I hate running this late in the day, but I had a pretty full schedule and this was the only time I could manage it. Wasn't a very good day today (in general), but I survived. I had to take three cats into the vet today. Benduka, for his UTI recheck and my sister's kittens, Lindy and Doon for their pre-spay blood work. Let's just say Ben was the only one who made it to the appointment. The girls kind of lost their shit when I put them in the carrier. A carrier they've been in many times, mind you. Today they decided it was the portal to HELL and they wanted nothing to do with it. If they were a little scared, I would have gone ahead, but they were bouncing off the walls and I was terrified they would hurt themselves. I let them out and they vanished. By dinnertime, they'll forget it ever happened and be right back to their lovable, annoying selves.
At any rate, after I dropped Ben off at home, I headed out to run some other errands, two of which I didn't even have time to do. So I bought a bottle of loganberry wine and went back to my sister's house. I had a Tofu Pup for lunch, took the dogs out for a walk around the yard, chased a stray duck back into the little yard because she couldn't figure out how to get back on her own and the geese were terrorizing her, FINALLY put on my running gear and headed out.
I got two houses down from my sister's before I remembered her asshole neighbor who can't be bothered to keep his psychotic dog inside the house. I heard the dog barking from behind the house, and two seconds later, he (she?) was out in the street barking at me. I avoided eye contact and sat, sternly, "GO HOME," but he/she kept darting after me, so close, I could feel his/her whiskers on my leg. I told him/her again to go home, but the damn dog trailed along behind me until I got to the next house where two women were screaming at each other on the front lawn. I don't keep my iPod turned up very loud for safety and hearing reasons, so I could pretty much hear everything they were screaming. Apparently, one women couldn't afford the luxury of having two cars, which I find strange because her driveway and lawn is home to no less than 12 sorely abused vehicles. One of them was in the ditch, in fact. The other woman was mad because she was expected to answer her texts messages while she's out with her man. It was at this point that my eyes started to glaze over and I almost fell into a ditch. Hello, kids! Welcome to Jerry Springer's neighborhood. Can you spell "meth lab"?
Anyway. Running. It's 76°F out there right now. Thankfully the sun was low enough to be hidden by the trees along the river, so I had quite a bit of shade. I'm happy to announce that today's run wasn't as "bad" as Tuesday's. It was difficult mentally because when I run on the track, I know where I'll be when the intervals end because I'm running the same circle every time. On the road at my sister's, I don't know where I'll be when an interval ends, so I feel kind of lost without those markers.
I did pretty well, for the most part. I felt good, too. The last three minute run was a little hard, but I didn't feel quite so much like dying this time around. I think getting back to the strength training and aerobic this week has really paid off. *pats self on back* I haven't had time to do my lower body workout today, but that's ok. I ran and that should be enough. I'm not going to drive myself crazy trying to fit every damn thing into my schedule today.
Right now my biggest concern is whether or not I should take a bath. A shower, yes, but my sister has a jacuzzi tub and, before she left for Chicago, bought some rubber duckies and told me to take a bubble bath while she was gone. Trouble is, do I really want to soak in hot water when it's this warm out? It'll cool off in a couple of hours (I hope). Perhaps I'll wait until then. It'll give the wine time to chill. Or whatever wine does in the fridge.
See you on Saturday.
P.S. I've been in contact with my sister's friend, and we're working out the best way to get that little fainting puppy out here. Actually, it's not so much that he faints. He'll just fall over from time to time. I'm definitely going to buy him a doggy life preserver for when we all go to the lake, but maybe I should get him a helmet, too...
By this time next month, Tank could have a little brother!
At any rate, after I dropped Ben off at home, I headed out to run some other errands, two of which I didn't even have time to do. So I bought a bottle of loganberry wine and went back to my sister's house. I had a Tofu Pup for lunch, took the dogs out for a walk around the yard, chased a stray duck back into the little yard because she couldn't figure out how to get back on her own and the geese were terrorizing her, FINALLY put on my running gear and headed out.
I got two houses down from my sister's before I remembered her asshole neighbor who can't be bothered to keep his psychotic dog inside the house. I heard the dog barking from behind the house, and two seconds later, he (she?) was out in the street barking at me. I avoided eye contact and sat, sternly, "GO HOME," but he/she kept darting after me, so close, I could feel his/her whiskers on my leg. I told him/her again to go home, but the damn dog trailed along behind me until I got to the next house where two women were screaming at each other on the front lawn. I don't keep my iPod turned up very loud for safety and hearing reasons, so I could pretty much hear everything they were screaming. Apparently, one women couldn't afford the luxury of having two cars, which I find strange because her driveway and lawn is home to no less than 12 sorely abused vehicles. One of them was in the ditch, in fact. The other woman was mad because she was expected to answer her texts messages while she's out with her man. It was at this point that my eyes started to glaze over and I almost fell into a ditch. Hello, kids! Welcome to Jerry Springer's neighborhood. Can you spell "meth lab"?
Anyway. Running. It's 76°F out there right now. Thankfully the sun was low enough to be hidden by the trees along the river, so I had quite a bit of shade. I'm happy to announce that today's run wasn't as "bad" as Tuesday's. It was difficult mentally because when I run on the track, I know where I'll be when the intervals end because I'm running the same circle every time. On the road at my sister's, I don't know where I'll be when an interval ends, so I feel kind of lost without those markers.
I did pretty well, for the most part. I felt good, too. The last three minute run was a little hard, but I didn't feel quite so much like dying this time around. I think getting back to the strength training and aerobic this week has really paid off. *pats self on back* I haven't had time to do my lower body workout today, but that's ok. I ran and that should be enough. I'm not going to drive myself crazy trying to fit every damn thing into my schedule today.
Right now my biggest concern is whether or not I should take a bath. A shower, yes, but my sister has a jacuzzi tub and, before she left for Chicago, bought some rubber duckies and told me to take a bubble bath while she was gone. Trouble is, do I really want to soak in hot water when it's this warm out? It'll cool off in a couple of hours (I hope). Perhaps I'll wait until then. It'll give the wine time to chill. Or whatever wine does in the fridge.
See you on Saturday.
P.S. I've been in contact with my sister's friend, and we're working out the best way to get that little fainting puppy out here. Actually, it's not so much that he faints. He'll just fall over from time to time. I'm definitely going to buy him a doggy life preserver for when we all go to the lake, but maybe I should get him a helmet, too...
By this time next month, Tank could have a little brother!
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