Keeping Busy

It is definitely getting chilly outside. You know you like to run when you get up at 4:50 am, turn on the weather channel to see the temperature and wind report, spend 10 minutes figuring out what to wear and then finally get out there and run. This is now my routine on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. I have built up the distance and speed to run with Chief and TL. We do a 5-mile loop starting at TL’s house. If I feel okay at the end, I add a little bit and run home. It is really awesome that JJ is able to run with us too. I think the trick was building super slow. The problem is that I get so competitive with myself that I want to keep adding distance or running more frequent then I should. Take today, we ran 8 miles in 81 minutes yesterday at Waterfall Glen. I was ready to run with the boys this morning even though my knee is a little sore and I am physically tired. Chief woke up with me and said he would go with us if we would walk. So, we walked and I enjoyed talking and looking at the neighborhood. I think the boys like the break as well.

Yesterday the run was great at WFG. We got there at 5:45am. Chief bought a headlamp from REI and it worked really well. He lit up the path for all three of us. Dusty got a new running jacket (looks like a yellow Superman cape). He is a little guy with less fur than JJ so we are careful with cold weather and running him. He ran in his little jacket and he had absolutely no issues. When Chief got home, Dusty followed him to the den to hang it up. It was really cute.


Today I am returning to “Hot Yoga” class with my friend. She invited me last weekend and it was my very first yoga experience. I loved it. I am not flexible but that didn’t matter. I just did as much as I could. I admit when I was done I felt so relaxed. I got home and wanted to sleep. Today, I need to drink more prior to class. I think that will help me not feel so dehydrated later tonight.

This is Thanksgiving week and I have a lot to do. Normally, I work the Friday after Thanksgiving so we make a dinner for just us two and put up the Christmas tree. This year we are headed up north and I already have some time constraints. After working and a manicure on Wednesday, we will be driving to Sheboygan to stay with my oldest sister. We are planning on doing a 10K turkey trot in Sheboygan on Thursday morning. Then we have to drive to Manitowoc and get our butts going to be at Chief’s family gathering. We are staying at my sister’s house (different than the one referenced above) and she has her dinner at noon, which we are invited to as well. I told her we would just snitch a piece of turkey because we have to be at Chief’s brothers house by 2 pm for dinner at 4 pm. I will be going shopping with some of my family on Friday morning. I have never done the day after shopping thing. I am not a real lover of shopping but I wanted to spend some time with them. We are driving to Green Bay and Appleton for this. My mom’s dinner is on Saturday night, but we will already be back in Illinois because we are picking up a friend at O’Hare Airport on Saturday afternoon. Sunday, I will be getting started with Christmas decorating. Wow, we will need a vacation after this.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.