What a Week!

This past week has been physically and mentally exhausting. I really needed the weekend to come around when it did!

Bright and early Sat morning I did the Color Me Rad 5k race with my friend.  Perfect fun start to the weekend! Here we are clean before the race.

Eye "protection" check! Ready to go!

 

 

There were color "stations" along the route which included having colored cornstarch, colored water, and a little foam thrown at you. It was tons of fun, in spite of my husband's instance that the whole thing seems like a bad idea. 

 

 

A little messy.

The after party!

 



Peace. Love. Run.

A Song, A Race, An Update, and Something Interesting

First a song....

 

 

Now a race....

 

My husband, one of my besties, and her nephew ran the Monument Ave 10k this morning. This is a huge race in downtown Richmond, VA. Huge like 40,000 runners registered and is the 3rd largest 10k in the country. Hubby surprised me by opting to run with my friend. He had planned to run it for fun so he figured he'd tag along with them for some company. I am so proud of Angelia. When I saw them on the course I was screaming and I was so excited my knees were weak. However, they were doing their thing and because of the size of the race they missed me completely. That's what I get for standing at mile 6 as they started the sprint to the finish.

We had the most awesome rainbow unicorn poster! Angelia actually made it for me for the marathon. I up-cycled it with her name and race. I think it's a keeper and will keep reappearing in various places! Life should be all about rainbows and unicorns!!

An update.....

Remember back in March the Lupus Foundation of America announced if they raised $25,000 by the end of the month an individual would match that amount? Well, more than made it! They received enough donations to match that goal and then some! Yeah!!

 

Something Interesting....

Finally, I found this on the Internet....

(That is Julian Lennon, John Lennon's eldest son.)

 

 



Spring Break

Spring Break is coming to a close. First... a goal report. I only lost the 1 pound that I gained last week. So now I'm starting from ground zero again. I've menu planned, shopped, and tonight I'll be prepping for a busy upcoming week. I'm planning/hoping for better success this week.

 

Spring break always reminds me how blasted easy and blessed my life is!! All of us were off of work/school this week.  I know not many families get to enjoy the entire week off together. We worked on some projects but also fit in some fun too.

 

The kids and I met friends to hike along the James River.

We tried Geocaching for the first time. I think the kids are hooked.

We took a day trip to Monticello. A "Family Tour" is available over spring break (and in the summer.) The tour kept the kids engaged by "naming" each of them as one of Thomas Jefferson's grandchildren. They learned about life there from a child's perspective. 

Thomas Jefferson's grave site.



 



Athlete

I don't see myself as being athletic. Not one tiny bit.

 

In spite of the fact that I have an official Marathon Finishers medal.

 

 

 

Actually, I have all of these finishers bling.    

But I don't see myself as an athlete AT ALL.

 

Does that matter?

I think it probably should. Our own self talk is incredibly important.

 

 

On the second trip over the Rudee Bridge during the marathon a woman thanked me for the saying on the back of my shirt. She said she would remember that saying later in the race. (Thanks, Jill! Shirt Designer!)

 

Our internal self talk is important. How we see ourselves is important. Smart, dumb, pretty, ugly, lovable, unloved, worthy, unworthy, strong, weak,

ATHLETIC.

 

It's certainly something to think about. If I am an athlete I make time and room for that in my life. If I am not, it gets done when it works out. When it conveniently fits in. Because it's what I do, not WHO I AM.

 

But a huge blessing of being a woman living in this time, in this country, married to an above average supportive guy...is that I have choices. I can choose to be an

ATHLETE.

 

 

 

 

Aprils Fools

It's not an April Fool that I didn't loose any weight this week. In fact I gained a pound. Hmm. What could cause that? Making absolutely no effort in paying attention to what was going in me at all.

• In the past 10 days we've eaten out 5 nights. I'm not even counting the "take and bake pizza" in that number. Some were birthday celebrations, a couple Living social deals, and several poorly planned days.
• Easter candy/sugar. yea. Actually sugar doesn't concern me as much as high-fructose corn syrup , carnauba wax, yellow #5, hydrogenated oils crap, artificial flavors, and blue #2.
• I've been to both Sweet Frog and Yapple (frozen yogurt places) this week.
• The lack of working out. Except for my job and the 5k. Sometimes my job is hard work, but often is not.

We are on spring break this week. Today I painted at our rental house. I painted up high on the front of the house while most of my family worked in the back of the house. That is another post entirely how my husband who has done zero gravity flight and tandem skydiving has such a fear of heights that he doesn't like seeing me on a ladder. I don't get him. The 9 year old was sort of in charge of making sure I was still on the ladder and not splattered on the ground.

This song has been stuck in my head all day!!! What a strange song to have on repeat... "But my heart told my head this time no" (add trumpets in the background. TRUMPETS!!!)

OK, now enough randomness for this night!
 Happy April Fools day!!!