White Trash Family

Last night, while Troy was making dinner (turkey burgers, my new favorite food), I decided to wash the cars. Caleb loves the water hose, so had fun playing in the water and splashing in the puddles. At one point he got so wet that he was crabbing and trying to take his shirt off. So, I took it off for him. Then he proceeded to splash in the muddy puddles, getting dirt splotches in his white hair. Not a problem, because he hadn't had his bath, right? Just then, our neighbors come strolling by. Nice white trash family we are. I'm out hand-washing my minivan in the driveway while my child is dirty head-to-toe with no shirt on. Oh, and have I mentioned we haven't mowed our lawn in ages? Half of it is burned to a crisp, and the other half is long and straggly. I did actually run last night. At the end of a mile I thought, "Now I have to get to the point where I can do that 2 more times." I'm going to die trying to finish that race! Tonight I have my very first pilates session. My boss bought some sessions for me. I'm very excited. I've always wanted to do it, but it is soooo darned expensive! Maybe it'll help me get through that second mile without collapsing!

Baby Boy Kisses

So we got ready to leave the house this morning, like we do every morning. Beerman kissed Caleb. Then he kissed me. Then Caleb made a "mmmmm" noise, leaned in and planted one on my mouth. A true kiss! Now how can anything go bad in your day when it starts out like that?

In other news, it rained last night, so I never did get that mile in. I did, however, bring a bag of clothes and my Bally's membership card that I pay $8 for each month, but never use. Work's been so lame lately that I am vowing to leave at 3 p.m. to go to Bally's to run before I go home.

18 Days to the Sausage Race

I've entered the Milwaukee Brewers 5K Sausage Race July 29th. I haven't been able to train in over 2 weeks now because my feet have been hurting me so much. Since it's only 18 days out, I have got to make myself run tonight. My goal is to run a mile tonight, and mile and a half tomorrow night to get myself kick-started. Well, kick-started or just plain dead. We'll see! Oh, and did I mention I'm eating a chocolate chip cookie?

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