At breakfast this morning, Bitty looked at me and said, "Who painted me?" Hmmmm. "What do you mean?" I reply. I am not sure what he is asking. He points to his left arm (where his birthmark is located) and says, "Who painted me?" Who indeed. My answer. "God painted you." And AI have never seen a more beautiful painting. It is a wonder my heart doesn't burst with all the love I feel for this little guy.
I did it! Today, I was able to walk the whole 13.1 miles. Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts. My asthma was well controlled during the entire run. My time was 4 hours and 10 minutes. It is just over 2 weeks until the race and I am starting to get more excited.
FYI: I finished my miles before 7AM this morning. I got up way too early, but it was worth it.
Homecoming for the Auburn Tigers was a few weekends ago. We plan a trip with a group of college friends for this weekend each year. Now, there are seven of us with six children between us. We had a great time as usual. We always love spending time with old friends.
The Homewood Suites in Montgomery was our home base for the weekend. I recommend traveling this way when you have a group of friends and are traveling with children. We rented one 2 bedroom unit and a 1 bedroom unit. We had enough room to hang out and the kids had enough room to play.
The Homewood Suites in Montgomery was our home base for the weekend. I recommend traveling this way when you have a group of friends and are traveling with children. We rented one 2 bedroom unit and a 1 bedroom unit. We had enough room to hang out and the kids had enough room to play.
Since Friday was a travel day, we decided on a nice family friendly place to eat - Chappy's Deli. They treated us so well and it is a bargain when you have kids in your group. There were 13 of us on Friday night including 6 kids between 18months and 5 years. Best thing is kids under 6 eat FREE with a paid adult meal. The food was wonderful and we saved enough that we didn't feel guilty having dessert. ( I had the cheesecake and it was so delicious. Jason raved about the red velvet cake.) Chappy's is such a great deli that we ate dinner there again on Saturday night.
Just an FYI the cheesecake was just as delicious on Saturday. :)
We said our good byes on Sunday. It was so much fun hanging out. Talking. Getting to watch as our kiddos played together. Next year. Same time. Same place.
Week 29
Last Week: couldn't breath
This week: 24
Miles Completed: 370 miles
Pounds Lost: Why should we even bother?
This week has found me trying to redo last week miles. I am still shaky in the breathing area, but am much better. All the prayers being said on my behalf are working. I have to wear a headband around my mouth in order to breathe, but if that allows me to reach this milestone, it is the least of my concerns.
Trick is how to finish my half-marathon practice run this week with Jason in New Orleans. I am best in the morning. So, I can get up early...around 2AM to get it done before getting The Boy ready for school. OR I can wait until after I drop him off. 2AM until 6:30AM. OR 8AM until noon. You would think that it would be an easy decision. However, it isn't easy to spend 4 hours on a treadmill while you are supposed to be caring for a 2 year old. I have to make the decision this afternoon, so I can get the kids and I in bed early.
Wish me luck! Pray for my breathing.
Just an FYI for those out there who are following. It is not possible to run, walk, or even crawl a half-marathon when you can not breathe. I did not get far today. I took 3 shots of emergency inhaler in the first hour of my run. I had to stop or die. :) On a related note, I went to the doctor this morning. I had a chest x-ray, got a steroid shot, and spent $100 on medicines to get me breathing again. Hopefully, I will have better luck tomorrow. Still, I think I will save the long run until next week. :)
We stayed in Montgomery instead of actually in Auburn. Mainly because you really can't afford to stay in Auburn on game weekends. Another good reason is because restaurants and such are less crowded. Plus, one of the families lives just outside Montgomery, so it makes it convenient for them to travel to and from our get-togethers rather easily. The rest of us stay at the Homewood Suites. We take up a 2 bedroom unit and a 1 bedroom unit.
We got to Auburn early to let the kids play and enjoy the benefit of the Alumni Association's food tent. There are big inflatables set up in front of the Coliseum for the home games. The kids love going from one to another of these. Best thing is that they are FREE. We walked up to the food tent. The kid's especially love this. The menu is hot dogs, bagged chips, and bagged cookies. They always have a variety of sodas and bottled water to choose from. On a sad note, this year kid's over 3 had to pay $5 to get in and guests had to pay $10. Luckily, we only have 2 kids that are over 3, so still $5 for a family of 4 to eat at the game is not too bad.
This year, we decided not to buy tickets beforehand. Only a couple of us really cared about going to the game and we figured we could find cheap tickets when we got there. The day we left, my mother in law gave us her tickets. We figured that the men could go while the ladies hung out with the kids. While we were eating a nice woman gave us 3 tickets, this was helpful because the two older boys by this time wanted to go to the game . So, we had nine people and five tickets. We decided to try and buy the other 4 tickets really cheap. Within minutes, two different people GAVE us two tickets. We got all nine tickets for FREE. This in nice because when the kids get tired of being at the game before half-time, you don't feel so bad about leaving. We stayed as long as the kids wanted without the guilt of wasting money on tickets. It was perfection.
Then we toured and hung out at the new student union. We went shopping at the AU Bookstore. It was a fun day. We parked in the perfect spot. We rode the transit bus to and from our cars, so traffic wasn't even too bad.
Here are a few things that I have learned.
1)Don't bring camp chairs because you won't want to lug them across campus (they never left our trunk.)
2) Don't bring a huge quilt. See above about lugging it around. Bring plastic tablecloths or something easily folded to a size that will go into a backpack.
3) Bring a Frisbee and a couple balls. (We remembered the balls, but not the Frisbee.)
Week 28
Last Week's Miles: 21
This Week's Miles: 24.1
Miles Completed: 363
Pounds Lost: 3
We are getting closer to the big event. I have my outfit ready. I have my iPod ready. I have everything ready. This week I will be doing a test run on Thursday. I will do 13.1 miles. I will let you know how it goes. There is one thing that I haven't figured out how to carry. I need to carry my asthma emergency inhaler. But where to carry it? I don't want to carry a fanny pack. I may have to change my jacket to one with a zipper pocket. I am sure that I will need my inhaler during the run.
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