I Want to Break Free

I have not even felt like writing in my blog. Isn't that awful? I am usually never at a loss for words. But things have been hard and the one thing that has been making me the most stressed I won't talk about here. Let's just say I'm REALLY looking forward to the short work week.

So, let's talk about the weekend instead. Friday night, the girls got together over at Mary's. We hadn't all been together in quite some time. It was fun, as always.

Saturday morning started with me coaching my marathon/half marathon group. Because it's a large group, and they all run at different paces, I often ride my bike along side them. Well, that was the plan this Saturday. I started off and my hands and feet were frozen in a matter of minutes. I almost fell off a number of times because I couldn't feel my brakes. While it was a little scary for me at the time, I'm sure I was quite the sight to see me floundering around on my bike. I had my thickest gloves and socks on, so I don't think there was anything more I could do. I had to go back to my car and follow everyone around in my car. It was comical to say the least. I will have to find another solution there.

Later in the day, we went over to Eric and Isa's for an early Thanksgiving. They are traveling down to FL for the holiday, so they wanted to have friends over for an early feast. And what a feast it was. We ate like there was no tomorrow. It was a fun night with all the food, wine & champagne, and card games and Wii. Wii is a very interesting thing. I kind of really want one because it's a lot of fun, but I know that I'd play all the time and nothing would ever get done. You know, like me and Facebook, Twitter, blogging, etc.

Sunday I met with a client in the morning. He's such a nice guy and he's come such a long way in his running. Then the rest of the day was lazy. Well, I shouldn't say lazy, because I spent most of the day doing laundry, folding it and putting it away. And I didn't even finish. But I definitely made a dent.

And now it's Monday. Yahoo. But what's funny is that Keller is starting pee wee soccer tonight. It should be interesting because we were talking about it yesterday and he said he doesn't want to play soccer. So, this should be fun. At least we can get a refund if he doesn't like it! And I have my 8K group tonight and that should be fun. Lately, my groups are the only things I look forward to.

I'm free

I feel like the last two weeks have been such a whirlwind. Between everything going on with my mom, with Keller's school, and life in general, I'm just spent. But now that things are starting to fall into place, I'm feeling better.

We found a school for Keller and he'll begin on August 25th. Yay! I can't wait, I think he'll love it. We decided on that before the long weekend, so we were able to enjoy ourselves with that huge weight off our shoulders.

The weekend itself was very fun. For the 4th, we went over to the Gies' house for a cookout. The kids were chaotic, which is always interesting. Keller actually stayed up to see the fireworks off our deck. We also saw a deer and Keller asked if he could tickle him, which was too cute.

Saturday we did a whole lot of nothing. I did my long run in the morning, when I got back, John went on his bike ride. Keller took a long nap (and I did too). Once everyone got up, we went over to Eric and Isabel's for another cookout. They just got the Wii game thing and we played that for a while. My back was sore the following day! But it was seriously fun.

Sunday we went to the Baltimore Aquarium with the Gies and Fiery families. That was fun. We walked around for about an hour and then went to the dolphin show. Keller loved the dolphins. He was enthralled the entire time. He actually sat still for 30 minutes! In fact, all three boys, Keller, Noah, and Landon, sat still. We all went out to lunch and then home for a long nap. After we got up, we headed over to the Silberman's for another cookout. Keller and Ava have a great time together.

It was such a nice weekend with friends. I love weekends like that. Seriously, why isn't every weekend and three-day weekend?