My newly acquired social life is going to ruin my exercise regimine

[MissMillie]

My friend (who took me to the Rod Stewart concert last week) pulled into my driveway last night, asked me if I felt like cooking. I told him I was going to make dinner for the boys and that I'd love to have him join us. He said, let the boys fend for themselves, I've got out dinner right here. He had four 3-lb. lobsters and 10 lbs. of steamers.

It took us nearly all evening, but we put a pretty good dent in that mess of food (we ended up cleaning but not eating about 1/2 of the clams, and I didn't eat my second lobster).

And we played cribbage, and laughed and had a great time.

But who the hell could get up an exercise after getting to bed so late?

I couldn't last week after the concert either.

I guess I'll have to try to get a run in when I get home from work.

Jeez... how to people balance their lives out? Job, family, fitness, friends.... there just aren't enough hours in the day.

[SmokingJacket]

1. Whenever I make good progress in one area of my life...

another area goes to hell.

Making money = lose my friends

getting in shape = house is a dump

clean house = yard is a dump

lots of time with kids = get fat.

Oh, well!!

Sounds like you had a great evening, though!

[sui generis]

2. the trick is this:

if you average the number of hours you spend ON your feet being active against the number of hours you spend on your butt over every three days, you can have a social life.

It's okay to "miss" a daily, but just make sure you don't miss many "daily's" in a row. The important thing is that you have a high overall level of activity and do everything else in moderation, including binge lobster eating.

[wtmusic]

3. Drop everything and post all day

that'll solve everything! :P

[greatauntoftriplets]

11. I love your signature photo.

:rofl:

[MissMillie]

12. Posting usually involves interrupting work

I fit it in between tasks here at my desk.

[LiberallyInclined]

4. i guess the boys don't like lobster?

or you just didn't feel like sharing?

"let the boys fend for themselves"???

sounds like great potential step-parentage in the making :eyes:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Nice judgemental attitude there

it must be nice breathing rarified air up on that high horse. :eyes:

[LiberallyInclined]

8. I apologize...i completely forgot-

that parenting comes second to social encounters when lobsters are involved.

mea culpa.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

9. Did she say anything about not feeding her boys?

What gives you the right to pass judgement?

[MissMillie]

10. Surely, you're not accusing me of being a bad parent

right?

Because, that wouldn't be very nice.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

14. Considering that you're a foster parent to a boy that isn't yours

and that you took him in out of the kindness of your heart, I would say that you're an AMAZING parent. :-)

[JimmyJazz]

18. How to win friends and influence people:

criticize someone's parenting skills when you know nothing about them :eyes:

Sheesh - besides, these are teenagers she's talking about, not toddlers.

[MissMillie]

7. Actually, they don't care for it.

And he knows that I do, from time to time, let my 17 year old boys fend for themselves.

[ihaveaquestion]

5. Combine social life and workouts whenever possible.

I go out swing dancing 3 - 4 nights a week. It's great exercise and I've made lots of fun loving friends!

[leftofthedial]

13. I find that by combining these demands

I can sometimes kill two birds with one stone.

For example, I duct-tape my laptop to the lawnmower and take care of bidniz while I mow.

Or I boil my unmentionables while I'm making soup.

Also, sex can be a good workout if you do it right.

[MissMillie]

15. That must be some soup. (n/t)

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[leftofthedial]

17. Only when I forget which pot is which

[Skittles]

16. do what I do, MissMillie

if you know you're gonna party the night away, exercise BEFORE you start. :)