Exercise is not fun. I don't like it, and yet I have come to see that to properly get through my day I should have some sort of endorphine enducing exercise. The past few months have been off schedule with trips and starting homeschooling so I have for the most part skipped daily exercise.
Lately I've had a difficult time keeping my temper at bay with my children, my mantra "In your anger do not sin" has not been working its mantra magic. I decided to make exercise a priority again starting today.
So is there a correlation between not exercising and having a short fuse?
This morning while I was showering post-workout, my daughter comes into the bathroom. She has on only a diaper and is covered in colorful ink handprints. I smile and tell her that once I'm done with my shower she needed a bath. I tell her that I will take off her diaper and she yells "I do it!" and proceeds to take off her diaper that is filled with poop and put it on my hallway floor. She then wants to go on the toilet (even if it is redundant) so she crawls up and sits on it while smearing poo from her butt onto the seat.
I'm still in the shower.
I convice her to stay on the toilet until I am done. I finish up quickly, switch the water and fill up the bath. Once she is sitting in the bath I head out to clean up the diaper and toilet seat. I notice my kitchen table looks funny. There are large mounds of paper towel all over it. On further inspection I find that water has been poured all over the table and floor. On an uncluttered table this would not be an issue. My table is extremely cluttered. Back to the paper towel. Someone had attempted to correct this mess by soaking up the water, but had instead caused a larger mess by leaving soaked mountains of paper towel on my important table clutter.
And yet, though it all, no yelling occured, and no crying children. I'm going with endorphines for the win on this one.
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