Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows
So camping was great. The day we spent on the river was the most fun I have ever had in my life. Chris thinks it is funny that I loved it so much but I'm scared of the LOG RIDE at amusement parks. Heh.
I would say that it is good to be back, but it isn't. I've been kind of down all week. Having camped for the past two weekends in a row just makes me want to live outside and coming back to my real life has been a major downer. I've been having thoughts of taking some time off work to drive around and camp/hike/raft/backpack/whathaveyou, and it really just isn't possible right now which gets me down. And then that turns into a general "What the hell do I want out of life" malaise. And then I think about whether or not kids are a part of our future and life plans, and I think "I can't have a kid, I am the girl that doesn't even want a DOG because it is too much responsibility". And then I start thinking about what we want to do after retirement (yes, I am only 28, get ahead of myself much?) and whether or not Chris and I will truly want the same things and because I am down to begin with I start thinking worst case scenario about everything and godDAMN I am just a fucking joy to behold.
So that is why I have been absent from the blog this week, because I have little to say that is cheery. I am, however, looking forward to this weekend and I think I will snap right out of my funk. Tomorrow I will be getting a stick shift lesson from one of my favorite coworkers (the same guy we went to Moab with a couple of weekends ago). I am looking quite forward to it because "learn to drive a stick" is on my bucket list. Then on Saturday we have plans to hike with John and friend of his that will be here from out of town, followed by dinner at one of our favorite sushi places with John and his whole crew. I have also started assembling my half-marathon training plan which cheers me considerably, because I really like running. So it's not all gloom and doom around here. It just not all sunshine and rainbows, either.
AND
We are leaving tomorrow (Thursday) for another camping trip. I would just live outside if I could. We'll be near Vernal, UT. The weather is threatening to suck, but I am optimistic. We are supposed to spend a day on the river and I will cry if that can't happen. So my optimism is motivated by, well, nothing at all actually. Is optimism ever grounded in reality?
Blogger still sucks and is denying you a picture. I am not optimistic that I will get one posted before I leave.
Real Quick Like Post
So I tried to post a damn picture of Chris and I in Moab yesterday, and blogger sucked it up and wouldn't do it. So no picture for YOU. It was a great trip and I am a little sunburned. Summer has officially begun.
The 9/80 Work Week = Pure Win
We have tomorrow off and we are going camping in Moab with a friend (From work - how many times do you have to hang out with someone on the outside before you stop referring to them as a work friend? Ah, life's many questions.) and his wife, and some of their friends. I can't wait.
It will just be a weekend trip and we'll be back on Sunday. Just in time to get our shit together to leave for camping/river trip by Vernal on Thursday. We are home the weekend after that, and then the next week we will leave for VEGAS, BABY. I love summer. I love having a laid back husband that will balance full time work, full time school, and still take trips with me whenever we feel like it.
I'm going to tell you a secret. Being married to me is not easy most of the time. I'm impulsive, loud, I love to drink, I'm always coming up with a "plan" (maybe more on these plans later?) and I have various and assorted neuroses. But Chris handles it all so well, I really think the guy deserves a medal.
Good News and Bad News
The good news: I had a new best time today, by over 30 seconds. 35:49. Sweet!
The bad news: When I got done my right ankle was bloody and raw. I didn't realize it while I was running, it was just a little uncomfortable, but when I stopped I saw that it was all bloody. This sucks, because a week ago I got new running shoes from a real live running place where they watch you run on a treadmill and blah blah blah. So I got the shoes that they recommended, and they made my whole leg all the way up to my hip hurt. I took them back after 3 runs and told I was being "over-corrected" and so I got different, less correcty (totally the profesh term) ones. Today was the second time I wore the less correcty ones, and my ankle (and sock and shoe) are all bloody and gross. So what the hell? Do I take them back? Do I wear my old shoes until it heals and then give it another try?
A Good Weekend
Iron Man was awesome. Seriously, go and see it. Go. I'll wait.
Secondly, running update! New best 5K time on Saturday, 36:20. I did not do the Race for the Cure on Saturday like I was going to. Instead, I have picked a 5K race June 14th I will do instead. My goal is to take 30 seconds per week off my time until then, so my official goal for that race is 33:50.
Also on Saturday, we tilled our garden. Our car is dirty and smells like gas now. After tilling, we went up to Scott and Jessica's house so that the boys could go on a four-wheeling man date. While they did that, Jessica and I got drunk. When the boys returned we ate dinner and then played the best game ever: Guitar Hero. Ohmygod so much fun. Chris is thinking of getting a Nintendo Wii with his stimulus package (heh, that always sounds dirty when I say it) and I am fully supporting this decision.
I woke up super hung over today, about which my loving husband helpfully said "You drink a ton all the time. Why are you hung over TODAY??" And then I killed him and buried him in the freshly tilled garden. Okay, I'm kidding. I might have done that if I hadn't been so horribly weak and nauseated. Instead we planted the garden, and I happy to report that we got it completely planted. Then I drank some wine to combat the hung overness, and it totally worked. Now I am trying to watch No End In Sight, because I love me a good documentary, but it isn't really holding my interest.
So here I was, lamenting the fact that my Google Reader (loves it!) is empty, and then I remembered that I haven't updated today so I should shut the hell up with my complaining. So I'm updating now, just in time for my east coast peeps to go offline for the weekend. Timing. Never my strong suit.
Tonight we are going out for sushi and then to see Iron Man with a friend from work and his wife. Chris and said work friend are both comic book
geeks fans, and so they are psyched. I was excited to see it because we were going to do so at the drive in, but now it is cold-ish and supposed to rain so I think we're going to go to a real theater. This is me, being sad.
Tomorrow we have a roto-tiller reserved, so that we can start planting our garden. Hooray! We still have some plants to pick up, although we have a lot of them already. Tomorrow night we might go to Scott and Jessica's to hang out, but we're going to play it by ear. I hate planning out my whole weekend before Friday because then I feel like the weekend is over before it even starts. I'm nuts.
Day Late, $1 Short
So I know I'm late to the party here, but Google Reader is the bomb. All of my blogs! In one place! What a concept! Maybe next I'll try out one of these "cellular phones" the kids are all talking about. (I'm just kidding. I do have a cell phone. I may not have cable TV, but I couldn't live without my gorgeous celly telly.)
So. Community Council tonight. Blah. I don't feel like going, but I really have no choice as I have to take minutes. It would just be so much more interesting if I were allowed to have a glass of wine with me. Maybe I will bring a flask. (Again, kidding. Sort of.)
And even though you are all sick of hearing about running, I did speed work last night. This is only the second time that I've ever done it. The first time was two and half weeks ago, and last night I took 20 seconds per quarter mile off my time. (I did 8 quarter miles with 90 seconds rest in between.) Pretty awesome if I do say so myself. If I can work a "long run" in this weekend and manage to lift weights one day I will be very pleased with myself.
Yeehaw!
So I ran 5K last night and set a new best time for myself! 36:45, in the interest of full disclosure. (Why every time I hear the phrase "full disclosure" do I automatically think "full frontal disclosure"? WHY?) The guy at work who I have forced to be my running mentor was at the park last night, and he was a total sweetheart and slowed waaaaaaaaaay down to my pace and ran a stretch with me. As much as I would have thought that I would hate that, I loved it. It totally helped, and he just elevated himself from Nice Guy status to Super Nice Guy status.
And man, this blog has just become All Running, All The Time, hasn't it? Let me see what else I have to talk about:
- Chris is on his second and final week on break from school. His classes start again on Monday, May 12th. I have liked having him around, and I'm going to miss him when he goes back.
- We were sleeping in our guest bedroom while Chris' parents were here. (Whenever either of our sets of parents come to visit we let them sleep in our room, because there is a bathroom in there.) It is a full bed, as opposed to the queen bed that we are accustomed to sleeping in. I have learned that I HATE sharing a full-sized bed. Everywhere I turn, there is Chris! I like to be affectionate before I fall asleep and after I wake up. But the actual sleeping hours should be solitary. Sleeping is a solitary activity for me.
- Work has been really great for me lately, from a professional (as opposed to fun) standpoint. I've gotten some nice compliments and (more telling) requests from people to have me on their projects. That is so nice.
- We have a week in July that we can go on vacation. July 19th to July 26, specifically. But we don't know where to go. There are several places in the US we have on our list of places to visit, but we kind of feel like we should go somewhere resorty and tropical while we are still childfree. We've never done a tropical/resorty kind of trip, and it might be fun. Anyone have any suggestions?
Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiilestone!
So I had a running milestone on Friday that might not seem all that fabulous, but for me was a huge step. I was able to run the whole 3.1 miles on Friday without stopping at all to walk. Holy shit, people, this is huge for me. I don't think I've ever run that far without a walk break ever in my life. You'd think I had just run a marathon to hear me talk, huh? But whatever, this is my running journey and I rock and everyone else can shut up.
:DMy mother-in-law is still in town (until tomorrow) so that is why I have been kind of silent on the internet-front. We had a great weekend. Saw
The Bucket List ) (loved it, surprisingly), watched the Kentucky Derby (failed to predict the winner for like, the tenth year in a row), went to a neighbor's birthday party (are becoming BFFs with the nieghbors), and shopped a lot. We are taking our stimulus packages as "allowance", and I decided to stimulate the economy a little early. I am GWB's dream citizen. (Shudder.)
Mayday
It's May 1st, and this morning we woke up to... a blanket of snow! Can I just tell you how much I love this city? I just wanna put my arms around it and give it a hug, and there is no sarcasm in that statement. Two days ago it was in the 70s, and today there is snow. How...fun, you know?
My mother-in-law is here until Tuesday, while Chris' dad is off playing golf with his brothers. I'm not sure what we are going to do this weekend yet, probably eat and relax and just enjoy each other's company. Tonight we are going out to dinner with Steph and Tom, because her graduation from nursing school was today. She doesn't actually graduate until August, but the University doesn't do a graduation then, so she is going today. I am so proud of her, and I can't wait to go to dinner.
Well that's my story. I have nothing exciting to report, which is ironic because May is turning out to be the busiest month ever. We have 2 camping trips (one being a river trip) planned, a possible wine tasting, a drive-in night, our work summer picnic, and more. Maybe it will be a summer picnic IN THE SNOW.
