Just for Fun

12 minutes on the elliptical. Jackie wasn't supposed to be home until tonight, but she called me this morning to let me know that she got home last night. It was so cold this morning that I didn't go over there until almost 10:00. And it was still really cold in the sun room! Our house is still cold and it's 1:30.

I ran on the elliptical in the morning. Simeon was kind of grumpy so I only did 7 minutes. It's okay because I was feeling kind of tired anyway :)

BTW, Seth is coming home at 6:00 every night this week because he has his end of block competency exams next week. We barely have time to eat before Simeon goes to bed so we are having to take a break from our evening runs. 

I have a sad story to tell. A year ago, Seth and I were in Colorado visiting my parents. My license was about to expire so we went to the DMV to get a new one. It was two weeks before my 21st birthday, so they wouldn't renew it. I couldn't have an over 21 license because I was two weeks away from turning 21. So I had to get an out of state extension on my license. Well that extension just expired. So last week Seth and I were at the DMV to renew the registration on our car. I wanted to get my a new license that day but I didn't have my social security card with me. They told me to bring my social security card and two proofs of residency back. Yesterday I did that and I found out that anyone who is under 25 and is getting a first time New Mexico license has to take a DUI awareness course first. So now I don't have a driver's license and don't know how long it will be before I can get one since I have to sign up for the class, take it, wait for them to mail me a certificate, then take that certificate to the DMV. Needless to say, I'm feeling a bit frustrated. 

Anyway, it means that I no longer drive Seth to the train, which means I can't drive to his parents' house either. Today, they picked me up on their way home from the temple and then took me home again afterwards. I ran on the elliptical. Tomorrow I will probably run outside with the stroller before it gets too warm. Anyway, I was really excited for Jackie to be home because I like going over there in the mornings. But now it will be a while before I can do that regularly again. 

I went running with the snortums in the stroller today. He always likes that. He holds perfectly still with his fat little chin resting on his chest and his eyes as bit as dinner plates. He's so cute. 

Anyway, I was feeling a bit sluggish today. When I started running my first thought was that my legs felt like they had 50 pound weights strapped to them. When I finished running, my legs felt kind of jello-like and my arms could have sworn that Simeon weighed 30 pounds rather than 13 or 14.

Still, my total time was 15:21. I didn't look at the watch after I walked the .2 but usually my total time is around 14 or 14:30 so that isn't too bad. I expected worse. Especially since my other times were without the stroller.

Seth took care of Simeon so I could run on my own this morning. It's always a little bit nice to be able to do that. I decided to run my usual loop backwards for a change in. I got to see a bit more of the yards on the other side of the street :) Also, I was surprised at how quickly I got to different mile-stones. It seemed to go a lot faster (though my time was about the same, 14:36 total). Anyway, I didn't really feel like going out this morning, but after I did I felt better and was glad that I had gone.