Weekend Wrap Up!

This is all I have to say about Monday morning...

 

I woke up a little earlier than usual so I could squeeze in a quick neighborhood 3 miler and then an upper body lifting session. A little baby boy hijacked my towel!

Work was nuts! The students had an early dismissal which means my schedule gets all whacked out! But I was in great spirits because... FRIDAY!

Pre work selfie.

After work, Paul and I had big plans. We'd get sushi, drive to City Island, have a picnic, walk around... It would be all romantic and shit.

Instead I came home, put on my PJs, and did a puzzle while I watched Ellen. Paul was my cheerleader! I almost gave up but he told me to keep going. "Don't let the puzzle win," he said.

Puzzle: $1

3 hours of fun: Priceless.

I had a wonderful Saturday morning pacing my friend Tracy on the last half of her 22 miler! She is running CHICAGO in a couple weeks and needed some long run company. It was so fun to reconnect with Tracy. She rocked her run and finished strong even when it got tough.  Miles just fly by when you have someone to talk to. I really need to start running with friends again.

One bad part... I saw a snake! We  ran part of the Green Belt path. It is wide and paved but it is in the woods. I saw a 2 foot long garter snake laying in the middle of the path and I didn't notice it until Tracy was running right past it. I freaked out! This was an out and back run, so on the way back, I was terrified of seeing the snake again. Once I was pretty sure we got past the part where we had seen the snake the first time, Tracy said, "Oh no." I screamed, jumped and ran right into her. I thought she saw a snake! No, she didn't see a snake. She said "Oh no" for a completely unrelated reason. Okay, so I overreacted! I am pretty sure she will run with me again sometime, though!

When I got home, I ran a couple more miles to make it an even 15 for the day! This is the longest I have run in a long time! I am so happy. Then I wondered why I ran 15. I don't need to run 15. What am I trying to do? What am I trying to prove? I just felt good and wanted to keep going. I think I need to tone it back next week.

That evening, we went to Bob and Rachel's for a steak dinner! Yummy! We were going to play games but instead we played with their cats!

I'm a vegan in my heart but not in my mouth.

 

After realizing I had not taken a complete rest day in quite awhile, I sucked it up and didn't do anything besides mow the lawn and do yard work. At least I got to enjoy the beautiful weather!

I was a little blue on Sunday. Paul was at a friend's watching football so it was just me on my own. I took care of some house stuff for the week ahead and then I just fiddled around on the computer and did another puzzle. Sundays are worthless.

Here are some cat pictures:

Did you get to enjoy the nice weather this weekend?
Do you like steak?
Are you afraid of snakes?