Why Am I So Sore?

I woke up this morning and I was sore - my shoulders, my arms, my back.  I racked my brain trying to figure out what in the world I did that would make me sore.  Yesterday I ran / walked for 30 minutes and that has not made my upper body sore before.  I did some arm work with weights while I walked on Sunday, but I didn't think I would be sore today (Tuesday) because of that.  I even considered if I slept weird and that would make me sore, but I didn't think that was it either. 

Then it hit me.  I did push ups yesterday - a crazy amount of push ups for me since I haven't done them in forever.  Let me back up...every Monday I introduce new wall words to my kids.  We practice spelling them doing some sort of action.  Usually my kids pick things like dribbling a basketball, kicking a soccer ball, or karate moves.  This day was different, though.  One of my little boys raised his hand and suggested we do push ups for each letter in the word.  I immediately agreed (even though some of my children groaned), and we started practicing spelling our words while doing push ups. These word wall words were forever long!  The words were:

second
sentence
shook
sometimes
sports

Which means I did 34 push ups yesterday (one for each letter in each of the words).  I did actual push ups and not the modified version.  That does not sound like a lot, but apparently it was for me! This has shown me that I need to do incorporate some push ups in my training.  I think the days that I walk for 30 minutes, I will also do some push ups to build strength in my arms. 

So, yes, I am sore, but I realized something else about myself.  When the child suggested push ups, I didn't hesitate to participate.  I dropped to the ground and did them just like one of the kids.  The old Allison would not have done that.  I would have just monitored them while they were doing them because I would have been afraid of making a fool of myself in front of a room full of kids.  I would have been afraid that I couldn't do them.  I did them.  I am sore, but I want to keep going.