April Afternoon at Grandma's

Well, it’s a lazy Sunday morning in April, and would you believe it – we got about 8 inches of snow last night! Mark and I came down to Worthington yesterday afternoon, met up with Jamie and Heather at McDonald’s for an ice cream cone and visited a while. After McDonald’s, we went to Grandma’s to visit for the afternoon, and after a couple hours visiting, took a much-needed nap! We met up with friends at Ground Round around 7pm to celebrate Jed’s 30th birthday! It was pretty slushy outside, since there was already about 3-4 inches on the ground by then. We stopped at Jamie’s house for a little while and watched the end of ‘Fargo’, and then some other nonsense on TV before heading for Grandma’s for the night. We woke up early to the smell of coffee and muffins, so we came up and visited with Grandma for a while before Jess called and told us church had been cancelled. We’re now sitting around visiting some more before Kent and Pam and the kids, and Curt and Nancy join us for lunch (which is smelling entirely way too good right now!)

We’ve been enjoying looking at pictures on the computer of Dusty and Becka’s little Chloe Joy. Grandma is so amazed at the technology and the ability to see these pictures so soon after she was born. Now just to get Grandma set up on Facebook lol That will be the day, right? :)

Well, I’d better get back to the visiting :)

First Casualty of Exercise

Well, I just got back from my 3rd outside run of 2009, and while it felt SOOOOOOOO fantastic (in spite of how groggy I've been all evening thus far), I just found that I've experienced the first casualty of exercise. While in the process of breaking in my new shoes, I've managed to bloody my heel. Strangely enough, I didn't really feel it rubbing so much, so when I took my shoe off and saw the blood all over, I was shocked!

Anyways, I guess it kinda feels good to know I'm a hard-core runner?! lol

I am at about my halfway mark on my training schedule for my 8 miler on September 12. This Sunday is my last Sunday at 4 miles before moving up to 4.5.


My training is going pretty well, although I definitely have those days where I don't know how I do it. I sometimes hear people say things like, "Wow - I wish I was a runner!" or "I wish I loved to exercise like you do", but the reality is...it's NOT that fun for me, and I really don't enjoy it all that much. BUT...I know I need it, and I know how it makes me feel afterward, and to me, that's all worth it! It certainly isn't going to get any easier the older I get, and I know that if I want to reach my goals, I've got to work at them now.

I just want to encourage anyone out there who feels discouraged. Believe me - I've been there! 3 months ago, I thought I was going to DIE running even half a mile at 6.0 on the treadmill. But you get past that, and if you continue to work at it, it DOES get easier.

That's all for now! Take care!!