Teacher Wellness

So many teachers struggle with taking time for wellness through the year. In the summer time, there's no excuse not to take good care of ourselves! 
In the summer, all the days so far seem like one big long day! I've taken the time to go for nice long walks - such pretty views nearby. 

More wellness...I'm once again training for a 5k race. I'm not actually a happy runner because it makes my feet hurt! But, I do it anyway. This is me finishing the last 5k I did to raise money for the local hospice. 

I felt very accomplished until I saw the person who finished right behind me was a 70 year old woman. I'm not even kidding! *sigh*

I had the great idea that since our whole family is on a fitness kick, we should convert our garage into a home gym! Such a great idea, right? The only problem was that our garage looked like this:

I know.  You can stop looking now. 

It's downright embarrassing. I don't know how that happened, but between hubby's inherited tools, my son's hockey equipment, and who knows what else, it just took on a life of its own.

So, fast forward, after drywalling, patching, painting, sanding, cleaning, and tossing for days and nights on end, our garage now looks like this:

Only it's not a garage anymore. 

It must now be referred to as THE GYM. 

Poor hubby is exhausted...but now he has to build a shed to keep all the tools that he's not allowed to bring back into the gym anymore! 

I told him that, and when he looked confused I reminded him nicely that people don't keep tools in a gym.  :-)

So now we can be all fit and healthy! Watch your back, Jillian Michaels fitness DVDs! I'm coming for you!

More about keeping active: Gardening!  I just never get tired of moving plants around, pruning little bits, and watching the hummingbirds buzz around me. But don't be fooled - it is GREAT exercise to lug bags of dirt and dig around.

And in summer I finally have time to eat well. My view from the deck with my computer and a Tuscan Salad that hubby made for me! Yum!

A stroll to the beach turns into a 4 hour walk...that makes my Fitbit happy!

What do you do to stay well in the summer? And how do you carry that over into the new school year?