Diversions in San Antonio

I'm waiting for my team in the lobby of this beautiful hotel overlooking the valleys near San Antonio. It's been 70 degrees everyday, sunny and by all measures, perfect. However, I've only been outside twice in the last five days and am sad to report that I did not see one square foot of Texas outside my resort. I've spent the last several days at a national sales meeting for Hormel Food Service. After working countless hours the past five months on various projects relating to the convention, it was extremely rewarding to see it all come together. In a person record, I managed to work 70+ hours from Tuesday to yesterday and, I'll be honest, I'm completely exhausted.

The great thing about foodservice people is that we LOVE food. Hence, we eat and drink the finest palate pleasers whenever we get together. Roasted salmon, mixed greens with goat cheese and fresh cranberries, pork wellington, molten lava chocolate cake and several glasses of chardonnay (yes, I actually drank the stuff I usually refer to as akin to "licking an oak barrel"). But this crazy schedule and non-stop food fest resulted in me completely ignoring my P90X workouts.

I could tell you that getting up at 5:30 every morning this week and working until 11:00pm prevented me from keeping to my schedule. I could tell you that my hotel room was too small to complete the workouts. But part of our conference this week stressed the importance of accountability; that providing excuses doesn't make us or our team better. So instead I'll tell you that I simply didn't make it a priority. That I chose to catch a quick power nap or relax instead of doing my routine.

My husband on the other hand has stuck to it like a champion. He worked out even while contractors are in our condo remodeling the bathroom. He worked out despite getting several phone calls in the middle of Yoga X. He worked out even though he had work to do later that night. So this post is mostly dedicated to how awesome my hubby is. His dedication is truly remarkable and I couldn't be more proud.

So as I head home today, Josh will pick me up from the airport and bring me to Cuppa Java as we do every weekend since we got married. He'll let me take a super long nap even though we haven't seen each other in almost a week. And then, he'll smile and get me right back into training tonight.