gearing up to get going

So it is t minus less than 2 weeks til race day and I am gearing up for my last long run until race day. Today was an eventful day but halfway frustrating. I did end up doing 8 miles but had shin splints for some reason and i pulled the stop plug on myself not on purpose. And i know there was something else that happened too. O yes, i needed body glide desparately. Anyways I did it and then also did weights and the gazell with Alex. My last long run will be on Thursday because its supposed to rain all day on wednesday. I was a lucky winner today at Kholes and found some workout attire for 80% off! Go me! Anyways, the other night Roni, Stephen, Grandma, Tony, and Charity came in and we went out to Shanes for dinner. It was really good food as always and good company too.
Its hard to believe that November is over and tomorrow is December! It sure will feel like it on Friday morning when its 27 outside! EKK.

Sleep.... What sleep?

Ok so it has become a thing to do since last year to stay up til 12 and then hit CVS and now Walgreens for all the free deals. So yesterday evening, I called up CVS and Walgreens to make sure that everything was cool and that the deals were to start at 1201. Walgreens said yes and CVS was being kind of funny about things and said to check back after 12. So we ( Charity, Jean and myself) went to Walgreens first. Lets just say that things didnt go as planned. We all got all of the stuff we wanted and then went to checkout. I was first to go and the prices were not correct and i got no money back on my order. So after Jean did her order, the same thing happend. We ended up spending almost an hour in there trying to figure it out with the store clerk. We decided to come back later after she reset everything to then try again.
So... we headed out to CVS to get all of our free stuff there. Things went a lot more smooth there. Not a soul had been in to get anything free. I mean Im not going to use half the stuff that I got (just for men product) but Im sure I know someone who will. So I did my order and Valerie's order too.
We left there in no time and went back to Walgreens and they said that everything was ringing up correct price. Well the money back didnt really happen again for most products so we were out of luck again. We ended up getting back at 2am! and then up at 720 for a run that ended short due to my music dying on me. :( O well... at least I did 5 miles and not nothing.

Sometimes growing up is hard to do

So this past week was a tense one for me. I was a big girl and went to two doctors all by myself. I first went to the eye doc where I was hoping and truly thought that my eyes were still just like they had been for the past 10 years and they were. No contact change. Yippie!! But the doc had a surprise for me.... a not so great one. They discontinued my contacts! How could they??! We found another great type so it ended up not being so bad.
The following day I went to the dermo. This was the appt that I was really nervous about. I came prepared with siera mist and skittles. I ended up not needing thankfully because no skin had to be removed. Phew! What a relief. Everyone and I mean everyone in my family (blood) has had skin removed from skin cancer and funny looking moles. I guess I am not in that catagory yet. I did however meet the nicest doctor ever. If anyone asks me I have a great dermo doc now.
Tomorrow my mom is coming into town to visit... I however will be at work :( I hope to see her for a bit but if not for too long, I will see her on my race day in a few weeks.

Rain go AWAY!

by no means do i want a drought here or anything... just a sunny day to go running outside! Today I had planned to go on an outdoor run that was hilly with Val's dog. Lets just day none of that happened. Instead I ended up on the treadmill again! I think I am finally getting the hang of it considering I did 11.5 miles on it today along with weights. Give me some good tunes and a towel and water and Im good to go. I also went out to lunch with Daniel to a mexcian resturant. It was of course so good. Then it was a nap due to the still wet and cold weather out and then some tv and dinner and calling it a night.

part 2

Ok.. so im back again for part 2. Everyone went thier ways to get ready for dinner and so we met up at Fat Tony's about an hour later. We all had a great time there chatting and the time when by so fast. Of course we were all exhaused from doing our thing that day and couldnt believe it was only 8ish when we called it a night at the resturant. Everyone said goodbye and Diane and I went to our room to call it a night. I was about asleep when Diane's sister called. Well Diane's sister is almost due. She called saying that she wasn't feeling right. From the last time Diane's sister had a child it took all of less than 40 minutes to deliver. Luckly nothing happend and she did not miss anything back home. Diane was talking to me and I just fell asleep. I couldnt help it and I felt bad. The following day I woke up at 7am! I wanted to sleep longer but I kept coughing and stuff and just decided I might as well get up. So I went out to do some deals at the stores and on my way got totally lost. Of course I got lost again but corrected myself only after about 10 minutes. Alex then called while I was out to see if we wanted to come over for breakfast. Of course we did so I got Diane and then we drove to Alex's for breakfast. Or so we thought! We went to the wrong place and it wasnt after about 10 minutes that we decided we were at the wrong place and then corrected ourselves. That pretty much was the theme of the weekend. Always lost and always correcting ourselves. So we had breakfast with Alex and said our final goodbyes. Diane and I then proceded to HT to get some grocerys. There were triple coupons that week and we had to get the free stuff! We then had to race back to the hotel to grab our stuff and head out. We stopped at the local strip mall on our way out but didnt get anything. Nothing was really eye catching. So we got on the road about 2 hours earlier than what I had thought when we went down to wilmington. That was ok because we did see quite a few accidents and were thankful that we were not a part of them. We stopped at two places on our way back. First we stopped at Duplin winery but they were closed. I have always wanted to go there but go figure that no one was there. Then we stopped at smithfields for some lunch. I LOVE thier bbq! Its the best!!!! I just kept saying mmmm mmmmm. We did make it home in time for the sun to still be up so we went on a walk and then I took a nap.
It was a great trip and I miss Alex.... She is in california then Arizona! I wont see her for another couple weeks.
Tonight I did my very best to make homemade pizza. It was my first time ever making it by myself. When I was a child my mother used to make it all the time. It reminded me of the past and the good family times we had. I hope its good.... its stuffed crust.

to wilmington and back

So the weekend started off very very early to say the least. I got up at 4:15 to get ready to leave and get Diane by 5am. I had the car packed for the most part. I was pretty awake for being so early but did get an energy drink anyways. So when I went out to leave I turned on the lights and there she was again in the front yard chomping away.. a doe. She is soooo pretty but when there is a doe there is a buck somewhere and I have no interest in getting hurt by one. So 8 piece and I watched for a few seconds until I had to leave. The first part the the trip was not too eventful. We had a good time chatting and got there in a good amount of time. We got to wilmington in good time BUT just happened to miss our turn so we got lost and asked someone where to go and they told us to go back. Then we got the brilant idea to use the gps that we brought! O it was too early to think. So we got it out but ended up putting in wilminton instead of wrightsville beach and the thing was giving us wrong directions. Thankfully I had called Ron who told me where to go so I just followed what he said. We got parked and started walking but thankfully again we stoped and asked someone because we totally would have gone the wrong way. Diane and I met Ron at the transition area for the swim to bike part. Alex did fantastic in her swim! She was right on pace for what she wanted her best time to be. She got fifth overall! We cheered for her and took pictures and were a very supportive fan group. I had made two signs for Alex. One said Go Alex and the other said " think fat tony's" ... thats her fav place to eat here and thats where we went for dinner.. more on that later.
From the swim to bike we had about 3 hours to kill. Ron decided to go to Port city java while Diane and I did a little touring the town (getting lost again) and window shopping. We ended up meeting Ron at the coffee place and brought food with us. :) From there we had to take a ferry over to the second transition area. We waited around for a good while and finally saw Alex again. We of course cheered her on and I yelled.. " see you at mile 3!" So from there we got her bike and bike stuff and went over to meet her at mile 3.
Once we got back over to the other side from the ferry, my friend Matt was there. He lives close by and had the day off work. We havnt seen eachother in about 2 years and that was way too long. I have known him since I was 17. Anyways we picked him up and went to see Alex run at mile 3. She looked very good and relaxed and had a smile on her face. She was going pretty good. Of course she passed us so we had a bit of time until we saw her at mile 10 which was the same place as mile 3. We went and got some more snacks from the car, put up her bike and got some coffee at port city java again. We all had a good time talking and everything. From there we went back outside to meet Alex for one last time at mile 10. She was still running and still looked good. I yelled to her "your my hero!!" And she ran past. We all went straight to the ferry to get over to see her finish at the line. The ferry line was longer than ever! I kept looking at my watch every 2 seconds. Me and my being on time was making me panic. All I could think was what if we fail to meet her at the finish. She needs that support for sure there! I was sooooo upset but trying to hold it together.
Finally we got to the other side and i just started running through the crowd to find her. All I was doing was looking for a yellow visor. I didnt see one so I just stood at the finish. Everyone followed behind me and then.... THERE SHE WAS going over the finish line! Phew! She just stopped at the finish and then she was crying (i could totally relate from the marathon) and she just said... " i didnt think i was going to finish" But she DID! Everyone was so proud of her for sure. She then made a beline for the beer stand. I took some pictures then all of her stuff and then had to find a restroom. I then went and got all of the other 2 transistion bags that where hers and Matt and Diane stood in the ferry line to get back becuase it was extreemly long. I went back for Ron and Alex and we all got in line and she just chatted about everything. The ferry line must have taken about 45 minutes or so. We made it back to the mainland and went to get the cars to pick Alex up. But when we were halfway there we realized we wouldnt be able to because of the runners still on the road. So we had to go back and break the bad news. I think she figured it out after she saw us walking back. We all got back to the cars and went to get ready to go to fat tony's. ....................
More to come later... its late and im hungry. (11:08pm) still need some dinner :)

Last week

Last week I failed to say that I actually carved my pumpkin that I was so proud of.

Packing and such...

So I have to get packing for the beach to battleship ironman and half. I'm only partly packed and its thursday night tv! Tomorrow will be a very very busy and packed day. I have the gym at 6 then work til 515 then a work function til 10 then taking care of someones cats and finally home! Then off at 5am to drive to wilmington to watch and cheer Alex on for her half. It has been quite a road to accomplish this tast. I dont know what Im going to do over the next 2 weeks when Alex is gone on her road trip. I think ill borrow somones dog and go running or something since I lack an animal in that department.

quiet weekend

So this weekend has been pretty quiet. Of course last night Daniel got the idea to watch scary movies........ and yes I did watch one but not another. Daniel and Philip watched another one once the first was over and I had no intention of going through another. The first one was from Rob Zombie. It was halfway of a comedy but the other half very scary and gross. I plugged my ears a couple times and looked away. Tomorrow is my first day of a early schedule during the week due to the time change and it being dark earlier so that means more time at time to do stuff. Tomorrow I plan on a walk with the girls. O yeah and clipping coups! Its going to be triples at ht on wednesday!