It started innocently enough–I woke up around 9, feeling rested and ready to take on the day, and my 9 mile long run. While I was contemplating get out of bed I heard a noise that sounded like a super loud vacuum cleaner. Turns out, our neighbors across the street decided 9am on a Saturday morning would be the PERFECT time to have their ducts cleaned. So that went on for about an hour, it stopped for awhile, then picked up again about 30 minutes later for another hour. (I’m not used to a lot of noise. I live in Nebraska in a quiet neighborhood.) It’s peaceful here. And besides,
Granted, I was (mostly) awake, but still. I like to catch up on my sleep on Saturdays. I then decided it was not quite warm enough yet to go outside for a long run, so I hit the ‘mill for 9 miles. 90 minutes later, I was done. I spent most of the run talking myself into running the whole 9 miles. It was a mind game. BTW-today it was 52 degrees here! Pretty fantastic! When I was running it was about 35 and very windy. I’m a wuss and just wanted to get the run done.
Later, I ran a few errands and managed to come back with a giant, industrial size box of Jr. Mints. (my fav!). I seriously need to not have those in the house. Once I pop one, I can’t stop. Its bad news, and it seems that I am pretty good at quitting things cold turkey. (I quit pop cold turkey in August and aside from half a sprite 2 weeks ago with an upset stomach, I haven’t been back.) It doesn’t appeal to me anymore and I don’t want it. So I’m going to quit the Jr. Mints and see how that goes. I don’t need the sugar and I certainly don’t need the calories. (note to self, just because you ran 9 miles today doesn’t mean you can reward yourself with a box of jr. mints. Ugh. My tummy hurts.)
I met up with a friend while she got a pedicure. I just sat and chatted with her; she lives and works for a TV station in Des Moines, IA and was home for the weekend. The nail place was busy, so I didn’t spend money to get my nails done. This guy was waiting for his girlfriend and he was sitting across from me, facing me. When they were getting ready to leave, he stood up, looked at me, blew me a kiss, and said “how you doin’?” Ala Joey from FRIENDS. I said, “good, you?” and he was gone. Odd. Then, as I was driving home, I was waiting to turn at a red light and this Hummer full of 20 something year old guys pulled up next to me. They honked, waved and were saying things to me. I looked at them, and smiled, they wanted me to roll down the window, but I declined and then my light turned green, and off I went.
Tonight, I watched Pitch Perfect for about the 10th time. Every time I watch it, it gets better and better.
I’m off to bed! Hope you all have a great rest of the weekend friends! Stay safe and warm East Coast Friends!
Runnin' Down a Dream 