Just a quick check in here. Scott and Sarah surprised us by hopping a bus home (25 hours, but they are young). I am very excited! I would have taken a personal day had I known this. My joy has been mitigated however, by the fact that I am having a horrible time at work. This too shall pass. Breathe in breathe out. Get that focal point. I love my kids :)

New plan of action: Run 4 1/2 on Friday after the kids leave, no run Saturday...skip church on Sunday and race around the lakes at Notre Dame (5k) with Cheri and Clarissa.

Life is good.

Friday - No run. Took Ken Chinese for lunch. I made some chicken stir fry in my Wok & it turned out pretty good. Sort of an experiment. I have found that I am only able to eat maybe 1/4 cup of brown rice due to it's density. I think that's a good thing. Still ignoring AC (scale). Clothes fitting better anyway.

Saturday - Guys went golfing so my sister Jan and I went shopping for Sunday dinner & etc. I wanted to buy Clarissa a pair of running pants as she is always ripping off my favorite ones. We sort of did a trade, I bought her a pair for Easter and they were mismarked in size which means they fit ME. I promised to buy her another pair, but so far no luck (they were on clearance for $4 or $5)

Anyway, I ended up buying something to wear for Sunburst (also on clearance and dirt cheap!!) I refuse to wear those short shorts. I ain't doin' it. I don't care how stupid I look. Clarissa says she will not be seen in public with me if I wear what I bought. (She also said that about my Notre Dame Hockey T-shirt) She also rolled her eyes into the back of her head when I showed her what I was wearing. I don't care :)

Oh, and the point of all that was that I skipped my long run & put it off to Sunday. Now I really had plenty of rest since my last.
We ran 6 miles as follows:

1 - 11:30 (need to slow down a little)
2 - 13:30 (that's better..)
3 - 14:30 (this feels too slow...pick it up)
4 - 12:45 (perfect)
5 - 12:45 (keeping up a conversation with Clarissa)
6 - 11:30 ( still felt so good, had to pick it up)

Total time 1 hr. 16 min & 30 sec. averarge pace 12:45. A little faster than I should have been doing, but still plenty slow!

Cheri was with us and took a wrong turn. She ended up with 5 miles & going up a fairly brutal hill because of it. There is really nowhere decent to run around here without any hills.

Tonight I am going to run 2 easy miles and maybe walk a couple more. I have 2 different races that I am eyeing up for next weekend. Hopefully that works out.

Wednesday night Cheri and I set out to run 4 miles at a comfortable pace. I started out ok, but it was extremely hot and I started to lose steam after the 1st mile or so. I think I ran about 3 - 3 1/2 miles, but it was slow. I also was having trouble with naseua & dizziness. We cut the whole thing short and I just chalked it up to the hot weather & possibly food I ate for lunch.

Thursday I had Confirmation class at church. One class left for this year (yippee). We took the kids out for recess & played frozen tag, or freeze tag & I was "it" I haven't had that much fun for quite awhile. I was laughing so hard, they were all trying to avoid me by climbing the big toy...little did they know that I am queen of the monkeys. lol. What a hoot.

I had to post this today, before I forget. Last night I ran the track. I did four 1/2 miles & my times were as follows. (I am freakishly slow, so just live with it). 5:10, 5:06, 5:04 & 4:53. I did 1/4 mile recoveries at an extremely slow pace. I am excited though as I figured I would be running them at around 5:30 or so!

4/12 through 4/17

Wed - Clarissa, Cheri and I ran 2 miles. 12:00 pace.
Thurs. Maundy Thursday church service.
Friday - Good Friday. Took Ken Chinese @ lunch & we ate outside. Nice.
Saturday - Cheri and I ran 6 miles @ the Niles River Walk. 13:50 pace. Clarissa ran in town by herself & someone ran her off the road & she fell. Not nice.
Sunday - Easter. Church & family activities. Scott called. I miss him immensely.
Monday - Clarissa, Cheri & I ran to Broceus and back. 4 miles. 14:20 pace.
Not a great day at work yesterday...at least the end..but turned out ok. Ran off anger.

Life is good.

Last night Clarissa and I ran 4 miles at an easy pace. I was fairly tired. I think the stupid time change is finally catching up with me! Met Ken for lunch & then sat in the hot tub @ Megan's. Had a glass of wine from Lemon Creek. I can't remember what it was, Joe told me...but I forgot. It certainly was good! Went to bed 11ish & did not feel like getting up at 5:30 this morning. Ack!!!!! Oh and Megan gave me this cool lawn mower that doesn't have a motor. It just has blades & uses only "human fuel" I'm thinking maybe that will give me a good workout this summer. Oh & BTW...we are playing a game at work. Everyone put in $5 (14 people) and the person who loses the biggest % of weight by May 1st wins the whole pot. Well, there is this person who is cheating & that just torques me off in the biggest way. I am going to find a way to make sure this person doesn't win. I HATE cheating! I still have not weighed in again. I should weigh myself at least once before May, but I don't know...I am afraid I won't have lost anything & that could depress me enough to trigger some sort of eating disorder. I never promised I was normal!!

Life is Good!

Last night Cheri and I ran close to 4 miles at a relatively slow pace. Cleaned the Communion ware silver @ church w/Jan & Carol. That was alot of fun. Watched 24 with Clarissa and Ryan. I kept calorie count around 1200 and plan to do so for the rest of the week. Last week it stayed between 1600-1800, which is ok. Time to kick it up a notch here and lose some weight. I suppose it may help if I actually weighed myself :P Yeah, right. I did weigh in the Friday before break, but am once again ignoring AC.

Life is good!

Wow....whew. Back to work kickin' and screamin' after 9 glorious and wonderful days of NO WORK! I really don't mind my job, but I needed a break!!

Spring break in a nutshell:

Saturday: 4/01/ 06 Slept in & dinked around. Had altar guild at church w/Carol and Jan. Ran 5 miles by myself. Went out to dinner w/Ken.

Sunday: Church. Hosted coffee hour w/family. Walked w/Jan from Weko to Warren Dunes and back. Guys golfed. Clarissa and Ryan left to go to Iowa and Colorado.

Monday: Jan and I went to Chicago on the South Shore Railroad. Train was packed. We later saw on the news that they were hauling 1,000 passengers on a 600 passenger train. Had a great day. Did alot of walking. Went to a presentation at Church...people who had visited the Holy Land last November.

Tuesday: Went to Merriville with Gail. Ignored fact that I am fat and bought clothes anyway. Did no running today. :((

Wednesday: Got my hair cut 'n stuff. I like it. Had a Chiro appt and a massage. Wonderful. Ran 1/2 mile intervals at a slightly faster pace (ha!)

Thursday: Took dad to Notre Dame and the Basillica and walked around one of the lakes, at least 3 miles. Cheri & I ran 3 1/2 easy miles on the Niles Riverwalk & went to Starbucks.

Friday: Went shopping by myself for bedding. Accidentally bought some clothes as well. Cheri and I ran on the track at the high school.

Saturday: Ran by myself around the big circle. Beautiful Day. 5 miles & then went to dinner w/Ken

Sunday: Church. Went to local wineries with Carol, Jan, Megan & Gavin ;) Bought some wine. Had a great day. Went to bed early. Clarissa came home from her trip to Colorado sometime during the night.

Life is good.