Edgy Mama

How to exercise on rainy days when you’re stuck at home with the kids: run up the stairs, grab a basket of dirty laundry, run it down to the basement, load the laundry. Vigorously. Run back up the stairs. Then down again. Repeat three or four times until you’re out of breath. Hang for a few minutes from the banister. Use bottom stair to stretch your calf muscles. Touch your toes. Don’t fall down the stairs. Check on the kids. Make them do a happy dance with you. Jump around and sing the happy dance song you made up when they were babies. Vacuum the house. Vigorously. Four more stair runs. Now you’re sweating. Wipe down the kitchen. Alternate arms. Lie on the floor. Do twenty sit-ups. Notice the cobwebs on the ceiling. Vacuum the ceiling. Run to the basement. Change the laundry. Time for another happy dance sequence. Try throwing the smallest child into the air and catching him. Watch out for the ceiling fan! Four more stair runs. Now stretch. Collapse. Go drink a beer. You deserve it.