making a comeback!

Crazy day today!  After working the nightshift and getting the kids off I layed down but had to be to a meeting back at work around 2 and then back to work at 5:30.  Day sleep isn't the best but knowing that I have a meeting doesn't help, hard to relax and rest...blah, blah, blah!!  I went to my metting hurried home and got my run in.  As I was headed out the door I saw that the ipod was completely dead...hubby used it last, must not know how to turn it off, he just put it on hold.  So solo run, no music, no watch, just me and my thoughts.  Run felt a little hard but I'm attributing that to low sleep, hurrying to get home to go back to work and just feeling rushed even though I felt like I was hardly moving!  Mondays after night shift always tend to feel this way, need to get used to it.  The rest of the week should be a little less rushed and as I taper down should feel pretty good!  Looking forward to the taper and  seeing everone!

So far haven't made it out, not sure if I will? The wind is howling (o.k. just blowing) but it doesn't look fun out there! We have a lot going on tonight and so I'm going to try and sneek in some treadmill time! (That never goes to great so we'll see!)

I'm kinda wondering what I have gotten myself in for this weekend.... It's not that I don't think that I can do it and I'm truely not too concerned with the time. So I'm not sure why I feel a little nervous about the whole thing, but I'm starting to feel that way! I also should be eating better than ever this week and last and the one before that....but all I seem to want to put in my mouth is junk? Is this the way pre-race jitters (not that I'm racing anyone) or am I just crazy?

Two painful miles on the treadmill, found old Sawyer Brown CD, I know how some of you feel about country music, but "The race is on", "Step that Step" and some other great songs they sing were the ticket to get me through! I should put them on my ipod, they could be great outside! Now the "Race is on" to shower, make dinner, get to a youth activity and my daughters basketball game and then maybe two more miles tonight if I'm not too tired!

I think the treadmill chewed me up and spit me out today! I think that if I could run 10 miles on the treadmill, I could run a marathon! (Not that I'm going to try either anytime soon.) I feel like I should have gone more with the lacking miles yesterday, but since I was sentenced to the treadmill (again) I did the bare minimum. I hope that I'm not messing with how things will turn out this weekend by being so sloppy this week! It has just been sooo darn cold today I waited to see if it would warm up and it's still below 20 degrees, when I took my daughter to school this morning it was 8. This is where I draw the line between running and freezing and I prefer not to freeze! (yes, I am just a little whimpy, and I am totally o.k. with that!)

Well, looks like I'm gonna sit this one out too.  My daughter got sick Wed. night and I took her to Primary Childrens on Thurs.  After 8.5 hours in the ER they decided to keep us and they will be doing surgery today.  They don't know for sure what they will find till they get in there, but it could be real simple or quite complicated so I don't know how long we will be here.  By some stroke of a small miracle and we are able to leave tonight I guess I could get down there, but I doubt it and if I did, with the last two nights sleep, it doesn't say good things for the outcome!  Good Luck to everyone running and I'll be looking for those reports!!!!

Well, my daughter got through her surgery great, my huband brought me clothes,the computer a comb and a few other personal items to make my stay more comfortable. So now we are just "hang'n" here at the hospital and probably will be untill Monday. My husband did bring me my running clothes, so if things go well through the night and things aren't too stressfull in the morning (she has to have the wound/incision in her abd. packed in the a.m. that could be a little painful) I think that I might try for a little run. Can't have you all out racing your hearts out and me just sittling around! Like I have for the last 2 days and look forward to dong the next two days.

Thanks to all of you for your kind words, thoughts and prayers! So far so good! A few more days and we should be out of the tough spots, but we will have to do another surgery in a month or so. This kids a real trooper and also has had her fair share of surgeries before so she is rather experienced with the whole thing!

Well I'll be waiting patiently for the reports so I hope you all go and ROCK N' ROLL through PAINTERS!!! GO FBR RUNNERS!!!!

I entered the above last night, must have my days mixed up... Did manage to get out for a little run this A.M. I had no idea where to go so I just headed out randomly. Biffed it real good about three blocks into my run trying to stay off the busy roads and steep grass that bordered it, and decided I had better find a road with sidewalks. I headed up hill into the research park area around the UofU...not the best running spot but because it is Sat. all of the parking lots were pretty much empty and I just went randomly around from one to another. Not as long as I had hoped (needed another 10 miles to make the scheduled distance for the day...) But felt good to get out of that small liittle room and that was what I needed. Wished that I would have done more, but when I got back the MD was ready to do dressing changes and pack my daughters abd. wound so it worked out that I got back just in time! Hope the half went well, I'll just sit here and wait patiently to hear the outcome!!!