I returned a bag of groceries

It’s been a long time since I’ve written and it’s been a long time since I’ve run.  I think Kristina put it best recently, Silence = Stalling.  After a long hiatus from running, partially due to “real” issues and also due to laziness, I finally ran a couple miles over lunch today.  And it felt surprisingly good.  So good that I’m thinking about doing three miles on Wednesday.  You see, Monday last week a fitness center finally opened in my building.  There’s not too much equipment – two treadmills, one bike, two ellipticals, and some free weights and weight machines.  But, so far the two times I’ve gone in there I’ve had a pick of the two treadmills.  I think next time I’ll go for the one not right in front of the TV.  It’s a little nauseating watching a TV that’s so close to you.  Especially while running.  Hopefully now that I’m moved and settling into the new place, I can pick up on my usual diet and exercise routine.

So, I finally slept at my new place (with Jeanne) this past weekend.  The first night she slept through the night, but I didn’t because I was too worried about her.  Then Saturday and Sunday nights all bets were off.  Saturday night I ended up having to put Jeanne back to bed four separate times for four different reasons.  And then last night she came into my room around 2:30 AM and I was just too tired to bring her back into her room.  I need to learn that I will most probably get more sleep with her not in my bed, even if it means putting her back in hers four times.  She is just such a squirmy sleeper. 

Other than that, the new place has been great.  I’ve been doing a few odd jobs here and there to make it my own, nothing too major.

Jeanne has also been great.  Since I last posted something finally clicked with her and potty training.  Finally one weekend, I said enough with the pull-ups and “made” her wear big-girl undies much to the shagrin of Mark.  We had a few accidents to clean up that weekend, but ever since she’s been a piece of cake with it.  The past two nights I even had her sleep without a diaper and she was dry both nights.  Of course, she slept like crap too.  So, now I’m worried that there’s some sort of connection there…

No big plans for the week, just a They Might Be Giants concert tomorrow night and then a MN Wild game on Saturday evening.

Training Week 8

Well, I could post what training week 8 is supposed to look like, but since I didn’t get any of training week 7 in, it seems useless.  I rocked my 6-mile run two Sundays ago and was feeling pretty good.  Then, the following Tuesday, during my session with Gary I noticed some tenderness on the outside of my left quad.  I powered through the lunges and squats anyway.  And, my leg has hurt ever since.  I finally iced it this afternoon and plan to do it again before bed.  At least week 7 was an easy week.  Hopefully my leg will feel better soon so I can get a couple longer runs in before the 10-miler at the end of this month.  Not being able to be as active as I’d like makes. me. cranky.  I know, hard to believe!

At least not working out has given more time to devote to house hunting.  I went out three days last week, and plan to go again tomorrow.  Tomorrow’s trek will be to take a second look at a handful from last week in addition to a few new ones that I’ve missed.  The appraisal came through on our place yesterday, so Mark is forging ahead on the re-fi.  Not too sure how long that will take, and I’m hesitent to make an offer on any place until I have some cash in my hot little hands.   That being said, there are a couple of really good contenders, and I’m looking forward to starting the next chapter in my life, even though it makes me sick to my stomach to think about it.  I’m not too excited about the prospect of moving to Rosemount, but in order to get Jeanne the yard I want for her in a decent development it appears I need to look outside of Eagan.  And, although it was my intent to stick inside district 196, I just started looking in Inver Grove Heights and Mendota Heights too.  Does it make more sense to be closer or in the same school district?  ISD196 is huge!  I could move 15-miles away and still be in the district.  Or, I could move three-miles away and be outside the district.  Which makes more sense?

Training Week 7

Easy week this week…

Monday – rest or easy cross-training
Tuesday – 1 hr session w/Gary (three 10-minute sets of cardio alternating with weights)
Wednesday – 3-mile run
Thursday – 1 hr session w/Gary, (15-minute cardio warm-up and then weights, weights, and more weights)
Friday – 3-mile run
Saturday – cross-training of some sort or rest
Sunday – 4-mile run

I’ll post more about my weekend and last week’s training, hopefully later today.

Training Week 6

This week’s going to be pretty tough, since I have offsite training all day long Monday through Wednesday, and then plans in the evening Wednesday through Friday.

Monday – rest
Tuesday – 4-mile run
Wednesday – rest
Thursday – 1 hr session w/Gary, intervals I think
Friday – 3-mile run
Saturday – cross-training of some sort
Sunday – 6-mile run

Quick Report on Girls Weekend

Well, we all made it back alive, and I think everyone had a great time. It rained most of the weekend, so we weren’t able to do any hiking or tubing as planned, but that didn’t stop us from having a great time. We played lots of games, drank lots of wine, and we even went out for a group run on Saturday morning. We were all up until about 3 am each night just chatting away. Of course, this was after the we had pillow fights in our sexy jammies!

A special thanks goes out to Michelle for opening up her cabin to all of us crazy ladies and to Jen for keeping me awake on both the drive up and back.