Okay...I don't have a lot of time for much of a post...and I am in dire need of catching up on here....but can I just say: Throwing around a light up frisbee in the street in the dark is A LOT of fun!!!! Sorta makes you forget all the stuff that weighs you down, even if just for a little bit.
I highly recommend a light-up frisbee to throw around for anyone in need of stress relief...(or not!)
Yes, this is a random post....but I'm a little random at the moment!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
It's been too long!
Wow! It's been way too long since I wrote! As evidenced by my lack of weight loss, I'm sure! I h aven't gained any back to speak of, but I have been holding right at steady for a little over a month now. I got off track with the eating...not like way off track, but enough to not be losing anymore. I have been staying fairly consistent with the exercise, which is probably what's helping me to hold steady. I really need to just kick it into gear and get started losing on the rest of this! I still have a good 70 pounds to go! Baby steps, I guess...baby steps!
Things have been challenging for me lately in a lot of ways, but I am trusting the Lord for His provision and guidance. Of course it seems I am always facing challenges on the homefront, which is still the case, but I'm doing the best I can to deal with that. Took my husband to the cardiopulmonary specialist today and they are going to get him set up for a sleep study soon, which should help a lot, getting him set up with a sleep apnea CPAP machine thingy...maybe with some air pushing up his brain he will get some energy and wake up some of those neurons in there. Yea, that'd be cool!
My kids are wonderful fun...I am so thankful for them. I love being their mom and my heart swells with love and gratitude with every little giggle and look from all those big, sparkly blue eyes. Mother's Day is this weekend...and I tend to get weepy anytime I think of the joy I have from my 3 precious little ones.
There is really far too much that has happened for me to remember it all, but one thing I did want to share was my latest read:
I don't know if my book picture worked here or not, but if it didn't--I just finished reading Me, Myself, and Bob by Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales. I am a HUGE VeggieTales fan...have been ever since I began watching them with my kids about a year ago or so. They are so well done and so funny any grown-up can enjoy watching them, kids or sans-kids...really! The songs are catchy, the messages are great, and the characters are just...well...plain old cute! Before I started watching the Veggies for myself, I knew there must be some value to them, because the kids in my confirmation class seemed to recall even the most minute of details about pretty much any Bible story we would dive into. "So, how did you remember that?" I would ask, several times over again (especially when I didn't remember some of those details myself!) and the reply, over and over would be "VeggieTales, of course!" Yes, my confirmation kids had lots and lots of Bible knowledge, courtesy of the VeggieTales. That to me, said a lot.
I had heard a little of the rise and fall of Big Idea, the company Phil Vischer founded that was the home for the Veggies, and a while back found his blog. He detailed a lot of information about the history of the Veggies and that sort of thing, and then I saw he was coming out with a book that told the story. While I was at the local Christian bookstore the other day, Bob the tomato happened to catch my eye on the book cover, so I got the book and I could hardly put it down. It grabbed me from the very beginning with just how simply fun and funny Phil Vischer is. He's got a cool sense of humor that I connect with and to read about how he began in animation and his story, and then to see how the Veggies came into being was really, really just fun reading. He is very honest about his own shortcomings and the book doesn't mince any words about the downfall of the company. It really is refreshing to read.
When he gets to the demise of Big Idea, it is really sad in what it meant (the Veggies wouldn't be quite the same from that point on), and also in what it did to so many who poured their heart and soul into the ministry. They lost their jobs and their livelihood and also there was the death of a dream. Even through these dark periods though, the humor is there and the lessons become clear.
Toward the end of the story, Phil Vischer talks about so many of the things he learned in the whole process. The thing that stuck out to me more than anything and what it all boiled down to in the end, was that it is more important to follow the Lord...to seek Him for Him...than it is to follow our dreams, even if they are dreams for Him. The dreams are great and the things we do for His glory are great, make no mistake. But we miss the boat if that distracts us from seeking Him just for the sake of Him. What a lesson there is in that....I know that far too often, I am seeking after "stuff"...good stuff mind you, but it pales in comparison to the "incomparable riches" of simply knowing and dwelling in Him.
I hope and I pray that I will seek Him...simply for Him...today, and each day! It's a lot harder to do than it is to say, because I get so caught up in my little world...but He is so much bigger! I pray my all in all will be found in You alone, Lord!
Things have been challenging for me lately in a lot of ways, but I am trusting the Lord for His provision and guidance. Of course it seems I am always facing challenges on the homefront, which is still the case, but I'm doing the best I can to deal with that. Took my husband to the cardiopulmonary specialist today and they are going to get him set up for a sleep study soon, which should help a lot, getting him set up with a sleep apnea CPAP machine thingy...maybe with some air pushing up his brain he will get some energy and wake up some of those neurons in there. Yea, that'd be cool!
My kids are wonderful fun...I am so thankful for them. I love being their mom and my heart swells with love and gratitude with every little giggle and look from all those big, sparkly blue eyes. Mother's Day is this weekend...and I tend to get weepy anytime I think of the joy I have from my 3 precious little ones.
There is really far too much that has happened for me to remember it all, but one thing I did want to share was my latest read:
I don't know if my book picture worked here or not, but if it didn't--I just finished reading Me, Myself, and Bob by Phil Vischer, the creator of VeggieTales. I am a HUGE VeggieTales fan...have been ever since I began watching them with my kids about a year ago or so. They are so well done and so funny any grown-up can enjoy watching them, kids or sans-kids...really! The songs are catchy, the messages are great, and the characters are just...well...plain old cute! Before I started watching the Veggies for myself, I knew there must be some value to them, because the kids in my confirmation class seemed to recall even the most minute of details about pretty much any Bible story we would dive into. "So, how did you remember that?" I would ask, several times over again (especially when I didn't remember some of those details myself!) and the reply, over and over would be "VeggieTales, of course!" Yes, my confirmation kids had lots and lots of Bible knowledge, courtesy of the VeggieTales. That to me, said a lot.
I had heard a little of the rise and fall of Big Idea, the company Phil Vischer founded that was the home for the Veggies, and a while back found his blog. He detailed a lot of information about the history of the Veggies and that sort of thing, and then I saw he was coming out with a book that told the story. While I was at the local Christian bookstore the other day, Bob the tomato happened to catch my eye on the book cover, so I got the book and I could hardly put it down. It grabbed me from the very beginning with just how simply fun and funny Phil Vischer is. He's got a cool sense of humor that I connect with and to read about how he began in animation and his story, and then to see how the Veggies came into being was really, really just fun reading. He is very honest about his own shortcomings and the book doesn't mince any words about the downfall of the company. It really is refreshing to read.
When he gets to the demise of Big Idea, it is really sad in what it meant (the Veggies wouldn't be quite the same from that point on), and also in what it did to so many who poured their heart and soul into the ministry. They lost their jobs and their livelihood and also there was the death of a dream. Even through these dark periods though, the humor is there and the lessons become clear.
Toward the end of the story, Phil Vischer talks about so many of the things he learned in the whole process. The thing that stuck out to me more than anything and what it all boiled down to in the end, was that it is more important to follow the Lord...to seek Him for Him...than it is to follow our dreams, even if they are dreams for Him. The dreams are great and the things we do for His glory are great, make no mistake. But we miss the boat if that distracts us from seeking Him just for the sake of Him. What a lesson there is in that....I know that far too often, I am seeking after "stuff"...good stuff mind you, but it pales in comparison to the "incomparable riches" of simply knowing and dwelling in Him.
I hope and I pray that I will seek Him...simply for Him...today, and each day! It's a lot harder to do than it is to say, because I get so caught up in my little world...but He is so much bigger! I pray my all in all will be found in You alone, Lord!
Friday, April 11, 2008
The Gated Community
Hey there, everyone...(yea right...ummmm....like ME!),
Here I am....it's been a few days, but I just don't have terribly much time to blog. But, I thought I'd write a quick one now before I go to bed.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to Houston to a really cool event; hence, the title "The Gated Community" because it happened to be in one of them! I chuckle myself everytime I say/write/think that, because there is a really funny little Veggie Tales Silly Song called "The Gated Community" (on the "Do the Moo-Shoo" DVD, for any Veggie fans!) and it cracks me up. Larry the Cucumber is a little boy with a ball that lands in a tree, and when his ball falls out of the tree, it lands in "The Gated Community" where it is "free of debris" and the little wealthy-golf-playing Veggies live in their "Gated Unity." It's just funny! The Veggies in the gated community are all dressed up in golf gear and have their little (as a friend of mine put it the other day) "horseshoe head" baldness with the hair on the sides and the back and they are just too, too funny....while Little Larry the Cucumber sits and wants his ball. Anyhow....enough diversion for now:
The event I got to go to was "An Evening with Dr. Chap Clark" who is a professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Seminary, which is where I am working (very, very slowly mind you...but still working nontheless) on my Masters. It was at the Royal Oaks Country Club in Houston...like really--RIGHT IN Houston. It was a pretty fancy schmancy affair with beautiful food and tables and lots of people dressed up pretty cool and just a super nice place this was. Of course, I had lots of trouble finding just the right gate to actually get into the gated community, but once I finally found it, was quite impressed with the inside. It was truly cool. I saw a sign on the way in that said homes were from the 400,000's to over 3-million...which for our real estate market, is super pricey!! Anyhow, I met some really very, very nice people--some who actually live in the Gated Community! And though I felt very out of my element, it was still a really neat thing to go to. It wasn't what I thought it would be--a night about understanding the kids I minister to more; it was more of a rah-rah event for Fuller in Houston, but that's okay....it was exciting to feel like you are a part of something like that, so it was all good. Dr. Clark talked about John 4 and the Woman at the Well. He talked about how Jesus honored the woman...somehow, he honored her enough that she was willing to tell everyone all about him. It was a familiar passage, but he brought out some things I really hadn't thought about before, which is always refreshing...and as out of sorts as I was in that beautiful room with all the beautiful people and all--it is Christ Who died for each of us, and that lives for and within each of us. Thanks be to God for loving us, no matter who we are, and making us all the recipients of the greatest inheritance ever! What a cool thing! He honors us...and what a challenge that we would honor others in order to bring them to know Him.
In other news....well, there's lots of other stuff, but since I have to work at 6 am, I'll keep it brief. The weight is holding steady. Of course, that could have something to do with my insatiability for chocolate right now! Don't know what the deal is, and I haven't gone crazy, but I do need to reign myself in a bit. I did a pilates class at the gym today. That was cool...well, sort of! It's really not for fat people, I've decided! The instructor kept talking about "imagine you have a beach ball" like right in your belly area....ummm, excuse me....I don't have to imagine! There's a whole lot of me right there in the way of trying to do those crazy contortions she had us doing! I have to giggle when I do some of that stuff at how ridiculous this fat girl looks doing them! But, the instructor came up and talked to me some after the class and told me how impressed she was with how strong I am, because I was able to do a lot of stuff that people aren't normally able to do at their first class. That made me feel good. After that, I did 20 minutes on the elliptical, so it was a good workout day.
I work tomorrow the day shift and then I need to work on my sermon for next Sunday the 20th. I'm excited to get to preach....challenged, but that's part of the excitement. I better get some sleep now. Just wanted to catch up some! Gonna lay down my head in my non-gated community home now! Heehee!
Here I am....it's been a few days, but I just don't have terribly much time to blog. But, I thought I'd write a quick one now before I go to bed.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to go to Houston to a really cool event; hence, the title "The Gated Community" because it happened to be in one of them! I chuckle myself everytime I say/write/think that, because there is a really funny little Veggie Tales Silly Song called "The Gated Community" (on the "Do the Moo-Shoo" DVD, for any Veggie fans!) and it cracks me up. Larry the Cucumber is a little boy with a ball that lands in a tree, and when his ball falls out of the tree, it lands in "The Gated Community" where it is "free of debris" and the little wealthy-golf-playing Veggies live in their "Gated Unity." It's just funny! The Veggies in the gated community are all dressed up in golf gear and have their little (as a friend of mine put it the other day) "horseshoe head" baldness with the hair on the sides and the back and they are just too, too funny....while Little Larry the Cucumber sits and wants his ball. Anyhow....enough diversion for now:
The event I got to go to was "An Evening with Dr. Chap Clark" who is a professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Seminary, which is where I am working (very, very slowly mind you...but still working nontheless) on my Masters. It was at the Royal Oaks Country Club in Houston...like really--RIGHT IN Houston. It was a pretty fancy schmancy affair with beautiful food and tables and lots of people dressed up pretty cool and just a super nice place this was. Of course, I had lots of trouble finding just the right gate to actually get into the gated community, but once I finally found it, was quite impressed with the inside. It was truly cool. I saw a sign on the way in that said homes were from the 400,000's to over 3-million...which for our real estate market, is super pricey!! Anyhow, I met some really very, very nice people--some who actually live in the Gated Community! And though I felt very out of my element, it was still a really neat thing to go to. It wasn't what I thought it would be--a night about understanding the kids I minister to more; it was more of a rah-rah event for Fuller in Houston, but that's okay....it was exciting to feel like you are a part of something like that, so it was all good. Dr. Clark talked about John 4 and the Woman at the Well. He talked about how Jesus honored the woman...somehow, he honored her enough that she was willing to tell everyone all about him. It was a familiar passage, but he brought out some things I really hadn't thought about before, which is always refreshing...and as out of sorts as I was in that beautiful room with all the beautiful people and all--it is Christ Who died for each of us, and that lives for and within each of us. Thanks be to God for loving us, no matter who we are, and making us all the recipients of the greatest inheritance ever! What a cool thing! He honors us...and what a challenge that we would honor others in order to bring them to know Him.
In other news....well, there's lots of other stuff, but since I have to work at 6 am, I'll keep it brief. The weight is holding steady. Of course, that could have something to do with my insatiability for chocolate right now! Don't know what the deal is, and I haven't gone crazy, but I do need to reign myself in a bit. I did a pilates class at the gym today. That was cool...well, sort of! It's really not for fat people, I've decided! The instructor kept talking about "imagine you have a beach ball" like right in your belly area....ummm, excuse me....I don't have to imagine! There's a whole lot of me right there in the way of trying to do those crazy contortions she had us doing! I have to giggle when I do some of that stuff at how ridiculous this fat girl looks doing them! But, the instructor came up and talked to me some after the class and told me how impressed she was with how strong I am, because I was able to do a lot of stuff that people aren't normally able to do at their first class. That made me feel good. After that, I did 20 minutes on the elliptical, so it was a good workout day.
I work tomorrow the day shift and then I need to work on my sermon for next Sunday the 20th. I'm excited to get to preach....challenged, but that's part of the excitement. I better get some sleep now. Just wanted to catch up some! Gonna lay down my head in my non-gated community home now! Heehee!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Super Silly since '72!
Well, here I am, writing my birthday blog...albeit a few days late! On Saturday, March 29, I turned 36 years old. That sounds so different than 35 did, but not too awfully daunting, I guess. I have been meaning to write for a few days, as birthdays are a good time to sort of take inventory and to ask yourself, in the words of Switchfoot: "This is your life...are you who you want to be?" Hmmm....well, I don't know exactly how to answer that. I think maybe I am closer than I was a few months ago, but still worlds away from where I'd like to be, in so many ways. I am so glad I am working on getting healthier. I have had a hard time staying "good" with my eating, especially with my birthday and also with Lent being over...(ie, chocolate!) But, I am still slowly working my way down on the scale. I haven't really gained, so that's a plus. I am still hovering between like 217 and 222, around a 27-ish pound weight loss since the first of the year. I would much love to be farther along, but you have to live too, so at least I am still pretty much making forward progress....however slow it may be!
I am happy to be making progress financially...we have worked really hard and have made great progress in paying off and down debt...though we still have a heck of a long way to go...it feels good to be making progress.
I feel like I have the most wonderful kids in the world, and a girl couldn't ask for better friends--or job(s) for that matter! (especially the church job, but there are some pretty wonderful friends at the lab, so I can't dismiss that one out of hand!)
Marriage...eeeehhhh....lets not get into that one. Definitely one area where I'd check "need for improvement." Sleep? That one could be better too...I haven't been sleeping nearly enough lately, and I can tell.
My walk with Christ...I hunger and thirst for that to be more disciplined. Praise God for His faithfulness, even when we fall so short!
So, overall.....not too too bad, I guess!
My birthday itself was quite wonderful, if I do say so myself! I got a good night of sleep the night before and my first call of the day was a great conversation with my mom, who is super cool. We had a good visit, which I always enjoy. Then, we got the boys' bunk beds out of the garage and up to their room, cleaned up, set up and the rest of the room cleaned and set up. A big hit, and it made a lot more room too! Then, we took the kids to Chick-Fil-A, ,which was fun, especially with Sweet Potato the Clown! (who they are still talking about, by the way!) Then, I had a hard nap and my sweet friends Julie and John came over to watch the little ones for us so we could go out to eat....Cafe Annice, which was wonderful as always! And they met us at my SURPRISE PARTY at the church...well....I should say, as soon as we were out the door, they were hard at work to make this party happen....(especially since I wasn't exactly cooperating, unbeknowst to me!) which was a total surprise and shock...and which I happened to be quite late to, due to taking my own sweet time visiting and hanging out beforehand! It was absolutely beautiful and so much fun, just to hang out with so many of my friends...there is nothing I'd rather do, so it was truly a blessing!
I got my little Nike+ipod thingy for my birthday, which is SOOOO COOL! I'm hooked already, and can't wait to do more runs to try it out! I found out the San Antonio Marathon got bought out by the Rock-n-Roll marathon people, so I am seriously thinking of training for it! I had so much fun when I ran San Diego, I really think it'd be a good challenge to work toward. I also got asked to do a Sprint Triathlon in Austin in June....I think I"m going to try, ,although I'm a big weenie about the swim part!
Well, I better get some sleep now....this is my last chance to sleep really til Friday night, since I"ll be working the rest of the week! As the Veggie Tales would so...."Toodle Do!"
I am happy to be making progress financially...we have worked really hard and have made great progress in paying off and down debt...though we still have a heck of a long way to go...it feels good to be making progress.
I feel like I have the most wonderful kids in the world, and a girl couldn't ask for better friends--or job(s) for that matter! (especially the church job, but there are some pretty wonderful friends at the lab, so I can't dismiss that one out of hand!)
Marriage...eeeehhhh....lets not get into that one. Definitely one area where I'd check "need for improvement." Sleep? That one could be better too...I haven't been sleeping nearly enough lately, and I can tell.
My walk with Christ...I hunger and thirst for that to be more disciplined. Praise God for His faithfulness, even when we fall so short!
So, overall.....not too too bad, I guess!
My birthday itself was quite wonderful, if I do say so myself! I got a good night of sleep the night before and my first call of the day was a great conversation with my mom, who is super cool. We had a good visit, which I always enjoy. Then, we got the boys' bunk beds out of the garage and up to their room, cleaned up, set up and the rest of the room cleaned and set up. A big hit, and it made a lot more room too! Then, we took the kids to Chick-Fil-A, ,which was fun, especially with Sweet Potato the Clown! (who they are still talking about, by the way!) Then, I had a hard nap and my sweet friends Julie and John came over to watch the little ones for us so we could go out to eat....Cafe Annice, which was wonderful as always! And they met us at my SURPRISE PARTY at the church...well....I should say, as soon as we were out the door, they were hard at work to make this party happen....(especially since I wasn't exactly cooperating, unbeknowst to me!) which was a total surprise and shock...and which I happened to be quite late to, due to taking my own sweet time visiting and hanging out beforehand! It was absolutely beautiful and so much fun, just to hang out with so many of my friends...there is nothing I'd rather do, so it was truly a blessing!
I got my little Nike+ipod thingy for my birthday, which is SOOOO COOL! I'm hooked already, and can't wait to do more runs to try it out! I found out the San Antonio Marathon got bought out by the Rock-n-Roll marathon people, so I am seriously thinking of training for it! I had so much fun when I ran San Diego, I really think it'd be a good challenge to work toward. I also got asked to do a Sprint Triathlon in Austin in June....I think I"m going to try, ,although I'm a big weenie about the swim part!
Well, I better get some sleep now....this is my last chance to sleep really til Friday night, since I"ll be working the rest of the week! As the Veggie Tales would so...."Toodle Do!"
Thursday, March 13, 2008
I LOVE to SWEAT!
Woohoo!!! Okay....can you tell ("you", like anyone reads this thing! Haha!) I just got back from a run?! Yep...I'm sweaty head to toe and I love it! There is nothing like a good workout...a run, in my case...to make you feel like you accomplished something. Woohoo! I so didn't want to go because I am so stinking tired. But, as I knew I would be, I am so happy I drug myself out there to run. The scale is hovering between about 218 and 221 right now, so I'm looking for consistently being under 220 as my next little mini-milestone. I've been behaving, so I am thinking it'll happen soon, at least I hope so!
" I run in the path of your commands,for you have set my heart free." Psalm 119:32 I saw this verse in a signature line on a forum post about running....so, yes...I am admitting to blatantly stealing the verse for the same purpose! What a great one! I know I've read it, but seeing it on it's own like that is sorta cool. I'm not generally a big fan of taking things (especially scripture) out of context, but that was pretty cool. So, yea, I am trying to run in the path of His commands. I think I probalby fail far more at it than not, but Praise Him for never, ever giving up on me! He has set my heart free....I pray I will not walk, but RUN in that freedom!!
" I run in the path of your commands,for you have set my heart free." Psalm 119:32 I saw this verse in a signature line on a forum post about running....so, yes...I am admitting to blatantly stealing the verse for the same purpose! What a great one! I know I've read it, but seeing it on it's own like that is sorta cool. I'm not generally a big fan of taking things (especially scripture) out of context, but that was pretty cool. So, yea, I am trying to run in the path of His commands. I think I probalby fail far more at it than not, but Praise Him for never, ever giving up on me! He has set my heart free....I pray I will not walk, but RUN in that freedom!!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
what a weekend!
Well, I'm back from a fun and exhausting weekend at Camp Cho Yeh with my youth. It was a lot of fun....for lots of reasons; the main one being that I simply got to hang out with the kids and have fun with them. I really enjoyed that. Bonding like what we got to do helps encourage me that I am building relationships and that feels so good. It's a step in the right direction toward the wider goal of helping these kids truly become disciples. What could be better than that? The theme for the weekend was "Hope is in our midst." It was a great message and I know the kids got a lot out of it....and it was a very appropriate message for myself as well. I can remember many years ago being in a situation that felt sorta hopeless....okay, it was after having my heart broken worse than it had ever been broken, up to that point in my life. I remember really finding and focusing on the concept of "hope." Seems too, that I remember writing in my journal something about how I never really understood the concept of hope until I didn't have any.
Well, I've got a lot of great things going on right now, but there are also some things that don't seem as filled with hope as I wish they did. I was reminded this weekend that hope IS in our midst...all the time, because the Lord is with us, and He is our hope. I must remember that!
I truly want to spend more time praying or in the Word, too. I am hungry to sit at the Lord's feet. How I hope for a quiet, peaceful time to sit at His feet soon.
In weight loss news: Don't know where the scale is standing now, but I feel much better than I did. I ran around all over camp this weekend and the portion sizes on meals were quite small. So, I am thinking I did pretty good. (not counting the Sonic I got tonight for dinner....I didn't really feel like cooking after I got home, so we went to Sonic with some gift cards we had been given and I ate a chicken strip basket. Not good, but I am thinking the weekend probably more than compensated for it.
I missed my sweet babies while I was gone. It was good to be back with them!!
Well, tomorrow starts..what is it? week 8 or 9 I guess of my M-F workouts and eating better. I'm looking forward to it and hoping I will do okay!!!
Well, I've got a lot of great things going on right now, but there are also some things that don't seem as filled with hope as I wish they did. I was reminded this weekend that hope IS in our midst...all the time, because the Lord is with us, and He is our hope. I must remember that!
I truly want to spend more time praying or in the Word, too. I am hungry to sit at the Lord's feet. How I hope for a quiet, peaceful time to sit at His feet soon.
In weight loss news: Don't know where the scale is standing now, but I feel much better than I did. I ran around all over camp this weekend and the portion sizes on meals were quite small. So, I am thinking I did pretty good. (not counting the Sonic I got tonight for dinner....I didn't really feel like cooking after I got home, so we went to Sonic with some gift cards we had been given and I ate a chicken strip basket. Not good, but I am thinking the weekend probably more than compensated for it.
I missed my sweet babies while I was gone. It was good to be back with them!!
Well, tomorrow starts..what is it? week 8 or 9 I guess of my M-F workouts and eating better. I'm looking forward to it and hoping I will do okay!!!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
There's nothing like a run outside when it's cold!!!
Aaaahhhhh...yes, you can tell I've been running! It's about 50 degrees here and perfect weather for running! I didn't get to go earlier to the gym as Missy G still is a little sick and I worked a night shift last night and got off of work at 6 am...soooo, I went out running tonight in our neighborhood and it was darn near perfect outside! I took just a short walk break once, I think, and I ran the rest of it. A total of about 2.25 miles. The stars were beautiful, the night peaceful..really, really wonderful! Then to come inside and start sweating was pure joy!!! (yes, I'm a sicko, I admit it!) I think there is nothing like a good butt-kicking sweat-fest to cope with the stresses of life...well, you know....after prayer and all!! I think movement must be one of the greatest gifts the Lord gave us.
I do have a crazy idea...I really would love to run a marathon again someday. I wonder if there are any other nutcases out there like me who stay up way too late and would want to train for a marathon? I know of one friend who might would be game....I am thinking how cool it would be to have a "midnight marathoners" group. Do all your normal short runs on our own and then get together for a long run each week....but instead of getting up early to go like most people with sense would do, go at like 11 or 12 for a long run. It wouldn't be too hot, not much traffic out, and you wouldn't conflict with other stuff going on. Just a crazy thought I had!
Need sleep now!! Working on only about 3 hours for the last 2 days! Nighty night!
I do have a crazy idea...I really would love to run a marathon again someday. I wonder if there are any other nutcases out there like me who stay up way too late and would want to train for a marathon? I know of one friend who might would be game....I am thinking how cool it would be to have a "midnight marathoners" group. Do all your normal short runs on our own and then get together for a long run each week....but instead of getting up early to go like most people with sense would do, go at like 11 or 12 for a long run. It wouldn't be too hot, not much traffic out, and you wouldn't conflict with other stuff going on. Just a crazy thought I had!
Need sleep now!! Working on only about 3 hours for the last 2 days! Nighty night!
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