Actually the main reason I haven't posted is that I have three main topics on this blog. First, exercise. I already commented about how I can't seem to figure out how to work and exercise all in the same day. Second, food. I now work until 5:00 which means my husband does all the cooking during the week which means I'm never in the kitchen. Third, happiness. Back to the working thing again. I feel like I don't have time to think about things that make me happy because I spend all my time working or staring blankly at the TV.
But that all changed today because it was parent/teacher conferences. I took the day off since Kayleigh was off and it was fantastic. First of all, the weather was beautiful. It started out around 50 and got up to almost 80 but it was sunny all day.
Kayleigh had cross country practice at 9:00 this morning so I dropped her off and then went to the park for a run. I was a little worried because I haven't worked out the last couple weeks and I can't even remember the last time I went for a run. I have been running around a lot at her meets but that isn't the same thing. So I decided to start off slow and see how it went. I ended up running 3 miles in about 35 or 36 minute which isn't too bad. I then walked for about 5 minutes then ran a cool down of 1 more mile. It took a total of about 50 minutes. I felt like I could have gone even longer just because it was so nice to be outside running.
Then we went out to lunch with a friend of mine who Kayleigh has seen in years. After that we had to go to the conferences which was actually really fast. The only teacher I wanted to talk to wasn't there so we grabbed her report card, talked to her coach for a minute, then headed out.
Kayleigh's cross country team has sectionals next Tuesday. This is the first year she is in varsity so her first time competing. Her coach gave us a map of the course because it is different from last year. We decided to head over to the park and check out the new route. We ended up getting really confused in the woods so hopefully they mark it well. We walked about 2 miles probably and raced up and down the hill.
It felt so good be outside today and moving around instead of sitting at a desk. But, after all that activity, I am exhausted! Think I'll head back to the couch - but with less guilt today than usual.
Since I haven't been blogging the last two months I should add that Kayleigh is having a fantastic season. She has knocked about 4-5 minutes off her 5K time which is amazing. Here she is in action. That is her in purple. This meet finishes on the track which is fun to watch.
Here is her team after that same meet. It was an Invite with about 20 teams and they got 3rd place. Kayleigh is #648.
We are very proud of her and I love to see her new-found confidence in her running.
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