Each Day Is a Gift

This morning at Sacrament Mtg. a sister and brother spoke.  Both are leaving for their missions within one week of each other.  Susannah was in my Joy School with my youngest son some 16+ years ago.  She has grown up to be a beautiful, intelligent and spiritual young lady.  She is going to the Baltic States to serve a full time mission.  She will be a fantastic missionary.  Her younger brother, Wesley, was this adorable boy with a low voice.  He has also grown up and still have the same nice voice, in fact, he was my choir president (singing bass) always ready with a weekly witty and funny email to invite ward members to come to choir practice.  He too is smart and spiritual.  He will be a WONDERFUL missionary in Cambodia. 

My choir sang "I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go!", an arrangement by Craig Petrie.  It is a delightful piece with Primary song like accompaniment.  http://www.petriefamily.org/ldsmusic/GoWhereYouWantMe.htm  I LOVE the words of this hymn, especially the last phrase:  "...so trusting my all to Thy tender care, And knowing Thou lovest me,  I WILL do Thy will with a heart sincere; I'll BE what you want ME to be!"

Wonderful ski day with hubby and our son, Bryan, under clear blue sky, calm and temp of 35F.  (High was 19 down in the valley.)  We were first ones there when the lift opened.  My boy encouraged me to "embrace my fear" and ski down Sunshine Bowl via Eagle Express.  It has been years since I skied down that thing because I biffed pretty badly the last time and swore I'd never do that again, I was pretty traumatized.  With no one on the slope, it was a good opportunity to conquer that beast.  So, I did, with trepidation and shaking like a leaf I skied down Sunshine Bowl without falling.  It was not pretty but I did it.  I got that monkey off my back.  I happily skied down another trail that I've never skied before.  It was a great day.  So grateful to spend the day with my family, to enjoy clean air and play in this wonderful winter playground God created for us.

After 6 hours of skiing, hubby wanted to go to the LC and soak in the jacuzzi.  Boy!  the pool was CROWDED!  I swam couple of lengths then joined hubby in the jacuzzi. 

AM:  Went to LC with hubby and Karen.  We were able to have 3 TMs side by side, yay!:)

Warm up 1.5 miles (from 5.5mph to 6.5mph) @2% incline.  

1 mile @ 3% at 6.3mph.  0.5 mi @ 1% at 6.5mph

1 mile @ 4% at 6.3mph.  0.5 mi @ 1% at 6.5mph

1 mile @ 5% at 6.3mph.  0.5 mi @ 0% (from 6.3mph to 8mph)

45 min pool time.

Evening:  Yoga.  I really miss this class.  It was packed tonight, wall to wall.  Too bad I can only come once a month.  

Could not fall asleep to save my life last night...lots to think about I guess!  Drag my tired self out of bed and met Karen at the LC.  Hubby did 1 mi on TM 2 mi on track then waited for us down at the pool. :)

4.25 progressive miles on the TM in 38:30.  Had to get off the TM because the tread class was about to start in 5 min.  One gal put her pass on my TM (when I had been on it for less than 10 min.) so she could reserve it for the class...CRAZY!!!  :)  Oh, I was next to Mia Love, the mayor of Saratoga Spring.  She was very speedy! :)

Finish the run on the track.  3 miles in 24:00. 

45 min pool time... SO tired...SO hungry...I was just floating and gliding along! Hubby was talking to Ms. Cooper (whose cousin manages the pool) who is there regularly.  Turned out we were in the same Stake.  Anyhow, I mentioned that I don't really know how to swim.  She said:  "You could've fooled me!  Every time I saw you; you were swimming pretty good to me!"  She's too kind!  Then hubby and Karen chimed in:  "yeah, she says she doesn't know how to swim...it's like telling us she doesn't know how to run!"  I digress!!!  :)  Seriously, I took 6 beginning lessons for the first time in my life last Sept. (from a 15 yo girl) learning how to float on my back, put my face in the water, breath without swallowing water, kick with a kickboard.  I am just barely swimming across a shallow pool still with fear of drowning.  It is going to take me a long time before I graduate to the regular pool.  :)

Oh...these pix just in...check out our perfect running forms! :) 

1 mile wu.  5 tempo (8:34, 8:27, 8:20, 8:13, 8:00) last 0.5 mi @ 7:30.  No time for cool down.   TT: 53:10 AP: 8:54.

Busy day!  Temple, dentist, visits, etc.  :) 

My first Pack Mtg. went well last night.  5 of my Webelos received their Arrow of Light.  It was an awesome ceremony.  Huge support from parents and families! :)

Karen and I drove all the way to the Olympic Oval, only to find out that the track was closed because of some ice-skating event.  What a bummer!  We called to see if the BYU indoor track was opened for general public, nope.  We would've driven up to Park City if we were dressed for outdoor running.  Strike out, so we drove back home to the LC.  The round trip drive took over an hour because of the foggy/icy condition!  Grrrggghhh!!! :/

All the mills were taken because the tread class has just started.  So we ran on the track for 48 laps (6 miles).  Then we drank, gu'd and got on the tm for an hour (6.5 miles).  If it weren't for Karen's company, I would've quit after 10 min.  That machine is sheer torture.  Finished the run on the track for 3 more miles.  What a drag!!!!  I sure hope this icky inversion goes away soon! 

Hurried home to shower, grab a bite and head to a very important meeting!  :)

Lots of talking, laughing, crying, planning, discussions, contemplating = very little sleep.  Finally got out to the LC.  Ran 3.5 miles.  Swam 30 min.  Relaxed in the jacuzzi.  May be we'll go out to movie and dinner! :)   Happy weekend all.  Hope the inversion goes away soon! :)