Oh how I miss home today. This is my brother and my holiday. We always act a crazy fool! But, it is probably better that I am not there, as drinking to excess is not good for a diet :) And, this day 13 years ago is the day that a really, really good friend of mine passed away in a car accident. We had just learned how to drive. It was a horrible, horrible day. So he is in my thoughts, too, today. My oldest son is named after him, and it is funny how he has certain personality traights that remind me of him. Funny how that works. My brother loved him, too, so our hanging out on this day is kind of theraputic, too. They say everything happens for a reason, so when he passed away I tried to find a reason, something I could learn from it so it wouldn’t be in vain, and he wasn’t wearing a seat belt so I ALWAYS wear a seat belt… no matter what! Enough depressing stuff.

Today is going to be a challenge, as I am hosting my 1st graders party at school, and we got lots of delicious junk for it, but I am going to stay strong. I do love the cookies we got, but not as much as I love looking and feeling great. I need to just keep telling myself that.

Since I did weights and intervals yesterday, I think I am going to do a steady, easy run today. I wish lil man felt better so we could do it outside, but he doesn’t. :( I got a cute lil Adidas green shirt for my workout today, and now no one will see it but me. Boo! I got in only 15 minutes on the bike last night. Of course 13 minutes in lil man wakes up and was hungry and thirsty and needing to snuggle. I held him off 2 minutes because I HATE having random numbers of exercise. Weirdo, I know. So I am up to 75/250 for the challenge. I am going to aim for 45 minutes on my run, and then maybe 15 minutes on the bike after. We’ll see. The bike makes my arse hurt! Maybe I am just positioned wrong or something, but sheesh! Lord knows I have plenty of padding back there…

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Well the party is over, and it was meh. His teacher was sick today! Boo! And there was a sub that was creepy. So, I cut it short. But it was still fun and I think the kids enjoyed it… even if it just meant listening to me instead of the creepy sub for half an hour :) I ate some soup before I left so my belly would be full, and then had a snack as soon as I got home so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat those damn cookies! They are the soft, squishy sugar cookies. mmmm. I am proud to say that I did not eat any, and I promptly sent most of the leftovers back to work with the hubbs (who stayed home for lunch to watch lil man nap), the rest I am saving for the 10 year old, since they are his fav. I sent cookies to school with him, too, but there weren’t enough of that kind left at the store for his class to take them so he had to settle for shortbread. He has almost 30 kids in his class and my 1st grader doesn’t even have 20! Crazy. So I promised him I would save a few for him. I have yet to work out, but I did finish the laundry. I need to hop on the treadmill while the lil one is asleep, but honestly I am not feeling it in the least. I think I am going to put it off til after dinner and then head out for a run just before dark. Yep, that is the new plan. My 3 mile neighborhood route will give me 30 minutes or so, and I can bike while TBL is on tonight so I at least get 60 minutes. Don’t want to lose this challenge ;-)

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Alright, I totally forgot my son had a dr appt at 5:15 so by the time we got home it was almost 7 and I still had to make dinner. I decided to skip the run and just do the bike. I rode for 45 minutes and went almost 12 miles. I think I have the seat positioned wrong or something, because the faster I go, the faster my butt and girly bits go numb, and that is no fun. I am going to try to readjust the seat before I ride tomorrow night.

Night, chickies!