First let me say that I am so excited for Barack Obama to be president. I love to see people so excited and engaged with what's happening in the country. I love watching the news right now and thinking of the possible changes that will happen in the next year or two and beyond. I have hope - lots of people have hope - that I didn't have before and it feels good. Seth and I plan to sit down with the kids and watch the inauguration together so they might remember where they were when Barack Obama became president of the United States. Abby is so smart - today she was talking about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Seth was trying to explain it to her at a high level -"Some people weren't being nice to other people so he helped make sure everyone was treated equally." I guess they had talked about it already at school because she knew that the issue was related to the color of people's skin. She knew that some drinking fountains were for whites only and that Dr. King helped make sure that all people were treated the same. I was impressed with that. So Happy Inauguration Day tomorrow. I hope everyone watches and absorbs this historic moment.
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Three-day weekends sure are nice. Busy, but nice. Saturday was the first day of Girl Scout cookie sales. At 9:45 a.m. Abby and I went to three houses. Only one person was home, so we weren't very productive. I think our neighbors were out of town for the long weekend. We'll have to try again. After that, Abby and I went to Target to get a birthday gift for her friend, Mikayla. After we got home, I went to the gym. Then when I came home from the gym I had work to do. Then Mikayla's party was from 3 to 5. While we were there, Seth went to the grocery store with Adam. Then my mom came over at 6:30 to stay with the kids so Seth and I could go out. I was pretty tired by that point. But we went out with friends of mine from high school - some of whom I hadn't hung out with since I was 18. Dawn and her husband, Nathan; Jennifer and her husband, Chuck; Dan and his wife, Sarah; and Jim (my prom date) and his wife, Melissa. It was really fun and felt just like old times. It was a good group and I hope we can do it again sometime. I didn't take any pictures, though. :(
On Friday when I picked up Abby at day care, one of the teachers pulled me aside to tell me that Abby needed to work a little harder to keep her hands to herself. Apparently she and some of the boys are touching each other too much during class - holdings hands, hugging, pats on the back. Apparently, the boys fight over who gets to sit next to Abby on the carpet and on the bus. So, we had a nice long chat about keeping your hands to yourself, which is kind of hard for her to understand because we are a very affectionate household so I think she's just that way. I'd rather have her me well-liked than not, as long as it doesn't progress any further. Abby's a pretty good listener, so it should stop. I swear this girl and all her boy friends... What am I going to do with her?
This week should be a relatively light week. I don't think we have anything going on until Saturday. We're going to see a jazz musician that Seth really likes - Charlie Hunter. He's playing at Jazz at the Bistro downtown across from The Fox Theater. Should be a fun time.
Working out last week went well. I got my 5 days in and ran 13.3 miles for the week. When I weighed myself on Friday I was down a total of 8 pounds. That's not too bad for three weeks. I went to the gym today and did 3.1 relatively easily. I'm not going to increase my distance until I can get my speed where I want it to be. I'm up to a 5.3 base and 5.8 for my push and the push is 2/10 of a mile now instead of just 1/10. My fastest time so far is 33 minutes and 58 seconds. I'm hoping to be under 30 minutes at some point. That's hard though. But considering that when I started back up three weeks ago, I was struggling to run one mile, it's amazing how quickly I've picked back up. Jennifer had said it was because I had built up a good foundation with the cardio I did last year before I stopped running in November. It's nice to have something to work toward though. I'm going to get up in the morning, too. 5 a.m. is so early!
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