Starting Over

I used to go and exercise at the rec center every day...until school got out and then it became too difficult to referee between all the kids while I was trying to keep my heart rate up. Usually, the only thing to go up was my blood pressure, so I stopped going for the summer but then my weight went up. Bummer.
Today I decided to bite the bullet and try to get back to the gym. I went again for the first time in over a month. It felt like I had never been there at all! So frustrating.
I was encouraged by the realization of how far I had come before school got out. I got tired today after doing about a third of what I normally did before. The discouragement came with the realization that I had to start all over again. I am hoping it will come back faster this time though.
Even if it takes longer, I think that exercising helps my mood and patience, so I will try to tough it out until school starts again and I can go sans kids, or at least with only Adrienne.