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December 12, 2004
Getting Back into the Swing of Things
Things are getting back to normal around here. My brother left this afternoon, so the house is back to normal. It's hard to believe that all four of us lived here at one point. Now that we all have routines, my parents and I do pretty well. When my brother comes back home, he throws a wrench into everything. The house just is not quite big enough for four adults. Maybe it also has to do with when P is around, Mom and Dad are around more too.
Running this morning was much better than it was yesterday. Although neither run was timed, today was significantly faster than yesterday. I know this by the clock on the garage. Today I was out for the same amount of time, but I stopped and talked to one of the men from our group for several minutes. He was in his car on the way to the drugstore and was telling me about a race that I missed yesterday.
I could not sleep as late as I wanted to this morning. S and I did not go out, instead we hung out at her house and watched 13 Going on 30. It wasn't too bad, definitely a light movie, but that was what I wanted to watch. I got home around midnight and woke up at 8, but forced myself to sleep for a little bit longer since there just is not much to do early on Sunday. I got out of bed around 9 and watched some TV so that my legs wouldn't feel so tight. I was out the door around 10:15.
The weatherman didn't say anything about wind this morning, but boy was it windy. Not as bad as some days, but for the first half of the run it was in my face. I had on pants, a thin long sleeve shirt, the Under Armour shirt I won a few weeks ago, and gloves. I passed one of the women from our group who had on shorts! Now she's a bit crazy, we all acknowledge that, but it was not warm enough to warrant shorts, at least in my opinion. I did have to stop two times this morning, once for my stomach and one time to adjust my shoes. My legs and form felt much better than yesterday. Although I have the day off from work tomorrow, I have to wait until the evening to run. There is no point in driving over to the track to collect gift money if all I'm doing is driving over, I might as well do my run then. My legs will feel much better from walking around all day.
This afternoon I did some Christmas shopping (and so me shopping, of course). I took care of my mother today. All three of us are pitching in on a necklace that she wants. I bought her slippers, fancy pj's, and a fleece throw for when she is laid up. My brother has been taken care of since Black Friday. I'm about to Internet shop for daddy. He loves his car (he has a Vette). In fact the joke in the family is that the car comes first. It doesn't even go out in the rain. I'm going to try to find some Corvette memorabilia stuff online for him. Then I am DONE until the weekend when I have to but the track club gift, but that isn't my money!! No problem spending other people's money in my opinion. Most of what J is getting is gift certificates anyway, not too hard.
Posted by Blondie at December 12, 2004 08:10 PM