anxiously try to fix a tiny baby screaming. So that’s nice I think. I think? I don’t know what it’s so hard, and it seems so isolating. Just glancing at other parents they all seem so well rested and content in their lives. Or maybe that’s just me projecting. All I want is to be well rested and content. But it never feels that way.

So let me introduce you to this one device that will immediately solve your problems! The one thing that can erase the existential dread that I face almost every night at 2am….

Just kidding. Also you should never trust anyone who has the solutions for all of your problems, that’s how you end up in a cult, but I digress.

Let’s not end up in a cult, lets end up in a gym. See what I did there? Now, I’m being serious the gym is one place that I try to drag my tired ass to as much as possible. Why? Because I’ve found a good one. One that does offer in-home personal training, but I prefer to go in person. Probably because I work from home and my only coworker is my lovely eleven year old kitty. So I’m in need of some human stimulation by the end of the day. Wait, let me correct myself. I’m in need of some adult stimulation by the end of the day.

I know it can be scary to set foot in a gym, especially if you don’t consider yourself much of a gym type, but it’s so important to get strong and stay connected as a parent. I don’t really have any recommended tech for your gym time, lord knows that there are a bazillion apps for that. But sometimes I think it’s important to put the screen down and focus on our delightfully human body.

Though I do have to admit that I haven’t gone yet this year. A couple reasons, my lo just went back to daycare and I felt like I needed to clean the house yesterday. Now today, Tuesday I’m not going either. Mainly because of sleep. For some reason I was up twice AND my lo was up twice. Was it at the same time? NOPE. So I was up four times last night. Now I know that going to the gym will help with literally all the things. But I’m going to try to go tomorrow. I know Sarah-Jane will understand.