Through blistering heat, scorching wind up the highest bloody mountain to the highest bloody tower...

Ok...so the part about the heat and towers is fake but I am almost ready for the SL 1/2 Marathon. I have been toying around with the idea of a 1/2 marathon for a long time now. My first spark of desire to run was actually from a family friend Wade. He was telling us that he went running clear up to Brighton High school...I was totally shocked! I didn't realize that people could run more than around the block or around a soccer field. So I started running in college and I got up to 5 miles a day and I felt great and looked great! Then I broke my arm and my arm would swell in the cast when I ran so I bagged it. I got married and worked full time and running just wasn't on my priority list. Then to get in post baby shape after Milo, Julie and I would run about 2-3 miles. I have run a few 5k's in the past few years and I totally love them. Josh did a Triathlon a few years back and I was so fueled by the racing atmosphere and I couldn't wait to have Milo so I could get into a race myself. I am not a very good road biker, so I decided that running would probably best suit my abilities. Since the town that i live in isn't very runner friendly and I hate doing loops around the subdivision, I haven't gotten into it until this year. I was out on a casual Saturday Morning run and I had this new ipod nike (tracks my miles and speed) I decided to get out of the neighborhood and try something new to challenge myself. That was the best thing i have ever done. I found a new route that isn't on a main road and isn't all uphill around circles and when I got back, I had run 4.5 miles!!! I was so proud of myself, and with a little online support from one of my BFF's in Nevada and Josh and the kids cheering me along I am almost to my first 1/2 marathon. I am exhausted from training but it will be worth it. I don't like talking about it much, it makes me uncomfortable...I actually have running posts that aren't published so I can just have them for future reference. 12 miles is a little much for me, I prefer to keep it between 4-6, but it feels great to accomplish something that i never thought I would dream of. Julie used to tell me to run a 10k and I could never see myself running over 5 miles again. I am glad I proved myself wrong.

What the H*#%?

Last night my 18 month old Makay, that is prized for his excellent sleeping abilities had major insomnia. This was my night last night. Bedtime at 6:30 (1/2 hour early, I do it all the time and it never affects him) 8:00 PM awake and a drink of water does the trick. 10:30 awake screaming this new high pitched scream that makes my bones quiver, Josh gets him up and tries to watch tv with him that only make him scream louder. I give him a bottle and let him lay with me in my bed ( he never does that...it only makes things worse ) He is relaxing and insists on laying on me (which is kind of cute since he is not a snuggler) I put him back in bed...with a bottle, it only lasts for a couple of minutes. 11:30 PM...I lay in Milo's bed with him and he is still screaming (Milo is on his make-shift bed on our floor, which gets used more than his bed. At least he is not in our queen sized bed anymore) After a minute or two of struggling to free himself he gets off Milo's bed and starts playing with toys...so I let him play till midnight then I put him in his bed with a pile of books and a night light. That lasts till 1:30 when the screaming(not really crying..just screaming) starts again. I go in there to find most of the books having been looked at and decide to try a movie. So there we are at 2:00 AM Makay is sitting on the couch watching Baby Einstein with a bowl of Animal Crackers munching away while I try to cover my face with a blanket on the couch for some relief. After a while, he started bugging me so I tried his bed again and this time it worked and he slept till his usual 7:30 AM. He is a little sleepy now (at lunch time) but I am making him wait for his nap till Milo goes to Preschool. The sad thing is, just yesterday I was thinking to myself that I am excited Jimmy Falon is on late night so there is something good to watch when you have a new baby at home (this is not a pregnancy announcement).....I guess I should watch what I wish for next time.

Running

I have been training for a 1/2 marathon, and I don't want to publish this post because it makes me uncomfortable to talk about it. I don't know why, but I just don't like it. Maybe because I want to keep it for myself to enjoy and I don't want anybody crushing my spirits or I don't want to be the person that talks something up and never does it. But anyway for my future sake...I am up to 10 miles. I ran 8 last week and I felt great. I had a friend and that made a huge difference. I ran 10 on Saturday and it was a killer. I wasn't ready, I had no water, and my head was not in the game. I am hoping for 12 this weekend, and I am going to have to phyche myself up all wee for it. ( just finished the race...it's ok to post this now...since I am officially a runner)

My New Goal...

I have set a new goal tonight. When I am talking to people, especially girl-friends/sisters/sisters-in-law, I always turn their stories into a "Me story" How annoying! For example, friend says: "The coolest thing happened to me today" I reply "Oh, really? That happens to me all the time...and you know what i do about it? yada yada yada yada" I always feel horrible afterwards like I have just ruined a would-be good conversation. I don't know if I do it out of competition, or that I am just excited that I can relate to them on something. I think it is a little of both. So I am so sorry to all of you that needed a listening ear and not only did I not provide that, I totally distract conversations to another realm. And I wonder why Milo can't focus.....