It turned into type of funny, really... I had to drop Eli off at a birthday party at 6:00, and it turned into close to Melissa's residence. I had an hour to kill, because Winers failed to start till 7:00, so I deliberate to just choose up a couple of factors from the shop or maybe just browse before going to Melissa's. I ought to have sworn that I grabbed my coat when I left the house, however I realized that I hadn't; and it became FREEZING outdoor. All i was wearing turned into an extended-sleeved t-blouse with the hideous Christmas sweater over it! i was too embarrassed to put on it into the store, so I simply frolicked within the car till going to Melissa's ;)
It changed into a laugh to look my friends--it is been some time for the reason that everybody has held a Winers assembly (we used to do it every month, but now it is been simply more than one times a year). sadly, I couldn't drink any wine! this is so bizarre, however i've was a complete light-weight. The current weight reduction, mixed with the truth that I usually simplest drink as soon as a week or so, has reduced my tolerance a lot that even one glass of wine might have been an excessive amount of to responsibly drive domestic. Jerry needed to get up early to paintings these days, otherwise I could have had him select me up. but anyway, i was satisfied with a purpose to chat with my buddies!
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| Amanda, Jessica, me, Renee, Shawna, and Kerri (there were actually 12 of us total, but we didn't have anyone to take a group photo, so we did two separate ones. |
Renee ended up with my gift, which changed into this wine glass that announces "i love my cat" on it (and Renee is truely allergic to cats, so she doesn't have any!). I additionally threw in a wine trivialities game.
The ultimate person to take a gift ended up stealing mine, so i ended up being the last individual to pick. I may want to both open the closing present, or I should scouse borrow a person else's. I decided to open the remaining one, and i nearly died when I saw what it turned into.
First, the lower back story: several years ago (I consider 2009?) I wound up beginning this gift of a few ceramic bunnies. all of us cracked up at how perfect a white elephant gift they were, and that i determined to preserve onto them for a 12 months after which regift them at the following Christmas Winers. by some means, I controlled to get them once more, in order that they spent another 12 months at my residence. sooner or later, I proficient them away, but they nonetheless made an appearance every yr at Christmas Winers!
So, it become hilarious after I opened the present and saw bunny ears sticking up:
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| Why yes, I do have shoulder pads in my sweater! |
This morning turned into my long term. I wasn't feeling confident after my failed tempo run on Thursday. It truely snowed the day past, and the roads in my community were icy, so I determined to run at the treadmill. The high-quality element about 10K schooling (versus 1/2 marathon or complete marathon education) is that my long runs are short--so the most i would need to run at the treadmill is 8 miles or so. present day run was a scheduled 6 miles, but I decided to go for six.2 so that I should earn my 10K badge on Smashrun. (whilst you join Smashrun, all your previous runs don't "depend" in the direction of the badges... so all of us is on the same gambling field.)
I set the treadmill at 6.five mph, and left it there the entire run. almost right away, I began getting the ones weird ab muscle cramps again. I have no concept what those are from! however i've found out that when I breathe deeply, they ease up, so I spent all of state-of-the-art run breathing in for four steps, and out for three steps. My legs and lungs felt excellent, however the ab cramps made the whole lot a bit uncomfortable.
I did earn new badges on Smashrun, although!
i'm going to attempt to earn the Shortest Day badge on Monday... to get it, you have to run during dawn and sundown at the shortest day of the 12 months (winter Solstice). The runs have to begin prior to dawn and sunset, and finish after sunrise and sunset. It handiest happens once a 12 months, so i'm searching forward to doing it! Any of my fellow Smashrunners going to go for it?
consider to send to your Motivational Monday submissions this weekend!