When it rains it pours

What else will go wrong? I spent extra money we had on stupid running clothes. Since then....
1. the brakes on my car are shot $200+ to fix
2. Oven broke..need to eat and cook x-mas eve meal $229.00 to replace part.
3. hubby's vehicle broke down yesterday. $500+ to fix?
4. Lumber for laundry room $200 ?
5. Absolutely crappy worst birthday meal ever $100 (this is before all the above happened)
6. Christmas is coming....there is no mysterious money tree...I abhore using credit.

This crap happens every fucking year. I'm so sick of it. I might just close a 401k/IRA plan that has minimum money in it. I know it's stupid with all the taxes, fines, fees etc...but I'm so (&^%#%*^##^&$#&(% sick of this shit. I'm also getting pissed that we have to buy my husband's aunt a Christmas gift every year. One year I bought her slippers which she didn't like, the next year a beautiful x-mas tree ball, the next we took her out to the art museum and lunch ($75+) and last year we were going to do the same, but as of yet we haven't gotton around to it b/c we are too busy and the $$ is not there. Why can't she just NOT give us a box of chocolate and we NOT get her a gift. If I were 80 something I would not want a gift. I might just get a $10 certificate to a restaurant or something. I think I'm more pissed that I have to buy her something. I don't even want a Christmas gift. Hubby and I buy each other token things, b/c x-mas is for the kids, not us.

The scale says 148. That really get's me going too. So I ate crappy for two days. If I eat veggies, fruit and whole wheat shit for 2 days does the scale drop 3 pounds??? No of course fucking not. It's probably just water weight. I'm still pissed about it.

The gym sucked today too. The elipticals I like were taken so I did hiit on the treadmill. My shins are still in some pain or something. First I ended up quitting on minute 17 and then...I wore a bra to work on the elipitcal and not a run bra, so my boobs were all over the place. I might have two black eyes at the moment. I skipped core, arms and hamstring work also.

Work is a bear, as is home life. The state is having a psychologist come to our house to access the baby. It's probably just a phase, but maybe she can give us some pointers. Yelling, crying, timeout, room out, do NOT work. I have no idea what to do. I hope speech therapy helps. At least the representative saw a tantrum from him yesterday. I did take him to the mall to pay a bill and he was great. Just loving the whole stroller ride around the stores. Of course when we get home he gets pissed off and throws a fire truck at my head, then kicks my shins...I must say the kid has a strong arm and good aim. Maybe there is a baseball scholarship in this.

As I was saying

XC add's 3-5 minutes onto your time. I finished in 27 something minutes. This is the hardest xc course in our state. At the end, I ran through the shoot and layed on my back. So not what you are suppose to do at the end of a race. I placed 15th in the Women's Masters (yes a whole new age group) and 50 something overall. My husband said I slowed at the finish line and I need to run through the line. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Some chick who got tripped up by a loose dog in the woods (that sucked) and me were trading spots the whole race. Her stupid husband yelled for her to go faster at the end .... I didn't even know she was about to pass me. Her loss...sorry lady I'm to competitive for that crap when I have .05 tenths to go.

Race musings:

It's 30 degrees and windy....what in the hell makes you wear a tight tank shirt w/all your skin hang out and look around at the rest of us and act surprised that all of us have our turtlenecks or jackets on. You are crazy.

Some people are really, really into racing. They had the special xc sneakers, spikes on their shoes. (people my age, not the highschoolers and collegiate crew) One lady (Master class) actually ran the race and later I saw her and another group go out for a run. Nuts I say.

How the heck did a 60 year old lady beat me? I'm sure there is some 20 year old asking the same thing out there.

I absolutely hate walkers. If you are behind me and walking, fine. But if you are in front of me I don't want to see your fat ass walking on the course. And I'm going to be really pissed I catch you walking 2x and you beat me.

Ok I carbo-loaded after the race and drank real coke. Can that really put three (3) lbs on? I'm not even getting on the scale this morning since I'm still eating like a pig.

When the one girl got tripped up by the dog, I kept running. I did ask if she was ok, but I don't know....should I have stopped and helped her up? Probably...I guess some bad karma is coming my way.

No more races until the 1/2 marathon. I would love to run long today (the one good thing about xc is that there is no pain the next day no matter how hard you ran) but hubby is doing carpentry work and spent hours at the race supporting me yesterday. Maybe I can get some kind of long run in tomorrow.

The Good, The Bad and What the________

The good!

Stomach - it's getting flatter
Workout - I've realized I have to extend the gym cardio from 20 min to 30. I about died on the eliptical Wednesday. I also got a 5 mile semi-hill run in on Thursday. Total workout for this week will be either 5 or 6. Depending if I can get an easy xc run in today.
Mr. Mike - My daughter's swim coach and my (i like to think this) personal physical therapist. He gave me some muscles lessons on Wednesday and some new stretches to help out my knee problems. Also just by looking at me standing he can tell I'm an overprontator. (maybe that belongs in bad)
I made it to 40.

The Bad!

Stomach - it's very, uh, wrinkly. Gross.
Toddler - At the turkey day dinner he cried for 90 minutes straight. Relatives were wondering if maybe we should take him to the emergency room. Will demand a full blood workup from his doctor on Monday. The state is coming to our home Monday for speech evaluation #2. Will mention Autism symptoms. It is technically to eary to diagnos this disorder, but something is just not right with him. I've been realizing this more and more everyday. I hope I'm overreacting (as usual). The internet doesn't help me feel better (don't google signs and symptons of whatever....you will have it)
Race - My niece told me the names of the "killer hills" I will encounter. I've deleted them from memory. Added time from road to xc is 3-5 minutes.
ugh, I'm 40.

What the ______?

Ok I swear like a truck driver, construction worker, Philadelphia Eagles Fan, whatever...I think I have been trying to stop and say "what the.......and think the rest of the word (usually Fuck) Well now my kids will come into a room and maybe the baby has destroyed the room 2 minutes prior and they will say "what the?" It's always "what the" "what the" We could be driving and get a red light and the boy will say "what the!" (well it's better than "Jesus Christ another red light")

wtf I'm really 40?

HOLY HIIT AND JESUS CHRIST

Went to the gym to do the same old hiit routine. Went nuts and added 2 min to my ususal 20. Then about 1/4 of the way into it I decided to spice things up and add the incline to the mix. Hence Holy hiit! What a workout. I had the incline up to 2 on a 9.2 run and something had to give, so I dropped the incline to 1.5 and later to 1. I found my new workout. I just need to decide how I want to "work" it. Drop my speed and increase the incline/add incline in the latter part of the workout or just tough the whole thing out. I was planning on adding incline running to the mix when the snow starts hitting the streets and I can't get any outside running in. This is something I am so not looking forward to.

Well I am not hurting my daughter by skipping church every once in awhile. She told me yesterday that they had to go around in class and say what they are thankful for and she said "air, God and Jesus Christ". Did I mention that she goes to public school? She seems to really get into the Jesus thing. I was that way as a kid too. Taught the neigbor kid next door the "Hail Mary" prayer. What a weirdo I was.

I'm feeling a little better about the xc race. I can't locate last years times, but I don't think I will be last. I found pic's from last years race and the IPOD is definately out. Very uncool to run in nature and listening to 'Lil Jon or AC/DC. I downloaded a new song for my IPOD called "Space for Papa" which is some Ironman song...anyhow when I first listened to it on my run (at the beginning of a run) I thought this song SUCKS! All the other bloggers loved it and raved about it. I kept thinking that they were a bunch of freaks for running to it . Anyhow, now that the song pops up in the middle of a run, or like today when I was doing some arm work at the gym, it's actually growing on me. So I take the freak comment back. The song can't get me going in the beginning of a run or w/o, but in the middle it actually works.

Memories with Mom & an awesome run

I wonder what good memories my daughter will have of me. Today my husband had to stay home with the littlest one so I took the other two to church. Usually one goes to Sunday school while me and the other go to Mass. The last time my hubby had to stay home my daughter "j" and I skipped Mass and went to the coffee shop for a muffin, hot chocolate and coffee. Today she asked if we could do it again. So I dropped "t" off, lied to the nun that we were going to Mass and they we sneaked and ran to the car ("RUN NOW") so the Sister wouldn't see us. Then we had an excursion to Trader Joe's, and Dunkin Donuts. On the way back she told me how much she loved skipping church. What a role model I turned out to be. I wouldn't "cut" church if they got some good and/or younger priests and the whole sicko priest scandal is really pissing me off. (for about 3 years now) I could post on and on about the this, but that's just to deep.


I ran (alone) 7.24 miles in 1 hr 7 min. 1st mile 9.05 and 6 to 7 mile in 9.45 min. Getting them a little bit more even. Did the killer hill routine. Loved it! No pain and no walking to speak of. Then again I popped two (2) Ibuprofen before the run. Checked the label and I was only suppose to do one. Oh well. I also did a trail run on Saturday with my running partner. Actually it was more of a fat burning run b/c we ran it pretty slow and easy. I do love how hard xc is. My partner liked it also. Told me how much harder it was, but easier on the 'ole legs. While skipping church I drove by the xc course I'm competing on Saturday. Some chick was booking up the hill, basically she's going to kick my ass. I'm obsessed about doing shitty at this race. If it were a regular 5k road race I wouldn't care about it. I wish I had more time to run the trail the race is on or just practice trail running in general. That whole week I was sick really messed up my schedule.

Oh the 5 year old b-day party turned out great. Those little boys crack me up. There was a lull in the party so I had T open his gifts. There were enough power rangers to go around and the kids were loving life. Actually a boy party is easier than a girl party.

On the road again

I got my road run in yesterday. Not bad. It was an "old fashioned" run. I did my original 5 mile route. I got to try out my winter running gear also. The weather man said it felt like 27 degrees right before I went out. The gear worked out perfectly. Later in the winter I might have to get a second layer of pants on my legs though. After an hour out there my legs were a lovely shade of pink. I did have some behind the knee issues. What is that muscle/cartlidge behind the knee? Is it the patella? Well it hurt like crazy 3 miles into to run. I guess I need to hit the Alleve bottle before I go on these runs. Probably should add some new stretches also. I did a fair amount of waking between mile 4 and 5. That pisses me off, but the leg was hurting to much. I know not to push through pain anymore. Screw my favorite quote.

I am in no way ready for the XC race next week. My friend and I are running XC tomorrow, but it will be a slow run b/c she has never run xc and hasn't been running in about 3 weeks. Sunday I plan on doing a 5 mile run with my 1/2 marathon partner (again slow run) b/c she isn't used to such a "long" run. Next week looks like a lot of treadmill running. Which I abhor. I'm so bored after 20 minutes on the 'mill.

I've started to visualize my 1/2 marathon. My goal is to run 10 miles at around a 9-10 minute pace and do the last 5k at race speed. I don't want to be tired at the end (like the last 5k) where people are picking me off, I want to have the last bit of energy and speed to really get going at the end. This is something I really need to work at. Even on the run yesterday I went off good, 9 minute first mile, then 8 minute second mile and 10 min third mile...(30 seconds of that was waiting to cross the road) I have no idea why my second mile is always so fast. I have a hard time keeping the pace even sometimes. Usually after mile 3 everything rounds out to 10 min miles. Which isn't to shabby considering the hills I try to train on. Another goal I have is to start dropping this weight. Obviously I'm not getting down to 135 for my 40th. I did not take into account that I was quitting smoking in October. I had orginally planned to do it on November 26th. I think most of the "bad not smoking eating" is over. All in all I put on 6lbs in less than 2 months from dropping a death habit. I think I may have erased 2+ of that poundage. I would love to lose another 10lbs before the 1/2 in March.

Hope everyone has a great (warm) weekend.

Finally

It's about time. I finally got to the gym to exercise. I skipped my usual hamstring workout and went right to HIIT on the treadmill. Sweated my ass off for 20 minutes. So sweet. I did a ton of core and just worked my triceps. My cold is getting better. The sore throat is gone and so is much of the snot and congestion. I actually slept Monday night/Tuesday morning w/out waking up and sleeping in a sitting position so I could breathe. I'm reading for a good run on Thursday. I have been noticing more runners on my long/hill route lately. It is interesting that these people are also risking their life and limb by crossing over the highway construction from hell. I actually dropped the first 1.5 miles off my route b/c I thought I was the only crazy runner in my town. Now there are two others. This is good b/c it keeps me up to 7 miles not 5 miles.

I decided that I love the show Medium. I really truly relate to the main character. We both have 3 kids, the older two kids fight all the time, (over the dumbest stuff) our mornings are totally crazy, the house is usually in some disorganized/organized mess, husbands are good helpers and half the time I need a beer to relax. Other than that she has a cool job (psyhic) I have a totally boring job (acct) Her husband has a greatl job (math nerd/rocket scientist) My husband works for a company that probably makes parts that are on a rocket. Sometimes I think I need validation from the TV that I'm not losing it in suburbia. My neighbor informed me today that painted paneling is so 70's and should be ripped down and drywalled. OK, thanks so much for putting me down. My paneling isn't even painted (not allowed to) and I'm not THAT discusted by it. Let me tell you 1970 will come back in style before I die. So there. Dick. (i hate people that always get their digs in you somehow, someway) There are about 10 nasty things on the tip of my tongue....he's lucky (or I am) that pms has passed. I just have to think of my 2 SIL homes that are worth (one in the millions and the other about a million) that have painted and unpainted paneling in them. Houses that aren't being remodeled/redecorated/repainted every year. Houses that are lived in and not immaculate. Houses that feel like home, not a pottery barn/ethan allen/company store/whatever catolog. I would like a maid though. My SIL have that. Soon I will have 3 maids working for me. Three (3) maids that fight and bitch that it's not fair that they have to clean the house.

On another speech impediment note: I got home yesterday and my father told me I needed to work on T's x's. Why I asked. My father asked T to say "fox". Nice and loud T looked at me and said "FUCK". Great....will have to ask the speech therapist how to fix that one.

Screw my cold. I am drowning it in liquids and I'm exercising at the gym tomorrow. If it's not raining on Thursday I am going for a long ass run too. Fuck it. My muscle is turning into fat and I'm adding new fat by my scales estimate. I'm about to explode. Either I run or go to the store and buy some smokes. The latter is not an option.

I went and did the University running study. It is actually a preliminary to the "real" study. I will probably qualify. I'm not sure if I can do it though. It's treadmill running 3x a week for 4 weeks. I have my family and job to consider first...then my 1/2 marathon training also. It's a good study about stress fractures though......well see.

I'm starting to get my winter running clothes. I got my wicky turtleneck today. I might add the jacket this weekend. This stuff gets expensive. I'm going to end up doing wash everytime I run.

I have to plan a 5 year old boy's b-day party this weekend. I have no idea what I am going to do with 7 boys in my house. (it'll probably rain) I'm getting a pinata, musical chairs, but that'll take about 7 minutes, pizza will be 4 minutes, 2 min for the cake..that leaves me 90 more minutes to fill. Let's hope google can help me.

Why?

I am going to kill my husband.

Everyone that owns a table saw in my neighborhood is not home. "Mr. so no a carpenter" decides to use a circular saw and a piece of wood to "trim the doors". Needless to say he trimmed right into the middle of the door. I am so fucking mad right now that if I were not sick I could run 10 miles in about 1 hour.

We are going to end up having those stupid curtains up that people use when they don't have closet/cabinet doors.

I will keep the unhandywork updated. Pictures to follow if it can get any worse.

Why the fuck didn't I just paint over the hardware for the 21st time. Why, why, why??????

Real life is not like HGTV

I love HGTV. I can watch that channel all day. Any home improvement show...I have seen it. I decided to redo my laundry room this weekend. All that needed to be done was: rip out bad wainscoting, paint walls, ceiling, remove cabinet doors, paint them, rehang them and put up new wainscoting and some trim. So far I've painted the ceiling, walls, ripped out old wainscoting and trim, remove/paint cabinet doors. So good so far. Went to hang the cabinet doors with new hardware (that hasn't been painted over 20 times) and is the same hardware as before (or so I thought) A one hour job is now on working hour #9. So now I'm waiting for my husband to shave the doors down so they fit. He was going to do it last night, but......Today he decides he wants to put up wainscoting behind the dryer.....what about my doors. I stopped him in his tracks and had him put the dryer back b/c I don't have chair rail. I want my doors back now. Not in 6 years. (i'm not exaggerating)

On the exericse front. I haven't run since the last 5k. I'm still sick. I have to drive to the University tomorrow and complete a running study for distance runners. Yes I'm the distance runner that ran 3.1 miles in 7 days. I haven't had such low mileage since May? I am feeling a bit better. No weight loss b/c of all the orange juice and the "starve a fever, feed a cold" adage. I did get my cycle....thank God! I need to jump start my exercise next week. How long can this fucking cold last? I can feel my muscle turning to fat, hence the no change in scale weight.

Oh, and I love Trader Joe's. I had the best apple ever yesterday. I'm driving 10 miles tomorrow to get about 20 more.

Ugh. I have not run since the race on Sunday. My shins are completely healed (yeah!), but I've got the worst head cold. I was tempted to run yesterday (my day off) but thought better of it. I'm definately going out Saturday morning for a long run or xc run. I feel so fucking flabby now. If I get out tomorrow I get my min 3x exercise in for the week.

The race is on for bra top running!!! This will get me motivated. I'm sure my mid-section is far worse than Jennifer P's b/c: three kids, three c-sections, discusuting apple shape, etc... But I am game. I've posted some scary stomach shots in the past, I will have to look those up. I need to post that race shot also....get this, my stomach is hanging out!! WTF, I canNOT win! I need to get that damn exercise ball. I forget everytime I go to Target to pick up that thing. I also need to get winter, wicky, running clothing or I won't be running much.

Absolutely boring post. I'm always blogging in my head during the day: (e.g. was going to write about the following: the racist, rush limbaugh loving, ignoramous that was my shuttle ride the other day, general bitching about my father painting all the hardware when he paints trim, hope my husbands vasectemy is still working, snoring, the show Lost, slow drivers, jealousy of people running when I am driving, cyclists and general assholes. Maybe when my head clears up I will touch on these subjects.

Great weekend everyone.

My shins, my achy shins

They HURT. I rested Monday. Tuesday I went to the gym and went to do sprints on the treadmill (b/c the earliest I can get a run in is Saturday). I stretched and after 2 minutes running at 7.5 I thought I was going to crash to the floor. Usually I can run on the 'mill in some degree of pain, but this was the worst it has ever been. I jumped off and did a decent elipitcal workout at level 7. I was rubbing lotion on my legs and that hurt.

Food is ok. Still eating junk here and there. I forgot my low-cal snack Tuesday so I got my hands on some leftover Halloween candy. I think the chocolate is all gone now.

My 5k running partners and I have taken a vote and we will only run 5k's that have a bar attached to them. (husbands will take us and drop us off to these races) I told them how crappy the breast cancer one was. ("uh, excuse me do you have any water I can drink or should I dehyrdate right here?") The bar races have awesome food, and of course alcohol. It's nice hanging out with the girls and getting a little buzz and some breakfast together. I sound like an alcoholic, but Sunday's after race party was almost as fun as the beach race. We are set for next year...September's beach race is the camping weekend with the family and in October we are going to the beach and getting a room (just the ladies) Hopefully by then the discusting-i-won't-go-away stomach issue will be gone. Bra-top goal realized by September 2006! (if not earlier with 1/2 marathon training)

Today I'm feeling quite sick. I'm taking Jennifer P's advice I read awhile ago about heating up V-8 veggie juice. Hope it goes down easier warm and feels good on my throat. I hate being sick and I am so not a pill popper.

Oh I have a book offer. To the first person who responds I will give you and mail at no charge to you a book called "Passing for Thin" which has been passed down from www.lexysmash.com to Neca to me. It's a true story about a woman's struggle with food addiction. It's amazing what she accomplished. If you have a true food addiction this is the book for you. I found the book interesting, but realize I don't have a real food addiction after reading it. I think the only deal is you pass the book along to the next person who wants it. First person asks gets it!

I am never running a 5K again

Yes that is my thought in the first 1:30 min of the race today. At 2:35 min I needed to pee, but if I went off course I would of ended up in the creek. At 5 minutes I decided I would never run again ever. At 6 min I wanted to walk. At 7:34 I had completed my first mile. "HOLY SHIT!!!" I yelled over my IPOD music. For some strange reason no one turned around to look at the crazy woman.

The one bad thing about an IPOD (which I don't think makes me run any faster) is that you can't hear someone passing you. At this race I wasn't the one picking people off. They were picking me off...with the exception of this one girl in a white top. For some reason I would die before she would pass me. The entire 120 other people in the race could pass me, but not her. Thank you girl in the white top for making me finish 1ST in my age group, and PR!!! I would also like to thank all the fast girls from 2003, 2004(you 22.00 5kers) for quitting running, sleeping in, whatever for not showing up today. Thank you so much again! Oh, my time was 24.30 (1st mile 7:35, 2nd mile 8:03, 3.1 mile 8.92..i never saw the 3rd mile strip) Oh there is a picture of me floating out in internet land. I will post as soon as I can. The only thing I'm unhappy about is that each mile was slower than the first. I would like to reverse that or have them all more even. I will work on that for next year.

What is there to do in Delaware? Hmmm? Let's...

PUNKIN CHUNKIN! Yes it's that time of the year again to chunk pumpkins via:

We have "Adult Air", "Adult Centrifugal", "Adult Catapult", "Adult Trebuchet", "Adult Human Power", "Adult Human Power Centrifugal", "Adult Torsion Catapult", "Youth 11-17 Air", "Youth 11-17 Catapult", "Youth 11-17 Trebuchet", "Youth 11-17 Human Power", "Youth 10 & Under Catapult", "Youth 10 & Under Trebuchet", "Youth 10 & Under Human Power" and "Theatrical".
Yes we do it all here in this small wonderful state. Others state have copied, but we are the first. A team have actually flown in from England. (they claimed it was harder for them to arrive in the USA than the machine they shipped over) Go Homeland Security (NOT) The first picture looks almost like a "pie" where the pumpkin breaks up before it hits the ground. Anyhow this is the "fun" thing going on here this weekend. I have a race tomorrow.

I'll take the bunions

My running partner called me today. She finally went to see the podiatrist about her foot. Well by the time she got there it was feet. She needs surgury on her original problem (her x-rayed feet looked like xmas elves shoes) Needs some titanium, shaved bones...etc. Her other toe that is starting to hurt could be a tumor. Needs an MRI on that foot. I commented that she should be on the show "House" with all that's going on with her feet. The podiatrist is surprised she waited so long to come in. K figures she has a high pain threshold. I have to agree on that one. The doctor doesn't want her to run the final 5k this weekend, but she's doing it anyway since this has been the plan since we decided to run 5k's this past summer.

I've finally decided to put out and shut up about my husband bitching. Why I need to bitch because he can't/won't do some handy work (crown molding/wainscoting/painting etc) for me has to stop. It's time I stepped up to the plate and do this shit by myself! If I can lose 20+ lbs, quit smoking, run a 5k in 25+ min, train for a 1/2 marathon, deal with 3 kids and not kill them when I quit smoking I can put up crown fucking molding. Right? My husband does not enjoy putting up molding, plumbing and any handyman issues. That's Ok and a I need to get over it. He can pretty much hunt any animal out there, is a great father and husband. He would rather hunt/shoot things than do home improvements and I need to face facts. I need to quit bitching and learn how to do this stuff myself. I feel so empowered today!

I didn't get to workout this morning. I really wanted to get some weights and core in. I've gone from 2 days a week to 1 on the former. It really bums me out. I might have to start going to the gym on Saturdays.

Have a great weekend.

*^$)*#%&*^%$@! halloween candy

F U halloween candy. I can not control myself. Maybe a snickers bar, Nestle crunch and two (2) Irwin cookies aren't the best before a run food. I think I need Atkins to clean out my system of the sugar. (joking)

I had a totally crappy (I mean that literally), my legs feel like cement blocks and my lungs are on fire run. It sucked. I'm a stretching whore and I had to literally jump in my car, speed home and run to the bathroom. That has never happened to me on a run. I've heard of it happening to marathon runners, but I don't think 4 miles constitutes that. Weird.

I finally found the results from last years state XC race. I will finish in the botton 1/3. I need to go out and run the course (which is a good 1/2 hour from my home) I'm hoping the slow pokes come back to run b/c if they aren't there I will be the last one. Well I can't be last b/c that is NOT an option. Everyone says its a hard course. I can run a 5k in 25.19 min (flat ground) I need to stay within 2 minutes of that time. I can NOT be last. The whole husband family is going to be there. I feel like singing the eminem song right now. It's on my IPOD...I better blare that during the race.


"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?"

"So here I go, it's my shot
Feet fail me not
Cuz maybe the only opportunity that I got"

Ok, it's a bit way over the top, it's just a race...but I think I need something to freak out about.

My half marathon partner wants to know why I didn't call her the other day. I lied and said I didn't run b/c the husband was to hung over. Well that part is true, he was hung over. I wanted to go running with her, but when I mentioned 7 miles she said "I can't do 7 miles" I do not want to hear that! I have never done 7 miles, but I did it. If she called me and said lets run 10 miles, I would do/try it. If I had to stop... I want her to keep going, I'm not going to say I can't do that. (i don't think I can do that though LOL)

I got reamed at work today. After 4 years my boss decided to get offended by my Howard Stern listening. Made me look like a complete ass. He DID apologize to me later and now I have to wear headphones at work, but it really put a damper on my morning. I vented to my girlfriend and she told me to get PMS Midol. Claims it takes the edge of everything. She admitted that she's addicted to the stuff. My only question was will it get rid of bloating. It's all about the weight.

I must apologize to the WW scale. It seems the master scale at home was set back 2lbs. The cookie monster got to it. I saw him playing with it the other day while I was getting dressed. What phrase do you think I say most during the day? It is:

Yes. The littlest one's name is David. I have every "No, David" out there. These books were written by David Shannon and are illustrated the same way he drew when he was little. The kid to the left is scary as all hell (especially with the vampire teeth) but this is what I do all day. "no david, get off the computer david, no david, get off the table david, get out of the trash david, don't eat dirt david, give me that david, give me the sharpie david, get down david, sit down david, stop david, for the love of God david, give me your sister homework david, get out of the toilet david, leave your brother's trains alone david, get out of the street david, don't touch the dogs butt david, ........NO DAVID. I don't know how I have time to eat halloween candy.

Rest day?

I woke up Halloween morning and decided that it was a rest day. No exercise, just errands. Well....

1st. This is the last nice 70 degree day we will have until...lets say April 2006
2nd. I had to go and read Flatmans blog and his quote of the day. After that little quote I put on the exercise clothes and drove to the park and did 25 min of xc running. The quote has nothing to do with running etc...for some reason it just motivated me. Thanks Flatman

First xc running is hard. I make it harder by looking for hills and pushing myself beyond my limits. I actually found an awesome hill and then ended up in the woods where I had to sit on my ass and crawl down to get to the trail I really wanted to run. Well it was fun and I NEED to do this once a week for the XC run I'm in after thanksgiving.

I did the gym today. I have a new appreciation for the elliptical machine. I usually hate cross training on this machine, but after today I think I might keep up with it. I'm doing hill profile and when I'm not on a "hill" I'm going to just use my legs. (no arms) This machine really works out the hamstrings. I'm liking it.

I am not liking my weight. I have no idea what is up with that. I will/cannot lose 10lbs by the end of November. I'm being pretty good with food (ok not today and yesterday b/c of halloween) but my weight keeps at 144-146. Every once in awhile it drops to 141, but only for a day. WTF? I don't think it's pms...I know I need to drink more water. I've been lacking on that. Maybe it's water retention.

Halloween was fun. My kids crack me up. They are so cute. For awhile I was pushing the "baby" in the stroller (he was the honey jar from Pooh) and he was screaming his head off. I kept telling everyone I passed that "I'm scaring people back on birth control". I should of tossed condoms and said "this could be you in 18 months". Anyhow I took him back home where he passed out with daddy. He was evaluated yesterday. His speech is at a 14 month level, so we got accepted into therapy. Yeah. His motor skills are 24 months, which is not surprising.

Not sure how much blogging I will get to this week. Work is crazy.