Spring Break Reality Check

It may still be January and perhaps the coldest weekend we have seen here in North Carolina in a few years, but I am here to remind you that spring break is just around the corner.  Spring break is my favorite vacation of the year.  March is clearly when I am sick of my regular life and in need of a little pick me up.

This year I just hope that Carter and I will both be well by spring break.  My two-week bronchitis and her two-week double flu infections are really wearing on us.  Carter is suffering much more than I am having missed so much school having basically slept day and night for a fortnight.

In my guilt of being so unproductive stuck in my house for the last two weeks doing basically nothing I forced myself to weed through some of the too big clothes and remove them from my closet.  In the unearthing process I came across the bathing suit drawer.  Spring break is coming.  Do I have a suitable bathing suit that holds everything up and in the right places?

I am lucky that this year for Carter’s break I am taking her to London, which will certainly not involve a bathing suit.  But a month later Russ is taking me on a company trip to a warm and sandy place.  Two and a half months until I have to wear a suit and in front of people I know.

This January sick period has been wonderful to drop the pounds.  Coughing must be great exercise, at least for my core.  But the lack of real weight bearing workouts is not helping to tone up the flabby bits and pieces.  I have not tried a suit on yet.  I think I will hold off on doing that until I am better and need some diet inspiration because I am no longer losing weight due to illness.

Don’t let spring break sneak up on you unprepared.  Find your bathing suit soon and try it on.  If you need any inspiration hang your swimwear on your bathroom mirror.  Being spring break body ready takes longer to obtain than we think it will.  I hope I will have mine by 2014.