It’s only Sunday afternoon and I am so content with how nice and productive this weekend was. Saturday morning was a little rough; we were sorting out an issue and stressing over it big time. The stress from this one thing is eating at me. I’m allowing it to affect everything in my life and I need to figure out how to stop it. I know, at some point, things will be settled, but it won’t be for a while. I’m praying and pushing my way through it but there will be hurdles and breakdowns along the way.
Once that was over everything went well. Nick and I took Joe to rehearsal for his show next weekend. After that he and I were able to spend some fun time together talking and shopping for a gift for his friend Seth’s birthday party. Once we were done, we headed home, I grabbed something to eat, and then TJ and I headed out to pick up Joe and did some food shopping. TJ and I had fun with Joe; he was so funny. He is always so excited when he is done with rehearsal. He was a big help when we were shopping.
Once Nick headed to the party and TJ went out to the store, Joe, Justin, and I went to the pool to meet my friend Valerie and her son Trevor. We had such a nice afternoon. The boys had lots of fun and Valerie, her mom, and I was able to get in some good girl time.
After the pool we headed home, did dinner, cleaned up and relaxed the rest of the evening. I was exhausted. I fell asleep early only to wake up and stay up for a while…just hate when this happens.
Today we started with run #2 of the running plan…WOW! Problem number 1, it was already too hot! But I did it, got it done, and felt okay about it. My friend Traci came by just as I finished and her, TJ and I sat and talked for a while. We talked a lot about our eating and exercise. Traci is doing the full marathon while I do the half in November. We also spent time talking about a sweet little girl named Harper who turned 11 today and they are having a huge birthday party for her. This is an amazingly strong courageous young lately who has successfully been battling a rare form of cancer for over a year. After scans this week they found out she has multiple tumors and will need more treatments. This battle will be even harder for her. She will need to fight harder than before. But we have faith, we are praying for her. Yet we can’t help but cry for her and her family not knowing what the outcome will be. Whatever it is, she has inspired and continues to inspire many. Please keep her and her family in your prayers. I am hoping this is the most spectacular birthday ever for her and she enjoys it to no end!!
So, since I was already all nasty and sweaty from my run, I grabbed the lawn mower and did some yard work…as it got hotter…YIKES what was I thinking? I came in cleaned up seasoned a chicken for dinner, hit the shower and made lunch for my boys…now here I am, feeling like I accomplished much and feeling very blessed.
My eating has been pretty good this week. Brent and I had a conversation about not eating enough. He can see that I am not eating enough from my workouts. Between not eating and drinking enough, stress, and the heat I felt weak. After our conversation Wednesday I made a few changes and feel much better. I was looking forward to his beach workout on Saturday knowing that a few of the ladies from our work boot camp would be going. But by Friday night my shins were hurting bad and Brent told me I needed to be resting, icing, and rolling. I woke up Saturday morning and felt a lot better, still in pain, but better. I was still walking pretty funny. As the day went on, and after swimming, for some reason, I was walking normal again and by the time I ran early this morning there was barely any pain. I was so relieved about that. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to do my run this morning.
I’m real excited to track my progress as I prepare for the half marathon. Once Brent gave us the plan I set up a spread sheet to track my times and my weight. A friend of mine, who lost lots of weight, hit a plateau and was struggling. She started training for a triathlon and her body seemed to transform. I’m hoping the running, since it’s something I used to avoid, would do the same for me…I’ll definitely keep you up to date on progress J
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