Strength

Tonight I ran. Again. Every day I dread going but every time I am done, I am so happy with myself. I pray before every run that God would keep me safe, bless the run, and give me endurance. Tonight though I got specific. I prayed over my legs, lungs, heart, and anything else I could think of. I prayed for his strength to carry me and that he run through me. Sound weird? God has put running in my heart for a reason. If I am going to do something that is so outside of who I am, I am going to pray over everything I can think of. I don't have the strength to run, but God does!

PS. Doing a 5K on September 23 if anyone wants to join me. You know who you are :)

Fall

I have been teaching elaboration in writing at school and our topic was a critical setting: fall. We used the 5 senses to come up with things associated with fall. I look out at these 100+ days and I dream of fall. So I had to do it. Light a candle. A fall candle. It is to make me think it's cooler than 102 outside and the sun is not beaming down on me taunting me. So far, the house smells super good. As long as I don't walk outside, I can almost see those falling leaves (not because they're dying), feel the cool crisp autumn air sweep my hair back and see Abbie sticking out her tongue to catch the breeze. Ahhhh....fall.

Ugh

It is the second week of school therefore I survived the first. Today I really got to teach and it went so much better than last week. There is hope for this year after all!
I ran again tonight and am quite sure one of the these days I am going to disintegrate since it is so hot out. Pretty much like running inside the core of the earth. When I run on weekends it feels so much better probably because it's morning and I seem to go so much further. On nights, I just beg to make it home before someone finds me in the middle of the road. Yet, I shall press on. I looked at my training schedule and it doesn't look that bad. The week is pretty light but that long run on Saturday, that will be the true test of if I make it or not.
Ladies, in case you have not noticed at your house, you might find your husband a bit more giddy, happy, joyful. One word: football. Yup, it's back and my husband can finally stop his countdown. (He started in February after the Super Bowl). Our Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays shall be filled with men chasing one another, throwing and pouncing on a ball thus pouncing on each other. And dare I go to fantasy football? The one thing I love about football is that it means fall is just around the corner. Oh yeah, I am in Texas, it'll be in about 3 more months.

First Day

Today was the first day of school. It felt like the 100th. I have a sweet class who love to talk. A lot. I told them that tomorrow consequences would come for talking. I have to get this under control before it gets worse.
This evening I went running. And I made it 3 miles! Yeah rah! I think that is the most I have every been in my life! My friend said, get through the second mile and its easy. You know what, that was true tonight. I would like to run in the morning, as I was going to today, but I got a bit scared. Out at 5 in the morning by myself makes me a bit uneasy. If I had only gone 10 more miles, it would have been a 1/2 marathon! :)

Run On

Today we went and got some good running shoes for me. The folks there at Run On know their stuff. Before, I would buy tennis shoes that were cute. After all, who wants to wear an ugly one? At this store though, the shoe picks you. They watch you walk and look at how your foot moves and measure it on the neat little scale (the last time I used that was grade school I think!). They are very knowledgeable because they either walk or run. Of course, with new shoes come socks and shirts. Dry fit my friend, we live in Texas! I bought their logo shirts for $10 each. Not a bad deal I'm thinking. With my new stuff comes a new love. Running. I never though those words would ever come out. Check back in a couple of weeks though and see if I still have this passion!

Walking

I thought little monster would walk at 10 months. Needless to say, it didn't happen. Today though, she took 13 steps on her own! A huge improvement on 2. Good job Abs! Keep it up.

Running

The other night (Friday) I went out and ran 1.25 miles, give or take. I felt really good. Tonight I decided to run like the wind. It was humid and super nasty out but I was on a mission especially after having a big mac for lunch and Red, Hot 'n Blue for dinner. After nearly collapsing and getting in my car, sipping gatorade, I was off to measure my long distance run. A whopping 2.1 miles. That's it?! I am not even sure I ran enough to work off the bun of the big mac! I sure am feeling it and it's only been 2 hours since the run. Again, I go back to the last blog, what was I thinking? I live in Texas! It's too hot to run in August. It doesn't cool off till mid-November! As a reader noted in her comment, I hope all this running gets me the body of a life time. Guess I need to lay off McDonalds too.

Thinking?

What was I thinking? I told my friend that I would train for a half marathon. I am now locked in because there is no way she will let me get away with not being in it now! We will be running in the White Rock Lake marathon on December 10. We begin actual training September 10. She says by then I need to be able to run at least 3 miles. The way I see it, training starts now. I did have a chat with God about this. That I would do it, stick to it, and that he would bless and annoint this committment. If any of you other readers are interested in training with us, we would love to have you aboard! (By the way, I just looked at the map and again I ask myself, What was I thinking?)

Shots

Today was Abbie's first year check up and everything is great! 31 inches and 22 pounds. She got 5 shots though. I have been praying about them that God would make them as pain free as possible considering the situation. She was such a good girl. She cried just a bit, took her pacifier, and was done. I think she cried maybe 30 seconds. Thank you God for answering prayers! She is happy and playing but I am keeping the tylenol in her...just to be sure.
Brian got to spend some time at home this morning which was really nice. I left her with him to get ready and this is what I found. Silly kids!