Good bye 2007!

I had to work today. I am almost ready to get back into the routine. It was a long drive home in the snow last night, with all the boys sleeping - even the dogs. I got to work and it is nice and quiet. I am feeling so slug like and ready for New Years resolutions and good food to start. We watched "the gods must be crazy" with the boys, I am not sure how much they understand but they loved it and laughed. L and I watched Crash and fell asleep - another exciting year gone!

Josh and Lee after the Reindeer Run

11k on 11/11

Yea! 5+

So, I completely skipped out of work when I should have stayed - I need to stop the work guilt because no one cares. S and I went out to the canal and then did an extra leg down to Cedar st so more than 5 miles and maybe close to 6!! My legs hurt but I am hoping I just need to "wake them up". My diet has been so bad this week, and it is time to get serious - Mexico in 2+ weeks!

Another DOR and lots of candy

It is official - I cannot handle having candy in the house. I keep munching and munching - sugar begets more sugar... this will have to end.Also, I am getting more worried about the race next week, farther than I have ever run yet and I am way behind on any kind of "training schedule".. ,my body is feeling older, not younger!

No exercise again

Halloween is always a little crazy. T&J came right home and got their homework done, and then T went off to friends to trick or treat without adults! he is growing up, despite his wishes to stay little. J and Chip had pizza and we went out - a lot of walking for me , but no time for a real run. with the schedule change I am not sure how the exercise

HH

Happy Halloween.. nothing but candy eating todayugh- the beginning of the wicked holiday eating weeks. I am doing nothing today toward exercise, except walking around with S and eating candy. I am too busy this week to run - argh! I am so tired, it must be from the traveling and eating so much candy - bad bad bad!

Walk

So, I packed my gym bag thinking that it was cold enough to go to the Y during lunch and try out the treadmill, instead I worked through lunch and met AF for a walk. I could not convince her to run. So, I missed the real exercise which will be important if I want to attempt the 11k next week, but I did have a chance to catch up with A- also important.

2.5

ok, i got back from Denver last night and went to bed early. I really felt like a slug all day and thought I was just going to come home and walk the dogs. But, i did end up getting home early enough and it really wasn't that cold out so I wore shorts and a wind breaker and took Lexi with me and to Cedar St and back. I definitely did not push myself, but I felt really good and could have gone further. I might try the treadmill at the gym tomorrow.

World Series

no exercise today except a lot of walking. S and I went out to lunch and to the bookstore, we mutually agreed not to run today. I am disappointed that I did not get more exercise in but I had a really great day - GO RED SOX

Another airplane day

Up early at Susie's house and now trapped on an airplane. I am hoping that the descent back into oxygen will give me some energy to exercise tomorrow. long long airplane day with more bad food and no exercise

in Denver

what a long day, made it last night in time for the game - went out this am for a run and could not make it more than a few blocks before I was out of air. I need to blame it on the altitude so that I won't get depressed about my slowing down. I ended up going a little less than three miles with some walking which isn't at all what my plan was. As always it felt good when I was done. I am going to have to figure out how to run on a treadmill because the running in the cold is not working.

Stuck in airplane

My journey to the world series, skipping work and pretending to feel guilty but not really, except that I am completely bored sitting in the airport. I can actually see where an airport gym would work because it would be so much better than sitting around being a germaphobe. My flight from Denver is delayed and I had decided not to bring my laptop so I don't have much to keep me occupied. I feel ready to run - I need to ice my right foot and massage my ankle tendon.

3+ Much better

What a relief after yesterday's bad feeling run. I had to start out at soccer and help with the U9 (I need a whole separate blog for that!) and then took J to football so with wet shoes and in the dark I tried to see if I could run better. and it feels sooooo much better, I could have kept going and that feels great - my throat hurt at mile1, but I slowed for a minute and practiced better breathing and made it through.. victory!

2.5 Not my best day

I was completely out of sorts today, Lee is out of town and so I did not sleep great and I am trying to figure out the kids and how I am going to get to Denver. Anyway, I snuck into the house - the puppy hears the garage door go up and starts crying - and changed into my shorts and sneakers in the garage and grabbed Lexi to do a quick Cedar St and back before the bus got home... well, I had bad shorts on so my cell phone was not secure and kept falling out of my pants and the dog was still sleepy I think because she was not keeping up with me and it was very windy and my hair kept getting in my face (I really need a headband).. anyway, we did make it to Cedar St, but it was slow and I had to walk a little and the dog kept stopping. I think I just have to remember that every run is not going to be great. After Sunday I was hoping for some real "runners high" oh well, I will try again tomorrow!

In the swim

So, last year before I got sick I had started swimming at the Y pool a few days a week. Like all new exercise routines, it is so intimidating to start the lap swimming. I always felt the other swimmers around me were laughing and not taking me seriously because I can't do a flip turn and I am such a slow swimmer. ... is my stroke correct ... is everyone noticing that I have to stop and fix my goggles every few laps..... my breast stroke is awful on account of my left leg goes crooked in the water.well, last Friday and this Friday I have made it back to the pool! Betsey was there teaching a class so we chatted and I remembered that her daughter had gone off to college and she remembered that I had been sick, so it was really nice to catch up with her.I swam 20 laps the first Friday and 36 today!! It felt sooo great and I could have kept going except that the lap swim moved to the other pool and I was sort of out of sorts at moving and was cold. I went to sit in the sauna. It is amazing how good a few laps and the sauna can feel..

Welcome New Puppy

I did not want a puppy - I know that I have been talking about getting a second dog for a long time, but I never really wanted to got hrough with it, I was having fun surfing the internet and visiting shelters... So, after the skateboard park last week we went by the shelter and they had a lot of puppies from WViginia. It was almost an immediate thing, although L did have to drive home and pick up Lexi to make sure that they would get along. Of course Lexi is soo happy with her new friend. And the puppy - currently named Gypsy - is very good and cute and seems to be fitting into our family very nicely.

Making so many decisions

It seems that I spend a lot of energy trying to work out my schedule, hour by hour what I am going to do in a day. Often I do not do the important things. I still have that tax return that I have been hauling around in my bag for weeks and I just can't seem to get to it.I have no kids after school, but have to get them at 430 and then immeditaly switch it up to high gear and get them dressed and all to practice and I have to help coach. It will be crazy for an hour and I need to be organized. Also, the exercise demon has taken over again and I am starting to obess about the miles and what to do and when to do it. I have to work today, and be at the office for most of the day. I have my swim stuff so I could go do my Friday afternoon laps, I have my running stuff so I could go and treadmill at lunch, or I could go home and run with Lexi.. also that new puppy could use a walk...

Run Run Run

Can you believe that picture?? I ran 6.2 miles.... I only started running six weeks ago and look what I accomplished! It is truly hard to believe. Thanks to WW and C25K, WOW! Also, there is still alot of that exercise obsession in me.The day was so much fun. L's brother and family and mom all came for the weekend which really added a lot of stress in the house and made the race a little different than my expectations, but thank fully it turned out fine and everyone was happy.It was fun to run with M - she is just my fabulous sister and I loved her energy for doing this with me. Even S was fun, she has been so hard to get to know, but I think that the training and the running 6 miles with her was great for both of us.M is ready to pick another race... I need a day of rest

Tufts 10k - running with my girls!

My first 5k - with the family in Denver CO

Are they real brothers?

"Real isn't about how you are made, real is something that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time than you become real".

from The Velveteen Rabbit

Harry Harry Harry

Yes, everything is all about Harry Potter. I finished the Deathly Hallows early this morning. Actually, I woke up early to continue reading, as late last night I did not want to rush the ending in a blurry state. The book was fabulous. I had really forgotton how much I love the series and think JK is pretty incredible. I don't think I am sad that there will be no more HP books, because I have just barely managed to keep the seven straight, but it is definetly a phenom to watch. I would like to join a book club just so that I can discuss the ending and no one around me has gotten there yet. In a few weeks I will have forgotten the finer details of the ending, alas my memory is really bad...

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you do not have

I still remember my first trip to the beach

I must have been 3 or 4 years old. The car got packed up and at the last minute I jumped in. I was anxious about where we were going and stared out the window the entire ride. I remember the windows being rolled up when we got on the highway and I could no longer stick my head into the wind and feel the breeze.
Once in the parking lot we all rushed out and raced each other down to the water. I didn't even stop to examine the dunes, or investigate the seagulls. The water was so cold and exhilarating, I swam and swam that day, in and out of the waves. Only later did I come away from the shore and felt the sand in between my toes and took in the smell of the ocean. I was happy and tired at the end of the day, as I got back into the car for the journey home. I made three quick circles around my tail and fell asleep in the back, among the towels.

Rant and Rave

I continue to feel so sad and blue..I cannot get out of my funk and I am sure that it is because the rain will just not stop. I know that this winter was supposed to be mild and we had such an easy dec and jan, and yet April is endless. My throat hurts every day, and my mind wants so badly to be exercise and outside walking the dog.. and yet the rain and the cold appear to be here forever. How do people live in the Pacific NW...?