catchin' up

it has been quite a busy weekend. ashley visited us for the weekend, so we did some bonding, while catching each other up to speed of the who's and what's in our lives. she gave keith and i a night out together as she watched ally and the bears. then my parents came down for a late lunch on sunday as we celebrated a BIG win for the G-Men! go giants. of course, i was thinking about my Steelers being eliminated but i was extemely happy for keith's team. talk about underdogs! it reminds me of the 2005 steelers season.
on thursday i timed myself in the mile run again - i turned in an 8 minute mile time with a 12:24 1.5 mile run total time. i was feeling pretty good but i still have a long way to go. i could hear the chariot's of fire theme playing in my head as i crossed the mile marker at 8:00 minute mark -- not long after that i started to get sloppy. my stamina was slowly weakening. i tried to keep it together, but i ended up walking about 1:30 altogether. i will continue to push on.
i appreciate all my friends encouragement, i do think about it while i am running and i do not want to let anyone down which keeps me pushing on. thanks to everyone who reads my blog and keeps me pushing on.
another thing that keeps me pushing on is the new spring catalog for boden (a euro clothing store i love) in which i saw some really cute shirts and cropped pants for spring that i will keep dog-eared until i lose a little more weight and tighten up.
friday was an 1 hour walk. and sat. was supposed to be a 1.5 mile run which i skipped due to family visiting. sunday was a day of rest and i enjoyed resting but part of me felt a little guilty about saturday. i try really hard not to skip too many workouts but there are times when your family life takes over. the goal is not to allow too many of those circumstances interrupt your workout too often.
tomorrow i will do some cross training, core and strength training. i am sure tomorrow will be a little draining b/c my students are due back and my mind will be getting quite a workout as well.

Thoughts from Thursday and Friday's workouts...
looking forward to a date night with keith
gosh i hope the giants pull off an upset
i think i will start ally's swimming lessons this spring
cindy is seeing someone - yay!
i would really like to get pregnant this year sometime - but not yet
i am ready for the smell of spring and the ocean