I'd Rather Be Running

Wad up homeslices??

All  day I have been having the itch to write (errrr, type), so here I am I hope everyone’s Wednesday has been as great as mine!

Despite  having a great day, there have been a few moments when I have not been a very “smart cookie”. I thought I would be so kind as to share those moments with you

On Monday and Wednesdays I have my Dietetics class from 9 to 2:30 or 3. Well, lately I have been packing a lunch for those days, but it hasn’t really been doing me any good because we have been getting out early and I end up eating my lunch at home. So this morning when I woke up I thought there was no need in packing a lunch since I was pretty sure we’d be getting out early….well, wrong-o! (Un-smart cookie move #1)

I usually bring a “snack bag” to school, which today, consisted of:

A bag of already eaten grapes, a Cliff Z-Bar (Spooky S’More flavor, my favorite!!) and a coffee with a water.

Too bad all of those things were consumed before 10:30! When class was still going strong at 1 o’clock, I was beginning to think that my arm would become the lunch special of the day Luckily, we got out of there at 1:30ish and I made a mad dash to find food…any food (except meat!)…any where.  As I was driving like a mad woman down the road, the Subway sign was just glowing like a little piece of heaven in a dark and dreary world…so that is where my journey ended.

My lunch consisted of a half eaten arm veggie sandwich with light mayo and light honey mustard, a yogurt and you see that little guy in the background?? Well, he is my motivation to eat all of the veggies on my sandwich Nom nom nom. The hunger monster in my stomach was finally satisfied.

Now, I knew it wasn’t a great idea to go running directly after eating, but I was kind of on a time limit so I pretty much silenced the voice in my head that was telling me to wait. (Un-smart cookie move #2)

I drove out to the 4.5 mile green-way, parked and took off. I could feel the cramps right. away. My first mile was pretty much a slow jog, there were a few times when I thought I should walk, but I knew if I kept moving it would fade or go away all together…it did end up fading, but when I got to the halfway point, I looked like this:

(Sorry for the brightness! You guys are such troopers with these bad photos lol) There were a few times in the first 2 miles when I thought I would lose my lunch, but it stayed down (thank goodness). I paused a bit midway, then kept going and BAM! I got my second wind! My stomach wasn’t hurting and I felt like I was flying down the path! I’ve really been doing my Wednesday runs in Cramerton (aka “hill hell”), but now that I was running on flat ground, I felt like I was going so fast, which was pretty awesome. Toot toot <–tooting my own horn here

This girl was all smiles when she got back to her car!

Don’t you just love a workout that leaves you feeling faster than the wind and stronger than an IronMan?? I DOOO!! :p

After my run, I went back to my car, turned up some tunes and headed home to start making dinner for my dinner guest

While cooking, I enjoyed a mug of hot tangerine spice tea and a few wheat thins straight outta the box, cos I’m classy like that Trixie may have had a few too!

On tonights menu: Spicy veggie lasagna with a baby romaine salad, tossed with tomato and light honey mustard dressing.

While the lasagna was in the oven, my dinner guest arrived!

My mommy!! I was so happy to see her. She and I don’t get to see a lot of each other once I’m in school, but she was able to come for dinner tonight (yay!).

First, there were drinks:

Then there were salads:

And then, finally, the lasagna was finished!

(I went back for seconds)

My mom and I sat and talked for about 3 hours about everything. That’s what I love about her. I can just sit and talk and talk and talk to her about anything that comes to mind and she always listens, or laughs at the stories I tell her. Because, ya know, when you live with a guy, you are automatically gonna rack up on funny stories about the things that they do

*Sigh* It was a great day and night for me Jason is out of town on business (in Maryland) but he shall be back tomorrow or Friday. It’s kind of weird being in our house alone, but I know he’ll be back soon. As for me, I am ready to get into wind-down mode…maybe a hot bath and a book? Perhaps  a little Food Network action with some sleepy-time tea?? Who knows! All I do know is that my jammies are calling my name, and Trixie is begging for some cuddle time on the couch, so I better go!

The weekend is almost here guys, hang in there! Hope all is well wherever you are or with whatever you may be doing See ya this weekend lovies!