3.3 miles~~In Sunny CA~~I'm a GRANDMA

Ok.  I have not been running lately, but there is a very good reason for that.  A very good reason.  On the last day of the Book Fair, my daughter called and said she was having her son.  That was her due date and it was her first child.  What are the chances of that happening?  I had it in my mind that she wouldn't have him until after the Book Fair.  Boy was I wrong.  After a long hard decision, I decided to leave my assistant in charge and try to get there for his birth.  While I didn't make it (she only had a 6 hour labor and only spent 20 minutes in the hospital before she delivered) I was there about 7 hours later.  It was fabulous.  I got to stay with my daughter in the hospital both nights and help with my grandson, Grayson Charles.  I stayed with my daughter since her husband is serving in the Marines and is deployed.  I am extremely lucky, this is something that most grandmas don't have a chance to do. Oh, and I am Nonnie, my husband Chris is Poppi.  :-)

After waking up many times a night and cleaning, walking dogs, and feeding and taking care of Mommy and son, I finally got a run in.  The neighborhood my daughter lives in is pretty hilly, so this run was a tough one.  I was able to get in about 3 to 3.5 miles.  Once again, my watch deleted my run!  The sun felt great.  The roads were buys, but the flowers and green grass were uplifting.  What a great day.  

4 miles~~after a long Book Fair day

Today was our second day of the book fair.  It is always a much busier time during Book Fair.  I am basically running a store while still having regular classes come in.  Plus extra students and parents who visit.  I love the Book Fair, but it is a lot of extra work.  I love that the Book Fair makes children excited about books and residing.  That is a great end result.

Back to the run...I got out and ran 4 miles.  I have no record of my time or splits.  I plugged in my watch to upload them to my Garmin site, and instead, the watch updated and erased all my runs.  Every. Single. Run. I. Had. Done.  I was so disappointed.  But I know I went out there and ran.  

4 miles~~35 degrees!

Well, we got about 8" of snow on top of ice on Monday.  That gave us three snow days from school.  The first day was snowy, wet, and cold.  Chris and I got out and shoveled and made a car path so we could get out if needed.  We stayed in all day Monday and most of Tuesday.  I drove to class on Tuesday night and most of the roads were clear and safe.  A couple of spots on Slate Mills road were still icy and slushy driving too and back from class.  Today the sun was out and the wind wasn't really blowing much.  I still bundled up and wore my gloves with my mittens on top--which I removed before I got too far.  I wore my fleece skirt to keep my bum warm, and a hat.  The only thing that really got cold were my toes!  It doesn't help that there was a lot of wet and slushy parts that I had to run through.  I wear SmartWool toe socks under my Vibrams, but every toe was soaked when I got home.   I knew they were wet, but I didn't realize how wet until I took off the shoes and socks!  I was able to get 4 miles in, and kept a decent pace of 12 minute miles.  I walked a bit, and kept my nose and mouth covered for a while to warm the air that I was breathing in.  It felt so good to move!

I went to the Dr. on Thursday since my throat was hurting and the two doses of medicine I had taken in the last month and a half wasn't working.  I got another prescription and directions to take Benadryl and Mucinex to help.  Luckily it worked!  I am finally getting over the drippy nose, scratchy throat and feeling better.  I do wonder if the trouble with my work heater is making my immune system more worn down and making it harder for me to stay well.  Some days when I get to work it is 53, 59, or 60 degrees.  I brought in two smaller heaters that we run while we are there, but being cold all day is just miserable.  Hopefully it will be fixed soon, or better yet, maybe spring will get here soon!

Yard work!

Ok, I didn't run today.  Instead, I spent all day in the yard with Chris.  We raked, cut bushes, pulled limbs and branches to the pile, drug tons of leaves to a fire pile, burned all the rakings  and used muscles I didn't know I had.  Maybe this can be called "cross training"?!  I did go a"cross" the yard many, many times... Ha ha.  At leaf I got my yard more in order. (whew boy, I just read that sentence...my computer auto corrected "least" to "leaf".  That is funny!)  It is a lot of yard to take care of it.  At some point we need a little less yard.  But for now, this what we have to work with.