A visit from my Mom, left handed drawing, & a longing for the real Angie

I was so blessed last week to have a visit from my mom. Having mother/daughter time is very precious for me and we are aiming to do this once a year. With my Hubby in Belgium at his kick-ass art residency, it seemed like the perfect time for a visit. I got to take my Mom to all my favorite spots in Austin & filled her in on the nuances of my life in Austin. She is a beautiful angel to me and I miss her already. I know I am a lucky girl to have her.My wrist has unfortunately shown no improvement. I have another doctor's appointment on Monday and I will not stop until I get to the bottom of this. I don't think I originally expected this to be an ongoing issue and I've had to readjust some of my thinking to deal with this. I have been modifying all my workouts and this makes me feel a little out of sorts. I have been rocking out squats, sit-ups, and 400m runs like no bodies business and it's not the same. Carey asked me if I was planning on coming to the gym with my injury because I might be tempted. My first response was, of course I'll come to the gym! But it has actually been harder than I expected. Today, we did "Angie" and that is one of my absolute favorites. I like how even and straightforward the workout is:

100 pull-ups
100 push-ups
100 sit-ups
100 squats

I love kicking the month off with Angie because I always see improvement in some way...(i.e. faster time, moving down in resistance bands for the pull-ups, less push-ups on the knees...) Feeling improvement in a benchmark workout gives me good juice for the month. Today I did a modified Angie:

4 ROUNDS:
400m run
50 squats
50 sit-ups

I felt good about this workout but I have to say, the pull-ups everyone was doing looked so satisfying and I felt some jealousy. It was tempting...to just feel one...but I resisted.
I did, however, enjoy the workout because it was still challenging. Last week, I took off from my W and F Crossfit workouts because my Mom was in town and we had fun staying up late chatting with a bottle of wine :) But also, to be honest, I needed a break because I felt I was plateauing. I did "Michael" the week prior and my body is adjusting to so much ab work that I didn't get sore. Anyone who knows "Michael" knows that those Glute/Ham sit-ups will make even the fittest person in the world (i.e MY coaches!!) sore as s*#!%! When I didn't feel sore I knew I was missing out on the "varied movement" part of Crossfit. So I took 2 days off, got a run in, and felt the workout again this morning...so that's good. I can feel my body changing with all these modifications. I have lost a lot of muscle development in my arms and at first it made me depressed. But it is what it is and I think I need to learn about the ebb and flow my body will inevitability go through in life. After all, I plan on having kids...
I sometimes suffer from an "all or nothing" way of thinking. I could easily see myself feeling like there was no point in working out if I was going to lose all this muscle definition I worked so hard for. So, I think this is a great lesson for me to embrace the new way I approach health and fitness. Okay, so my arms may not be as ripped as they were during "I am Crossfit," but that in no way diminishes the point in getting my body moving on a regular basis. So, ultimately...this wrist thing will be a good lesson for my mind....
AND my art, I did a left handed drawing today as per my dad and husband's suggestion. I resisted it and resisted it. I know I said I would do it....but when I started I realized this evoked this awesome competitive side of me. I want to make the drawing that no one knows was done with my left hand and when I tell them, they don't believe me.This is my first left-handed drawing and I have to say, it is a million percent obvious that I drew this with my left hand...but I'll keep giving it a shot.