June 17, 2017

Oh glorious day!  I got up early and headed out into a gorgeous summer morning.  I turned up my music and started running.  I was REALLY worried about how my stomach would feel.  It still felt a little full from my Cafe Rio last night!  But I decided I would try to run 5 or 6 miles.  And I would call Greg if I needed to.  Off I went.  And it felt pretty good.  It was warm and lovely.

Somewhere along the way, I realized that I could do this!  I realized that I could run the 8 miles that I was supposed to run for my marathon schedule.  And then I turned off the beaten path and ran way down this dirt road into farmland.  I stopped to take a selfie.  As I snapped the shot, I had this thought: I don't think my mood could be any better!  I just felt so happy.  I felt so alive.

I feel so alive and happy. What a lucky gal!

 As I started to run again, I made a decision.  I was going to run ten miles today!  My pace actually quickened and my music sounded awesome and I felt so happy.  I eventually had to stop at a construction port-a-potty, but I kept running.  As I neared my house, I started running faster down my street.  I could see my family all out front.  I raised my arms and cheered. They cheered for me too! Ten Miles!!  I did it!!  I felt like screaming at the top of my lungs!  I was so excited.  Marathon 2017, I'm coming!!

Home and happy!

Ten miles!! I surprised us all!

 I knew that we were going to clean out the garage, but I didn't know that Greg was going to take it this level!  They had emptied out the entire garage!!  We continued to work, spraying out and cleaning out every inch of the garage.  Then we organized it and put some of it back in.  Then we took three loads to the DI!!  And trashed a bunch of stuff too.  It was SO HOT!  And we were all exhausted as we finished at about 5:00 p.m.  Greg and I had not stopped moving and working since I got up at 6:30.  I thought I would die.

This is Greg's kind of spring cleaning.  It about killed us, but we did it!

This is the way our driveway looked.  People stopped to see if we were having a garage sale.  Nope!

But now the garage is SO clean.  And ready for a third car.  Greg is super excited to get a new car and turn his over to Emma.  She is super excited too.

We all jumped in the pool.  It felt so refreshing.  We splashed and played and forced ourselves to get out before we wanted to.  Then we all took quick showers and went to Applebee's.  The thing we love about Applebee's is that every menu item has the calories listed.  Greg and I were really careful of what we ordered.  And it was all delicious.

Then we came home and put our pajamas on and watched Princess Diaries.  Greg said the only thing he wanted for Father's Day was a clean garage.  And boy, did we all deliver.  The kids earned a ton of beads, and now the boys have earned enough for the Lego sets they've been eyeing.  What a great day!  We were one exhausted bunch of people when we finally climbed into our beds.  What a wonderful, productive weekend!