Even when you're of a certain age, spring break is still a lot of fun. And, unfortunately, it still costs.
I made a conscious decision not to bring my running shoes on my family's spring break trip. We'd be gone just Monday and Tuesday nights, I reasoned, and there wouldn't be much downtime for me to go running anyway. But I laid out some work
out clothes at home so that I'd have no excuses once we'd returned on Wednesday -- I could just jump in my clothes and go.
And I did. Left the family for an hour, went outside and ran. Slothness during spring break? Ha!
I didn't work out at all Thursday, unless by "work out" I mean "watching 'Monsters vs. Aliens' and eating a burger, fries and popcorn with my almost 6-year-old." Didn't work out Friday, unless you want to count bowling two games (with the aforementioned almost 6-year-old), then going out for Mexican.
Today came and I thought: no problem! I can run four miles. Let's go! Not so much.
I did three, and walked the last half-mile or so. Surely I'm not that out of shape after only two days off. What's that? It was actually four days off?
Hmm.
So spring break's a blast, but after four days of intense fun your body makes you pay for it.
Some things never change.
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