On again...

I've been thinking about restarting this for quite a while, but I have put it off because I wasn't sure if I wanted to start back up at my old blog address or what to say to start it back up again. I guess I was waiting for a perfect time and something perfect to say, but since that hasn't come along in a year or so of thinking about the whole business, I suppose I had just better start and get on with it already.

With that said, I guess I'll just jump right into things and hopefully it will all eventually make sense.

This morning I got up (semi) early to go "run" (still pretty sure I have no business using that word since I'm only in week 5 of a couch to 5K program, but it makes me feel more accomplished so I'm going with it). It felt great! I was a little nervous about the two blocks of solid 8 minute running since there is a slight incline for over half of the trail I run on, but I managed to do it and not die. Part of that might have been because there was a slight nip in the air this morning (HELLO FALL!! I've missed you so! Do stick around please!) But I think overall the whole thing is going rather well and I am really enjoying having the chance to get outside and push my body a little.

We had  a few things to get done before going to pick up McKenna from her first sleepover at a friend's house. We dropped off the trailer at his parents' house and went over to my mom's to cut a few more blocks for her raised garden bed. Just a couple more until we're done, then we need to get back to finishing ours.

I had high hopes of getting a lot of cleaning and organizing done around the house today, but it didn't really pan out. We picked up Kenna on the way home from my mom's, made a feeble attempt to get the kids to clean up, ate lunch and then laid around and talked for a little while until Matt had to go to work. Not exactly productive, but I'll trade the one on one time with him over cleaning the house any day. :)

I let the kids play with a friend for a little while, then we headed out to run a few more errands. I scored an awesome running jacket and tank for cheap, and bought a couple of pairs of jeans to replace the ones that have become increasingly annoying because I have to keep pulling them up every 10 seconds. I took the kids to get a treat because they were being (mostly) good and then spent the rest of the afternoon eyeing a couple of 5Ks that I want to sign up for.

The kids wanted to go to the park and Kenna wanted to try running a little bit so we headed out to a park by  our house that has a playground and 1/3 mile track around it. I told her we would start out easy and set my phone to tell us each minute that passed so we could run one then walk one. We had a little talk about not running at full tilt the whole time and even though she wanted to stop after two rounds of the track, she kept going and made it the whole way. She did so well! Liam and Lyssa made it around once and played at the playground the rest of the time. All in all, it was a good (if not entirely productive) day.