I’m so glad this week is almost over.  It hasn’t been a very good week or a really bad week.  It has been a wet, rainy and dreary week. It was hard to go to work on Monday after the long weekend.  I got a run in Monday night, just over 3 miles.  Eric had a soccer game Monday night that didn’t go too well.  His AR came off the line to argue with a player.  Eric was so stressed when he got home.  And to top it off, he still hadn’t finished his homework so I was up until midnight helping him.  I was not a happy camper!

Tuesday I dragged him for a walk. I wanted to see how long it would take me to walk my running route.  I was very happy to find out that I run 3-4 minutes faster per mile.  So that’s good. 

Eric had another soccer game on Wednesday.  The game only lasted 7 minutes before the lightening started to strike.  That was the easiest $40 he has ever made.   I went shopping. I needed some clothes and I had to pick up a book for Eric so he could write his papers (which he still hasn’t started…ARGH!)  He is such a procrastinator, it drives me nuts!

Yesterday we had a “Lunch 'n Leave.”  Basically we go to lunch as a team and don’t go back to work.  It is nice but the weather was so crappy that I went home and took a nap.  Exciting, eh?

Today is the last day of work for me until June 5th…but technically that isn’t true as I’m working 4 hours on May 31st.   But that is purely for logistics reasons (I need a ride to the airport for a mid-day flight…so I might as well work 4 hours and take the light rail to the airport).

Tomorrow we are flying to Atlanta (aka Hotlanta).  It is supposed to be in the mid-90s the whole time we are there: hot, Hot, HOT!  We have all sorts of things planned.  We are starting our trip in Tuskegee with Eric’s Uncle Dennis and Aunt Beverly.   Very Excited!

My weekend was pretty crazy.  Eric and I took Friday off and enjoyed our day.  I went for a run in the morning (3.3 miles).  Eric woke up and we went for donuts (the most logical thing to eat after a run).  We took Swirl to the vet, where he got a clean bill of health outside of the tooth that needs to be pulled in a couple weeks.  After we got Swirl back home we went to Don Pablos for lunch. Yum! We hadn't been there in ages and I really had a craving for chips and salsa.  We did some shopping and came home and got ready for Abbie’s Confirmation.  Eric and Abbie had to be there at 5 so Eric dropped me off at DJ house.  The Confirmation was nice; the Bishop for the Winona Diocese seems like a good guy, he was funny and not overly serious.  After some cake we made our way home.  Eric had class Saturday and I had a flight to Milwaukee.

Danielle came up early Saturday morning and the Stayers gave us a ride to the airport for our short flight to Milwaukee.  Not that eventful. Mike and Dylan picked us up and we meet everybody else at Dylan’s house.  We went to the Twins/Brewers game at Miller Park.  We tailgated beforehand, but it wasn’t really tailgating as we ate sandwiches and didn’t grill but it was still good.  It was HOT out but thankfully our seats were under the overhang so we didn’t get the sun.  It was a fun game.  11 innings of back and forth and finally the Twins were victorious thanks to Plouffe’s homerun in the top of the 11 inning.  I was the only happy person of the family as Detroit (Greg’s team) lost too.  Yay for Kim!  We had a late dinner at Applebee’s and the family played cards (of course).

Yesterday I woke up at 6am to this annoying loud crash.  I kept hearing it over and over.  I opened up the door to yell at housekeeping because their door was outside our door and I thought it was them.  Nope, it was Mike, the towel rack fell off the wall and he was trying to put it back up. Haha.  We had the awesome breakfast and went off to the graduations. 
The first graduation was long but ok.  Hank Aaron was the commencement speaker. It was cool to hear from a baseball legend.  The second ceremony was only an hour but it was boring.  After the second graduation we went to the lake front park for a picnic and pictures.  My family left around 3.  Dylan, Danielle and I hung out at the beach and walked around the hills around the lake for a while and then he should us his place for next year.  We made our way to the airport a little early but that was ok.  The airport has a used book store and Danielle actually was interested in, she even said that was the most interesting thing at the Milwaukee Airport…a book store!!!  But they had a Math section. Our flight was again uneventful; we got our peanuts after we had started our decent.  It is only a 45 minute flight so what do I expect?  We got home about 9:00 last night.  It was a great weekend with lots of fun and food.

It has been booked...ok not Hawaii!  How about "Da Plane, Da Plane" from Fantasy Island? Anyways, we are off to the white sandy beaches and turquoise waters of Jamaica.  We are leaving Christmas Day and coming back New Year’s Day.  7 days of sun, water and relaxation.  I’m so excited!  Hopefully I won't get bored! I have been dragging my feet on purchasing it and the price went up $400 yesterday!  I was so pissed.  But today I got a Delta Vacation code and saved almost $500.  Yes!  I’m spending another Christmas Day at the airport.  This is becoming a tradition.

I ran 4 miles on Monday and 5 miles today!  5 miles!!  I was so happy.  It was slow but 5 miles!  I was only going to do 4 again but I went to the preserve by the river and the out and back is only 3.8 miles.  So I had to turn around and when I did I thought what the heck I can do another mile.  I’m not sure what is going on here but I really like running. I celebrated by going to Kohl’s and to buy new running shirts.  I’m getting annoyed by baggy t-shirts, I want something that wicks sweat. 

Tomorrow is my last day of work for the week.  Yippy!  I have Friday off to prepare for Milwaukee and to go to Abbie’s Confirmation.  

So I started this running routine in late January and I was really slow and could barely run a quarter of a mile without stopping.   I was majorly out of shape.  Its 111 days later and I’m still doing it!  This is the longest I have stuck to running.  There was a 2 week break in there when I didn’t do it but, unlike the other times, I didn’t wait 8 months or a year to start again.  That says a lot.  And I topped the 3.5 mile run from Wednesday with an over 4 mile run on Saturday! What makes it crazy is I looked at my watch at 45 minutes and said to myself, I can run another 15 minutes.  I’m still slow, 4.2 miles in an hour is slow.  However, I felt good and I enjoyed it…Did I just say that?  I started my run at the house at 7:15 am after Swirl woke me up at 5:30am.  It was cold at first and I wanted to quit after the first quarter mile but I kept going.  I was just going to do the normal 2 miles but when I got the Hwy. 101 (where I usually turn around) I decided to go running in Memorial Park.  It was a nice morning, the birds were going nuts so what better place to run than along the river, in the woods with birds keeping me entertained.  I ran all the way to the campground but had to turn around because the river is flooding again.  It’s a lower area and any big rainfalls will cause it to flood.  I ran back to Hwy 101 and came close to my house but I was so close to an hour I ran around the paths by the house.  I did a full hour and I felt like I could have gone longer.  Am I really starting to like it?  I guess so!!

After the run and the 30 Day Shred video and then I collapsed on the bed and took a nap, an unplanned surprise.  Eric woke me up at noon and we went out for the day.  We went to his favorite, Boston Market for lunch and stopped at Barnes and Noble for the newest Doctor Who release.

Saturday evening we went to another Twins game.  It was such a nice night but unfortunately they lost. (Big Surprise).  That was my second game in a week; I have two this week too.  One is tomorrow (day game) and one is Milwaukee on Saturday.

Sunday wasn’t too exciting. We went mini golfing for the first time this year. I kicked Eric’s butt.  I even got a hole in one!  Yay!  After that Eric had another soccer game so I was all alone.  I went for a short bike ride of about 8 miles (the wind killed me) and did the Shred Video. 

Overall it was a nice weekend.