Haven't kept up with my post a day, as it has been an interesting week.
What I have learned:
While I was almost counting myself out of training and running in the St. Patrick's Day marathon, listening to good advice, icing, ibuprofen, lower mileage and more rest have me back on track without an injured knee. 17.5 mile training run and no knee pain!
I can clean up a disastrous diarrhea explosion from the youngest child in 5 minutes flat so as not to miss picking up the older children from their church club.
The black lab needs some sort of Eating intervention, as I helped the youngest shower after the above mentioned incident, the lab thought it would be helpful to clean the child's dirty pants. I have never screamed so loud in my life and I gag still, just thinking about it.
The oldest is very excited about having a cat-themed birthday party with a few friends. She has started decorating by taping cat whiskers and ears all over the house. When researching for the party, looking for game ideas, I learned to type cat-themed parties and not just cat parties. Or you get websites with pictures like above.
There is so much more to the Joe Paterno story than the mass media shared, surprised?! There is no doubt that man died of a broken heart after hearing how much he did to get Sandusky fired and off of campus. My dislike for journalists and politicians grows, one in the same.
After an aggressive incident between our rescue pup and the lab, and a long talk with a behavioral specialist the rescue group set up, we understand Lucy more and how to help her. Always great to have the right tools and understanding of a situation like rescuing an older dog.
Giving up Coca Cola is hard.
Oh my goodness, when I saw the photo of the kitten, my first thought was: "she's gotten KITTENS in addition to training for the marathon AND the new dog?" I'll bet you got some interesting search results from Googling 'kitten parties!' The party sounds like it's going to be magical--I remember being obsessed with Garfield around your daughter's age, and since then I've met so many little girls who go through a similar Garfield/kitty obsession.
ReplyDeleteRescuing an older dog, especially such an energetic breed as a boxer, must be very challenging, although rewarding. My neighbor owns a year-old boxer and he's as energetic as a very, very big rabbit. Glad to hear your knee issues have been resolved! What type of shoes do you run in?
Mary, obsessed is a GREAT word for this cat phase we are in.
ReplyDeleteWhen we lived in California, I trained for the Avon 3-day breast cancer walk. I went into a proper running store and was fitted with Mizuno running shoes. I have had wonderful success with them. I tried switching to Saucony this fall and knew they were not right for me, so i am back to Mizuno. As I have been told many times, don't try to fix what isn't broken!
Susan--I totally agree! I have heard horror stories of runners who tried to 'play around' with different shoe types and really messed up their natural gait. I really don't like Saucony either (they don't feel very supportive) and I'm currently running in the Brooks Adrenaline. Good luck with both the party planning and the training--given that your daughter is OBSESSED, I am sure the happy photographs of her at the party will be priceless!
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