Sunday, February 26, 2012

How the Friday Five Became Sunday Stuff

Once again time has gotten away from me. I can't believe how much time passes before I sit down to type. It seems as if I start thinking of a post and what I'm going to write and then suddenly it is two days later. I started this post on Friday and here I am finally finishing it (I hope!) on Sunday evening. Since it's been so long I'll give a condensed recap of my week instead of the planned five things from Friday.

I got in 5 workouts this week despite having a sick kid, work, jury duty and training. I ran 3 times, although one time was only 1.75 miles with the big girls on bikes. That run was an ADVENTURE! I was racing to keep up while trying not to be run over by my 7 year old who is still not great at riding without training wheels (she ran over my foot twice, slammed into my calf and knocked herself off once) but we did get it done in less than 15 minutes so I was working! I had jury duty on Thursday (also known as my day off when I usually do my long run) it was a wasted morning, ending at 12:15 when I was the first prospective juror dismissed by the defense, which was no surprise considering my line of work and my family history in the police force. Wednesday (my other day off that is usually spent volunteering in mini me's class) was spent in training, after having blood drawn (which is ALWAYS an ordeal because I have tiny veins) so much fun!! Then Friday mini me was sick, she'd coughed all night the night before so I kept her home and took her to the pediatrician. She had croup, but we caught it early so it never got horrible. The rest of the week was filled with work, grocery shopping, buying a new mattress (YAY!! Our old one has been mine since my junior year of high school, approx. 17 years!!) and dance class. I also had a busy mom first, I missed a school meeting for the big girl (I programmed it into my phone for the wrong time) it didn't end up being a huge deal but I felt crappy. I also got brave and cut the guinea pig's nails and bathed him, he did quite well and had to warm up in his favorite spot after.


Yesterday hubs had a fishing tournament so I was up with him at 3 and decided to just get my run in, I did Hiker Mom's "Grandma Lill's Happy 95th 10K. I got 6.2 miles done in 73 minutes on the treadmill before 4:30 am!

Today was quiet, just work and then hanging out and cleaning to prep for the new mattress delivery. Tomorrow I have my physical follow up to discuss my blood work. Hopefully I'll be back to post about that before next Sunday...

11 comments:

  1. What a busy weekend! It sounds like it truly was an adventure! :)

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  2. Great job getting the race in so early! I'm impressed:) Love the pic of your guinea pig. SO cute! Congrats on the new mattress. SO nice to lay down on a nice new comfy mattress!

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  3. I love the guinea pig shot! so cute. Hope you and the kid are feeling better sounds hectic! but you managed :D

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  4. that pic is soooo cute! also. i cant even believe you ran before 430. that is nuts! you are amazing!

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  5. Whoa you've been SO busy! I actually WANT to get called for jury duty and put on a real live jury, I am dying to see what the court room is really like after watching so many episodes of Law & Order. But it's probably lucky you got dismissed!? Your guinea is a-freaking-dorable.

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  6. Wow, it is super impressive that you got workouts done with all that going on! Running with your daughter while she's biking sounds dangerous, in a fun way. :)

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    1. It was fun! I am sure we will do it again! I think that not getting my workouts in would have made the hectic days so much worse.

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  7. Sounds like a productive week! Yay for dodging the jury duty bullet. I know that's an unpatriotic thing to say but I well know how much chaos it creates when you have to deal with coverage for the kids.
    Cute piggy!

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  8. You were up at 3am? That is serious commitment, good for you! I have tiny veins too and I hate blood, so giving blood is never fun. I've passed out twice!

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    1. I was up because hubs was up, it wasn't to run! I just had been awake too long to go back to sleep so I decided to get my run done. I'm not that crazy ;-)

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  9. Just came across your blog and I love it! Sounds like you live quite the hectic life but still manage to get your workouts in, good for you!!! How exciting you are a park ranger! That is so cool!
    I can't wait to hear more from you, so glad I stumbled upon your blog! :)

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