8 going on 9

Last night I completed 8 miles in my training for my half marathon. Or as W2 likes to say my mara. It was very hard and at one point I wanted to cry because it was over a mile of going up hill. I was sick of going up. I wanted some downhill action. I didn't get it. I need to find a new route for my 9th mile because there is no way I'll be able to climb that hill after running 6 miles.

The 9th mile is scheduled to take place on Saturday Morning.

Someone came to look at the house today. Let's all have positive thoughts towards this being the people to buy our condo. I couldn't tell if they liked it but I kept throwing subliminal messages that they need to buy it. Let's hope that works.

What a weekend

W back again. Well my 2 weeks of hell at work ended and what an ending it was. Friday night we had game night at my brothers. It was great time. Full of laughs and some good competition. We followed that up with a Tiki Party at E's brothers house on Saturday. A few Coronas some ribs and jerk chicken and I was a happy camper.

Game night Friday went until about 1 am and I had get up and work Sat morning before the party. So by the time we got back home Sat night I was one tired camper. I slept well that night. Today was a relaxing recovery day.

Hope everyone else had a good weekend.

Week 2

We are in full force of week two of W's OT week. We are counting down to Saturday at 1 when he steps out of his building knowing his 60+ hour weeks are over.

Kudos to him for going to the gym extra early the last two weeks. I'm not sure if I could do that. I know I didn't yesterday.

We're half way there!

Long week #1 -almost over

W's is working tons of OT because his manager is out on vacation for the next 2 weeks. All work and no play makes W an unhappy boy. He has to work the next 3 Saturday — yuck.

I'm also leaving him on Saturday to go to a baby shower with W2 for my cousins wife, S. I have to get up bright and early to drive up to Leominster then W2 will drive to NY.

I don't think he has any plans while I'm away but we can all ask later.

Sunday will hopefully be a relaxing day. We'll see.

3 H's are here

Hazy, hot and humid, just how I like my Augusts.

I do have a itty bitty problem with the weather, I am thinking about doing a half marathon in September and it's quite hard to run in this heat. I have my goals set to do the Salem Wicked half race race. I want to do this race for several reasons. One, it's in Salem and I would love to go back and run in the streets that were once my stomping grounds. The other reason is that it starts at 7 am and I can get it over with by 9:30. I'll be home and taking a nap by 11. That's my goal anyway;)

This week it's mile 7. So far, so good. I really enjoyed my 6 miles last weekend. I hope I can keep up the positive thoughts. The humidity, even in the morning, does put a damper on things. I'm either going to do my 7 on Friday afternoon (hopefully if it's not too humid) or Saturday Morning (at 6 am because I'm going to NY on that day). I'll make my decision on Friday Afternoon when I leave work.

If I don't think I'm ready to do the Salem race there are a few in October and November I have my eye on.

This weekend

W back, E and I had a great weekend. Saturday we went up north and visited with our friends T and G. We went out to dinner and then went back to their place to chit chat until late into the night on thier new back deck. We had a good time. T did a great job building the deck.

Then Sunday started as a quiet day at home until brother M stopped by with "Watchmen" on DVD. We had a great time watching that while I made red beans and rice for dinner. I'm quite proud of myself, my first time making them and they came out delicious.

Well back to work tomorrow and since my coworker is on vacation I'm working extra hours all week. It's going to be a long one.

Hope everyone else had a great weekend. Anyone do anything fun??

W.A.W.

W back again. So our Wicked Awesome Wednesday went well. I started the day by splurging on an Ice Coffee and a bagel at Dunks. I then took a long lunch outside in the park near my work. Relaxed in the sun and ate my lunch. The day finished with E and I having pizza for dinner and a trip to Dairy Queen for some blizzards.
I hope everyone else took the time to treat themselves to something nice today. Happy W.A.W.

Girl's weekend

This past weekend me and 4 of my friends went to Hyannis for a mini vacation. We left early Friday morning with no traffic in sight. We made it there in record time. Our first stop once we checked in - Persys! Home of the worlds BEST breakfast. We even got free cornbread to take home with us.

Weather wise, Friday wasn't all that great. We decided to do a little shopping instead. We hit the flea market first then the smaller stores around Hyannis. I bought Will a shirt that says "Will the mother who left her 9 children at Fenway Park please pick them up, they are beating the Yankees 5-0." Sad thing is that I didn't get it until I gave the shirt to Will 2 days later.

Saturday was a beach day. I burnt my back and the back of my legs. It was very uncomfortable to sit but a few drinks made that feel a little better. After the beach, we all cleaned up and went of for a yummy dinner and some drinks.

Sunday was another not so nice weather day. We left right when we got up. By the time I got home I was in need of a nap. Apparently I was very tired, once I woke up I started to tell W all about my weekend . . . again! He listened, he's such a good husband.

Wicked Awesome Wednesday (WAW)

OK W back again and the first annual WAW is coming up on the 5th of August. For those who have forgotten or missed it, since August and Wednesday's do not get any holidays, I have declared the 1st Wednesday of every August, Wicked Awesome Wednesday.



E and I are keeping our first WAW low key with dinner, a rental and some Blizzards. I'm also going to try and get 9 holes in before work that morning (keeping the fingers crossed for good weather.)



I hope everyone takes the opportunity to treat themselves to something on this day, even if it's something small like an Oreo blizzard. After all we deserve it. Let us know what you choose to do and have fun.