July Stats and a reminder to learn CPR

Total Miles - 58.42 miles
Total running - 11 hours 
Total running sessions - 18
Total Strength Training sessions - 7
Total time Strength Training 5.25 hours

For August I would love to break the 60 mile mark for running. That was my goal for July and I came close.  There are three weeks left of August and I am going to try to get back into the 2x a week with my trainer and 3x a week running.  I need to start ramping up my milage for my runs but I am stuck on how to do this. Last week a lot of my runs were only 5K's as I was pressed for time.  I am sick of running the lakes and need new trails. I have run near my house now but I didn't enjoy it that much. I am going to try and scout new trails. If anyone has any suggestions let me know. 

It appears that the kids will be going to the doctor tomorrow as we have passed the three day mark and both still have 104 fevers.  Strep? Ear infections? 

On an additional note; a fellow twin mama had a very scary incident and reminded us all about water safety.  Please learn CPR.  My mom lives on a lake and this scared the daylights out of me.  My heart broke for this fellow twin mama and made me cry. I could never imagine going through this.

Sick time ='s lots of laying around

It appears the bug has moved onto Sara. She only has a slight fever,unlike danyal who had the 104 fever. He is starting to come around but he was still up 4 times last night.

With all the sickness going around I never got a run in yesterday. By the time I was thinking about running it was 7pm and I felt the bug too.

I managed to do 6.2 miles this morning while I still felt good. I have a feeling with all the rain today we will keep drawing, building forts for the dinosaurs and everyone will nap. This is about as close as I can come to a lazy Sunday.

I will be posting my July running stats soon. Not great but not bad. This month has been awful. With all the house stuff I really have worked out much in 2 weeks. I have only been able to do short 3 mile runs and 1 to 0 days at Steele. Yikes! Must get back in the saddle. Here is to hoping I kicked started that this morning.

The bug is still here

I thought we were on the mend yesterday. Lo and behold I was woken up at 5am by crazy shrieking by Dino's. The poor kid was sweating, soaked, shivering, and miserable. I really hope that was him just breaking the fever. We loaded the kids in the car and hit Starbucks. They love to go in the car in the morning.

So far Sara is good. Knock on wood. Then again she has been sick a lot more than he had in their two short years.

It finally feels real that our old house is gone. You know it was odd to say good-bye but then again, we haven't lived there for almost a year.

Today I think there needs to be a nice run as its great outside and lots of time with Mr. Sicky. Tons of cuddles and some Dinosaur Train? Don't mind if I do.

Poor buddies

He was in a mood all morning. Well post naptime the answer was clear. A temp of 104. Here is to hoping the virus makes a quick round and skips Sara (I doubt it). As is normal I am sure a few long nights are ahead of me. I have to add. My husband went in to work as a favor for someone. He ended up working the whole day to be greeted by danyal throwing up all over him. Parenthood.

My Dr. placed me back on the pill to help with my endometriosis flare ups and it isn't working! It is actually far far worse. If it keeps up at this rate I win an ultrasound in a few weeks and in two months. I really don't like being a woman somedays. Woman issues suck because there is no one clear answer or fix. I was explaining some of the issues to the nurse and she was perplexed to say the least. I just want to run, and run pain free. Is that to much to ask?

On a Sara note, she found my old running shoes and 4 hours later still has them on next runner of the house.

Goodbye house

You were a great house and today was bittersweet. I will admit I cried knowing that today, 2 days early we handed over the keys.

I cried thinking about the memories that happened there;
The tree that was planted on our wedding day,
The tree that we planted when we brought the kids home,
Dating my husband,
Getting engaged,
Getting married,
Laying on the couch as my BFF watched my contractions at 24 weeks,
The kids first steps,
The kids first birthday,
Seeing my mom through cancer,
Finishing my first master's,
3 foot surgeries,
Traveling through about 14 countries,
Traveling all over the US.

You were a great house. Thanks for keeping us warm,dry, and safe.

Where did the weekend go?

So we are usually pretty busy on the weekends. This weekend just flew by! Saturday we moved the last of our furniture from our old house ( wow this feels real finally!). We managed to clean up our patio furniture after sitting outside neglected for a year. It was finally put to use last night to have a glass of wine after a great run.

We managed a couple of hours on Saturday to hit the uptown art fair and actually found two great pieces. One just hit me the minute I saw it. Chateau de Chenonceau in the Loire Valley. I remember standing in the room where the painting is 20 weeks pregnant. It was a bit surreal.

Yesterday we had family in town from IL and huge family pictures. Afterwards it turned into bouncy house craziness. I have to say I kind of want a bouncy house now! For me!

After that family time with the kids, a Target run, and a run and wine to close the day. Overall, a busy and good weekend.

Busy as a bee

Or wasp in my case. I found not one but three wasps nests in our backyard. Anyone who knows me knows I run screaming like a 3 year old from bee's. This was different. This is where my kids play so I knew I had to suck it up and kill the bee's. Now to chip out the honeycomb nests!

Last weeks awful race and trying to get ready for our house closing this week meant I didn't work out until yesterday. After a quick drink with a girlfriend she convinced me to suck it up and jump back on the racing horse. It was a decent 4.75 miles with two mimosas in me. Oops! So I feel better and I am going to try and watch my eating and see what is triggering my flare ups. I am not sure if it's certain foods or the endo. It feel like the endo but the food could be aggravating it.

Now off to a big family get together.