Oh March

I thought we could be friends. I thought you would be warm and kind.

Oh March, how could I have been so wrong?

I was still optimistic the very first weekend of March when I skipped my long run because of a basketball tournament. It's okay, I thought, I will have plenty of time to run. Just a few days after that my treadmill started feeling wonky and then it got worse and I couldn't run on it at all. The drive belt inside the motor had to be replaced. So my one skipped run turned into 3 more skipped runs. I managed my long run but because it had been a while and I had to pick up 82 cases of girl scout cookies that day I cut it short and just did 6. We got my treadmill working and I tried to start where I left off, but that wasn't a good idea. Since then I've had to skip runs because of class field trips and days of no school and yesterday when the newspaper delivery guy decided to come to my front door which never happens and wanted to hand deliver the paper only I had no idea if he was my newspaper guy because the paper is always at the end of the driveway and never ever hand delivered and after some discussion and no response from the actual newspaper I decided to call the police just in case they were looking for houses to rob and so then I didn't want to go downstairs and run on the treadmill in my basement. So, yeah, there have been lots of skipped runs this March.

And it has not been warm and kind. It has been cold, so cold, and wet. I will be glad when March is over.

Hopefully April is kinder, because a couple of weeks ago when I was having a particularly not fun day I decided to sign up for a couple of races. On top of the races I had already signed up for. So I have:

April 19: Dodge the Deer 5K
May 3: Spring Runoff
May 9-10: Ragnar Cape Cod
May 31: Freihofer's

I'm letting Vader mow the lawn and transition to his new job in June and July and then:

August 16?: Clove Run 5K
October: Mohawk Hudson Half Marathon

I have a new-old plan on my fridge to get me PR-ready for the May 3 race, so now I just have to actually stick to it and not let any more random things get in the way!

Catching up

I feel like the last week and a half have just flown by. The painting took nearly a week but is finally done. I wound up having an allergy attack to the paint fumes--my throat hurt so bad it felt like it was closing up. It's better now but I keep having coughing fits. My house is still a wreck. I got the kitchen mostly organized last night but I can't move big furniture and the living room is just in shambles. I love how everything turned out. My husband doesn't quite like the kitchen, which means I made the right choice. I hope to have pictures soon. 

I don't have many pictures from Halloween either. SkyWalker was not very cooperative. The Princess had a good time as a cat burglar and seemed to enjoy the idea of people giving her candy. That Mommy got to eat later.

The weather has gotten to me. I am lacking in energy or motivation to do anything. I seriously considered wearing sweatpants to storytime today. I am feeling my hibernating instinct very strongly. Unfortunately I have to work this weekend so no hibernating for me. 

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Weather

My son has never watched the Teletubbies. I forbid it. Forbid. 

But the little sonofabitch is so friggin good with the computer and the internets (big surprise) that he has found a teletubbie game on pbs kids and I am hearing "eh-oh!" "bye-bye" over and over and OVER again. Whose idea was it to let him have his own computer? 

We had a fantabulous playdate this morning. Fantabulous because it wasn't at my house so I didn't have to go crazy yesterday trying to straighten up and I'm not going crazy now doing dishes and washing tablecloths. Fantabulous because I was surrounded by friends and we sat and snacked and talked and gossiped and our children all played nicely. We even had the kids eat by themselves in the dining room as we ate in the kitchen (within viewing distance for possible choking). And they all did SO WELL. There was no chaos, no crazy. It was a beautiful morning and just what I needed to get out of my fall weather funk. 

I do not like the fall. I like that we have one. I like that our seasons change. And I will begin to like fall, but right now, in the beginning I just get sad. There's so much to DO in the summer. Swimming, playing outside. The fall is, eh. I don't like being chilly. I don't like having to put jackets and coats on my kids to go outside. I don't like the way it messes up the carseats being so bulky. *I* don't like being chilly. I'd rather lay on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate and read a book for the next 9-10 months. I just don't want to DO anything. I suppose once we go apple picking and trick or treating and I figure out how I can make my kids tired without making me chilly, it will be okay. And then it'll be winter. And I REALLY don't like the winter. 

There are things I keep meaning to blog about. Like how I haven't worn a watch since July. But the Princess is claiming that she doesn't need a nap right now. I think it will be an early bedtime, which is just fine since I am not working tonight and I have TV to watch!

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