Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! Nothing exciting is going on at our house. We aren't having anyone over nor are we going anywhere. Just cooking a small turkey for ourselves with some mashed potatoes, stuffing, greenbeans, and an almond poundcake for dessert. It smells delicious cooking! Can't wait to have some!!

Race Results

The official results are in and Super John's time to run 50 miles was 10 hours, 38 minutes and some odd seconds. I am so crazy proud of him! The weather was good all day and he was able to finish with no major pains other than being stiff once he stopped moving.

I was worried because he was supposed to call me when he thought he was 2 hours away from finishing, and by 3 when I hadn't heard from him, I panicked a bit. Then 4 rolled around...still nothing. I decided that come 5pm and I still hadn't heard from him, that I go to the finish line anyways and just wait, and pray that I wasn't sitting there for 2, 3, 4+ hours waiting on him. 5pm marked the 10 hour mark for his time, so I figured if he was keeping pace, he'd finish somewhere in that window of 5-6.

So 5 came, I got in the car and drove to the finish, parked and walked to where the actual finish line was. It was dark, cold by this point, and just too loud for me to focus on anything other than worrying. So I walked down aways to a street lamp, and stood there hoping that I'd see him. Within 30 minutes of standing there, I saw him walking toward me. WHEW!! I asked him how he was doing and he said he had to walk the last 5 miles because his knee started to bother him, but other than that, he felt good. I told him I loved him and was proud of him and walked next to him until we got toward the finish where I veered off the street so I could go around and meet him on the other side of the finish line.

My husband is a crazy man. But he has more drive and determination than I've ever known in my whole life, and I'm super proud of all he can accomplish. I just hope I'm worthy enough to be his wife!

Maryland

We are currently in Maryland for the weekend as John signed up a few months ago for an ultra marathon. If you are not familiar with what an ultra marathon is, it's 50 miles rather than 26.2. A guy at work talked him into it and then apparently screwed his knee up last month so is no longer doing it.

We went today to find the starting line so I can drop him off, and the finish to pick him up. While we were driving I said, "Aren't you gonna get lonely running 50 miles by yourself?" His reply was, "Really?Look who you're talking too." Not like I needed extra proof to know he's a loner, but still, running for 10 hours, even amongst others, would still be lonely. I guess this is why I am the social butterfly and he is not.

We attempted to eat at Olive Garden tonight which proved to be a GIANT mistake. I have never seen so many people in my life. We were going to ask how long the wait was, but the line for that was even ridiculous! So since our hotel is in the same parking lot, we decided to go back, call it in, and then bring it back to eat. That proved to be a much better plan. When we went back to get it, people we had seen in line were still waiting. Glad we had a choice!

With it being 10:40pm and John waking me up at 5 to take him to the start, I should get to bed. Pray that John does well, that his body stays functioning properly to bring him safely to the finish! And lucky me, I get to worry about him fir the 10+ hours he's out running!

Sleeping In

Ahhhhh. Yesterday was our last day at work until the next project rolls in (probably after the first of the year) so today...it was back to sleeping in. Granted, sleeping in is now 8-8:30am since I'm used to getting up at 5:45am, but it still feels like heaven!

6 mile Saturday

I named today 6 mile Saturday because I ran 6 miles at the battlefield this morning. John ran the first 3 miles of it with me, and then I gave him permission to ditch me and finish his 10 so that way I wouldn't have to wait around that much longer if he would've ran the whole 6 with me.

I'm pretty proud of myself since I can't remember the last time I ran outside, for 6 miles without stopping to walk, and finished in less than 70 minutes. I feel great and I'm hoping I can maintain or improve that pace, but time will only tell. I guess that treadmill in my basement has paid off. The only downfall though, is that once the temperature dips below the upper 40s, I can't say I'll run outside anymore because the cold air hurts my lungs. Maybe it'd be different now since I am a somewhat better runner than I was in the past, but I'm not sure.

It does bother me a bit that I have the capacity to actually be an even better runner, but I give up too easily and have tendency to quit before my body ever does. I just get bored and can't ever seem to get out of my head. That's the only bonus about running on the road. If you run out so far, you gotta get yourself back, whereas on a treadmill, you can stop and get off whenever you feel like it.

Despite all of this, I am proud of today's run and hope to continue!

Burning Leaves

I love the smell of burning leaves and all, but someone behind us is burning them and the smell is so intense that it's almost hard to breath outside. Not to mention that the smell has seeped into the back park of my house and into my basement, and also, into both of our cars. As much as I like the smell, I don't like it THAT much.

On Fire

I can't believe that a Carnival cruise ship caught fire out to sea and is now having to be tugged back to port. What a nightmare. As if Carnival hadn't already left an awful taste in mouth, finding this out adds to it. Granted, I know it may or may not have been something they could have prevented but wow, that sucks. Even with them reimbursing the cruise amount, the airfare, and giving them another cruise, I'd be saying no thanks on the free cruise. Our troubles weren't even that awful and I don't care if I ever cruise again.

First Snow

Today we got our first snow of the year. Coincidentally, it was supposed to be periods of light rain on and off, but turned out to anywhere of up to 2 inches. I'd say we ended up with close to that down at work and maybe an inch at my house. It made getting from my building down to where we have to park a wet and slushy nightmare. My shoes, socks, and pants were SOAKED from the short walk. I'm not quite sure what shoes I'll be able to wear tomorrow since I'm not super keen on getting any other pairs wet.

It definitely felt like a typical winter day and as annoyed as I was trying to drive home it, it did make a little giddy and excited for winter to be here. There's nothing I love more than seeing everything snow covered and quiet. Yes there's shoveling and having to dress in layers, and then tracking all the snow inside the house and having to clean it up, but looking from inside out, I love it. Hopefully we'll have the winter this year that we didn't have last year!!

So sweet

I got a text from my sister tonight that asked if I was home and that Max wanted to call me after he got out of the shower. I didn't happen to get it right away since my phone was downstairs and I was not. I called her when I got it (which was 20 minutes after she sent it) and all the kids wanted to talk to me, except Max who had become enthralled in a football game (which made me sad, but he's a big sports nut these days so I can't be upset).

It was so sweet because my sister said that he originally wanted to talk to me because he wanted to tell me that if they could bring anyone who was in the military to school with them for Veteran's Day, and he was thinking that maybe Uncle John could come. How sweet is that!?!?!

Crappy Day

Today may have been the crappiest day in quite some time. It was cold, rainy, and it took me a little over an hour to get to work. I left at 6:58am and didn't get into work until almost 8:10. I was NOT happy. This whole working 40 minutes away from where I live generally doesn't bother me, until days like this happen. Then it makes me want to find a job closer to home. Although, I'm not sure I'll be able to find any like what I have, so close by. It's nice to be able to take off whenever if I need to and it not be a problem. It's really the perfect job for my situation...but the commute on days like today...no thanks.

Socks

It's been so cold at night lately, that until I can get the electric blanket washed, I'm going to have to wear socks to bed. I am normally not a fan of this, but I do believe the coldness of my feet have caused me to not fall asleep as fast as I'd like. So...socks it will be, unless feet get too hot.