I want to be a loser

I love Saturdays.  Sleeping in.  Lazy day.  Laundry day.  Need to get it all done before we leave. 

I gave my daughter a choice.  Stay home. Or go with me to feed my dad and then meet my friend to go walking.  She chose to go with me.  Brought her homework to do while I fed my dad or while I walked.  Went and saw my dad.  While we were waiting for the food one of the residents came over to us and asked me who she was.  This is my daughter, I said.  Oh,  you look alike, but she is prettier she said.  It was so funny.  Yes she is prettier, I will admit.  I love the honesty of Alzheimer’s.  My dad ate almost all of his lunch.  I got him settled in his room.

Then off we went to meet my friend.  So I knew I was going to be cold where my dad is living so I had worn my spandex shorts under my yoga pants and had brought shorts to wear while walking.  My daughter and I were in the parking lot of where we were walking and I told her I needed to put my shorts on.  I opened the car door and stood right outside the car and pulled my pants off.  The look on her face was priceless.  She didn’t know I had shorts on and she was so shocked I was changing right in the parking lot.  But she was fine with it when she saw the spandex.  I was laughing so hard.  

My daughter decided to walk with us.  Not to be mean, but if she wants to walk with me she needs to keep up or shut up.  And she does that.  We made it to the 2 mile mark and she was toast.  Along this path there happened to be a party and so she sat on one of the benches away from the party and waited 30 minutes while my friend and I did another mile out and back.  Then she walked back with us.  So she did 4 miles and my friend and I did 6.  90 minutes later.  Yeah!!  No homework was done either.  Guess what she is going to be doing on vacation.   

We have our start time.  Too early for me.  But not as early as one of my friends team.  2 of my legs will be in the daylight and then one of them at night.  Or should I say morning.  Like 2 in the morning.  Cold, misty and dark but then I will be done and can put on my warm sweats and eat a hamburger at 8 in the morning.  It is weird what you eat and the times you eat it.      No calorie counting on the race course. 

Friday.  I woke up early and took my son to his grandmas house.  He is going on vacation early.  Went to Costco and had a field day.  We have food in the house. 

Then went home and had lunch.  Chicken noodle soup.  Laid down to take a nap.  Phone rang.  Isn’t’ that the way it goes.  It was a good phone call though.  It was my sister.  We have talked more this week than for a long time.  We are taking turns checking in on our dad while my mom is out of town.  So we have been calling or texting each other to let each other know how my dad is doing. 

After the phone call went and laid back down again.  Hubby was in bed too so it was too tempting not to.  But eventually I dragged my butt out of bed and put on my walking clothes and shoes.  Off I went.  I could have turned around at any  point but I kept on walking.  6.5 miles.  Yeah.  Felt good too.  I walked by a snake.  I am trying to download the picture. 

Tomorrow I am meeting with some walking friends and we are going to do 7 miles.

Then off to vacation.  I think we are leaving early enough on Sunday that I should be able to get 3-4 miles in when we get there.