2 Hours

I'm two hours away from a new decade.  I understand that technically 31 starts a new decade, except that it DOESN'T.

Why does 30 bother me so much?   Everyone can say "It's no big deal" or "It's just a number" or any number of other positive things, but it still bothers me a little.

I know I'm cool.  I know I'm still young and silly. But I'll be damned if turning 30 doesn't freak me out a little.

I just said to my friend Anna, "On the one hand, I know it's just a number.  On the other, I know it's 30."



I still love birthdays though :)

I beat you, Cold.

Mee: 1

Cold: 0


nice try.

I will defeat you, Cold.

Weekend stats:

10- number of hours slept on Friday night (thank you, nyquil)

1- number of hours that phebe had obedience class on Saturday morning

10- number of miles, total, that I drove this weekend

12- number of hours slept on Saturday night (thank you, nyquil)

4- number of cold medicine pills I took this weekend to force the cold away

6- number of calls I missed this weekend because I had my phone on silent and was sleeping/laying around preserving energy

0- number of days of school I will miss because of this cold

Ok, 5K.

I'm embarking on a journey. It'll be a quick one but it's coming at a very necessary time. Very early in the morning on Saturday, December 4, I am going to run a 5K race with the Girls on the Run. I will be running with one of my 3rd graders. : )

But it's time to get my butt into gear. I'm putting it on my blog because I need to be accountable. I'm telling you, the (maybe) 6 of you who read this, that I am going to start a running program.

I have about 5 weeks.

Here's the schedule for this week. I will be posting each day I have something to do.

Monday: Rest (today). I mean, I had to have a day to make this plan, for pete's sake.

Tuesday: Run 1.5 miles at gym for accuracy, then drive walking routes in neighborhood measuring for distance (plus phebe walk)

Wednesday: Rest or Run/Walk. I will be run/walking at the gym with Kelly

Thursday: Run 1.5 miles (plus phebe walk)

Friday: Rest

Saturday: Run 1.5 miles (plus phebe walk)

Sunday: 30-60 min walk (with pheebs!)

Ok! Here goes! I don't want that 3rd grade girl to be held back because of me!

"Not a total Betty, but a vast improvement..."

It takes a special circumstance for me to quote Clueless. That special circumstance happened today when I decided to clean the bathroom. We had been having some water/dripping/old pipe issues that recently got fixed so it was time for a big scrub.

Thank goodness Phebe was there to help...

I used Kaboom. Pretty intense stuff...

It's smell is a bit strong and I had visions of my nose hairs getting singed off by the ammonia smell, so I suited up... (Note: Not Naked, just wearing a bandeau bathing suit)

BEFORE: (gross)

AFTER: (still need to bleach those black spots, I guess)

BEFORE: (EW! All that pink from the running water we had in there)

AFTER: Not a total Betty, but a vast improvement.

It takes a special circumstance for me to quote Clueless... So far I've been very productive this summer. Let's hope it continues...