Life is Good

I didn't get much sleep last night.  Someone, who shall remain name less but is roughly 27" tall and weighs approximently 17 pounds, woke up at 11:53pm and cried for 20 before I decided to go get her.  (she usually goes back to sleep).  I rocked her back to being calm (which was nice because I got to snuggle with her, and those momments are far in between since she has been able to move) and then put her back into bed.  Then she decided to cry for an additional hour before she ended up in mom and dad's bed.  Yep... I was a sucker.  So when the alarm clock went off this morning, I reset it for 5:30am and caught an additional hour of sleep.  :o).  I figure I'll take Melanie for a run this afternoon. 

The whole point of that story was to make sure someone kicked my rear if I didn't go for a run this afternoon!

*** Well, I'm happy to report that Melanie and I did get out this afternoon and did 6 miles.  I did all the work though.  She just sat there and looked cute! :o)

Ran home from the Scout Board of Reviews.  There were a lot of strange people out, and I felt slightly uncomfortable, so I cut it a little short. 

Good morning!  It is beautiful out today.  I was watching the news this morning though, and they predict it will be in the 90's this weekend.  So much for my beautiful weather.  I hope that means my friends in Utah will have some good weather though. :o)

I almost didn't get up this morning.  I could have used the cute baby up at midnight excuse again, but I decided that would be lame to pull that twice in one week.  Plus, in a way, it was my fault she was up at midnight.  So, instead I decided to get out of my bed and hit the pavement.  I did 5 miles because of time.  When I told my husband I ran 5 miles he said I'm getting faster.  That made me feel good. :o)

I'm slightly concerned that I'm not eating enough to compensate for my running and for nursing (I'm still nursing my little girl and plan to for another 2 months).  Anyone have any advice as to how much of what I should be eating.  I think I've lost too much weight too fast.  If I weren't nursing, I wouldn't be complaining... but I'm concerned about Melanie.

I woke up with an aweful pain in my calf.  It feels like it's tight, not like I pulled anything.  I think I'll run this afternoon (after work).  I'm hoping that all the walking around I do at work will help loosen it up.  Does this happen to anyone else?  What do you do?

Brandon was a sweetheart last night and rubbed my calves.  He must not have been as hard as I thought he would be because I feel asleep :o).  This morning they felt much better.  They are still a little swore, but nothing like yesterday.  Thank you everyone for all your advice.  I'll have to do some of the exercizes that everyone reccomended yesterday to help prevent further pain.

This morning I hit the pavement and went 7.25 miles.  The first 1/2 mile was very awkward.  I don't know why, but I felt like my stride was not right.  After that 1/2 mile it felt great.  Brandon says I'm getting faster.  I'm still slower than most of the other people on this blog, but I ran my 7.25 miles at a 9:30 min/mile pace.  He is so sweet for telling me that I'm getting faster.  It made me feel like I was accomplishing something.

Okay, quick story:

While we were visiting my dad, Melanie was playing with this blocks.  My dad decided to take a nap on the living room floor.  He was sawing some serious logs and scared Melanie.  Melanie decided to investigate the noise, and crawled up to my dad.  She looked at him, looked at Brandon, looked around, and then looked back to her Grandpa.  It looked like she was going to claw his face or something.  Then all the sudden she pulls out a block that apparently she had carried over with her, and shoves it in Grandpa's mouth.  Smart girl, she stopped the scary noise instantly. LOL

I ran an awesome 10 miles this morning with my friends Bethany and Lybi (http://lybi.fastrunningblog.com/).  It was awesome because it didn't feel like 10 miles.  It was extremely comfortable and seemed to fly by.  It was definitely a lot of fun.  Now I understand why everyone runs in groups.  :o)  I can't wait until we do it again.  Those girls are great!!!  And even better... we are running in the Ragnar together, so our van is going to rock!

I hope everyone is having a great Saturday!  I know I am :o)