Motivation!

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This sums up the 6.3miles I ran yesterday! (minus the rude person who honked at me when I was in the grass running and not on the road in their way!)

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Now this is how I felt this morning at the gym when my body was so sore from the run and I was at the gym trying my hardest to workout!

QOTD: how do you feel the day after a hard run? 

Have you ever got a mean honk form someone while out running?

Tid Bits

1. Last week my rabbit got out of her pen and I freaked out. I could not find her and thought she was well…something got her. By the time Bri got home she was in her pen again! So we tried to close up the chicken wire again but she enjoyed being free too much and broke out again. She isn’t going far at all. She is in the garage or the yard somewhere. She can’t really hide in plain sight she is bright white and we have no snow!

Yes I dress each pet on at least one occasion

2. I have woken up with a headache a lot lately. The reason being I am sleeping with my jaw clenched. No clue how to solve that but a bite plate and I don’t want one!

3. This is the last week of our family fitness challenge. I think overall we all kicked butt. All of us got sick at one point during the challenge so we had no days or found something else to do. I can not wait to see everyone’s results!

Motivational Ladies

In the past 8 years I have gone through so much and there have been 3 ladies who have been there the whole time. These three ladies were on my mind as I ran a very tough 6miles today. It reminded me of how hard the 8 years have been and they came to mind to push and cheer me on.

Let's back it up 9 years first to see how it all started. In the fall of 2003 I was on the XC team at the university and was eager for the incoming freshman. I did not have a grande ole time in college and had awful experiences with other girls. I just flat out did not make great friends with the ladies on the team. When Robyn started her freshman year I liked her very much and we got along. I was very busy with my senior year classes with my education degree so I don't exactly remember things outside of work, school and XC competitions. During the indoor season Robyn pointed out her older brother to me at a meet. I said I want to be introduced! Well let's say Bri had eyes on other ladies (we were surrounded by girls in spanks and I was RACEWALKING!). So no reason I didn't stand out. Though in the spring our team traveled to Flordia/Disney to race. I begged I believe to spend the day in Disney with Robyn because her family had come to see her race and Bri was with them. PERFECT! So to sum this all up Robyn introduced me to the best man ever!

 In  December of 2004 I graduated from undergrad school at Mansfield University in PA. I spent the spring subbing and applying to every school I could find an address too. After lots of thinking I decided I needed to go to grad school ASAP. One weekend I was in PA visiting Bri his oldest sister Heather approached me and let me know she was moving back to Williamsport and if I wanted I could move in to her apartment with her while I go to school. At that point I had been applying to grad schools without my parents knowing. I had been accepted to Bloomsburg University about 40mins from Williamsport. I was thrilled that everything was coming together.

Sidenote: I was not telling my parents because I have been tightly attached by the cord for 22 years. I did go to college in PA but always had plans to move back to NY. This plan I was making had no long term view of moving back to NY. I was only going to take the PA test for my degree. I gave my parents a 2weeks notice that I was moving out, I had an apartment, I was accepted to grad school and I got a summer job down there.

I moved down there around May 2005. I moved in with Heather and once again started experiencing all the same things I went through in college. I stink living and dealing with other women. I have major communication issues and just no patience. I just did not know how to talk with people I jsut snapped and snapped. I was the worst roommate. After a few years we moved into a townhouse with Amanda. After a few months I moved out and got my own apartment.

Looking back now and ALL the huge things that went down I would not be where I am without any of those ladies. Robyn was there to get my PA journey started. Heather allowed me to live with her for CHEAP! She also dealt with a 23yr old huge baby. Amanda has been my best friend and always easy to turn to talk about anything. But what they all have in common that they all learned from their amazing parents in their honesty. They always have explained to me that I have a lot of growing to do. I am still learning that. Can I notice now when it is time to talk or walk away and not say anything. Yea but not always but they are always there to run with me to talk it out. Or they know if I am too quiet because I am trying not to get worked up about something.

To my amazing family.....I love you for helping me everyday become a better person. You were in my thoughts up every hill today and I thank you very teaching me everyday.

QOTD: Who would you say has made a huge impact in your life lately? Did they impact your running, school, or life in general?

Playing fetch

So far this holiday weekend I have accomplished a few things. I sent in my info for my passport (going on a girls cruise in June!!) and I have learned that my kitten can play fetch :) Want to see??

Ok so little info first you have to keep watching because she had to go all the way downstairs I guess to retrieve the ball (aka a klondike wrapper).

Tid bits

First off I have stepped back my workouts this week. I was doing double workouts for the past two weeks and this week I have been dragging. I had a great time in the gym and a good run so far this week. Tonight I wanted to run But we got hit by a very slushy mess.

I was so not enjoying the slush that I was in pjs by 4pm and my nose has been buried in the final book of hunger games all evening.

I might still do some thing but for the moment I am having fun playing fetch with my cat! She loves wrappers so I throw it but now she is bringing it back to me. So cute!

Qotd: Burnt out lately? Is the winter weather pushing you inside more than you like?

A money winning Vday

So I went all out this Valentine’s for Bri. I searched ideas from Pinterest and found this idea.

It was fun to make and I shopped for a few days finding the perfect candy!

To make it even more fun for Bri I bought A LOT of lottery tickets and he found them around the house through out the day. I put some with the poster, in the fridge by the milk, on his pillow ( he works nights sleeps all day), then by his plate at dinner and in his car when he left for work tonight So far he has won $29!

 

He did very well this year for me! I found very nice long under wear (hunting gear) that I have been watching to go on sale. They are even pink! He also got me the new Twilight movie, dark chocolate mint cups, and a big bag of skittles.

Another successful Vday…now it is time to spend time with Tony D and gibbs on NCIS.

 

Also I had a great run this afternoon where I finally saw a 7:58 mile split on the last mile of my 3mile run!

Weekend recap

My weekend started off with my run for sherry on Saturday morning and it went well. Short but good.
Then my mom and I hit the mall and did other errands. My dad has Celiac so my mom doesn't get to go to any of her favorite restaurants very much so I took her and my sister to lunch at Olive Garden. I tried something new (out of character for me). It was the Grilled Chicken Alfredo Flatbread from the appetizers.

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Well as I said on Twitter I hit up the show Skippy Jon Jones with my nephew (niece had the stomach flu) and my sisters and my mom.

 It was so cute. There were only 5 cast members and they played more than one part the whole time. They all played both guy and girl parts as well. When I asked Henry what he loved the most he said " My favorite......dancing!" I went into the show thinking it was just a play but it was a MUSICAL! I LOVED it!! Helps that I love Skippy Jon Jones too! I did drive 2.5hours to see it :)

Afterwards we hit up Coolies a cute little sandwich place. Basically a smaller version of Panera Bread. Henry decided to show off all of his faces he can make.

Sunday morning I hit the road quick because we were getting hit by more snow. Lake effect snow is nothing to mess around with. We had already got 2-3 inches Friday-Saturday and it was coming fast off the lake again. I had to travel down this road for over an hour at 35-40 miles per hour when I usually go around 60. It took 45mins longer to get home Ugh.

QOTD: Have you been to a kids play/musical and loved it?? I have been to way too many to count!