Wednesday, Nov 21st was officially 4 weeks. I am now back to running...well walk/run type of running...I did my first 2 mile run yesterday with 3 walk breaks and did 2 miles in 22:08.
It was great...feeling slightly sore, but the good sore today and went back out this morning for my own Turkey trot and did the 2 mile course through my neighborhood and the walk breaks were less and the run was faster...2 miles in 21:09.
Tomorrow will ride the bike to give the legs a break and try to get 30 minutes or more in plus some weights. I am excited to be able to run, Feb was a long time ago since I was able to do something like this and I have asked Santa for new running shoes as my brooks are worn from dealing with me over the last 10 months wearing them with all that extra weight.
While I haven't decided on any races in the near future...mainly b/c I don't think I will be consistent on running until I get Alexandra in Daycare, I am thinking this Spring to maybe find a 10km at least, maybe even the 1/2 marathon in April...just will have to see how things go with the weather and my training...hopefully I can at least get runs on the weekends and maybe once during the week when I have a babysitter or can enlist someone to watch Alexandra and Matthew for me if Jay is late....otherwise...hopefully we get into a routine with the morning feedings and maybe I could manage a quick run at 5 or 530am before Jay has to get going to work....but goodness, it has been a while since I was up running that early so it might be tough to get back into that mode....but might be necessary to try once or twice a week to at least get runs in if I do figure out my race to train for this Spring.
Happy Thanksgiving...we are cooking a very simple meal, turkey, mashed potatoes, a box of 5 minute stove-top stuffing, and green beans....keeping it simple...have desserts from the Time for Dinner place here in St. Louis...the saving grace for us the past few weeks for food...I have a pumpkin gooey butter cake that is some type of St Louis thing...gooey butter cake...never tried it but saved it so we have something pumpkin for dessert...have 2 peanut butter pies which Jay and I have had and enjoy way too much....plus Mom made oatmeal cookies and we have company joining us for dinner who might bring another pie...plus whip cream in the fridge...so I think we are good to go...my goal is Saturday to make a Gumbo of whatever we don't eat on this 15 lb turkey we bought...yep, we have this huge bird b/c it was the smallest there at the 88 cents per pound price...the other smaller ones in a different brand were 1.22 per pound so we decided to just get the smallest one we could find of the cheaper turkey and just enjoy a gumbo withe leftovers....Jay and I are big gumbo fans and the weather on Friday will turn cold here and possibly flurries of Snow by Sunday or Monday so I definitely think this qualifies as gumbo weather!
I am hopeful that Matthew might eat some turkey...he is hit and miss at times on poultry...also on mashed potatoes...the daycare folks say he loves them at school but I don't usually get him to eat them here...and I make them from scratch with real butter, milk etc...so he either doesn't like the home-aide kind or is just difficult with me....like last night...Granny (my mom) and Granddad offered to take Alexandra for the night and do the feedings...so yeah, Jay and I were going to get some sleep...well except for when I would wake up to pump...but of course..Matthew woke up screaming at 1230....it took an hour to get him to settle back down...and that included both Jay and I up, reading, changing his diaper, taking him downstairs to rock, giving him water to drink....finally at 130 am we put him back in bed...he cried for another 15-20 minutes...so not sure what was up...maybe a nightmare or just a tantrum....then up at 630 am with a bright smile and great mood....again, not sure what happened but still with that hour up and pumping, it was still a good night of sleep....hopefully tonight will be another good night...without the Matthew tantrum at 1230 am...plan is to take him to the park and wear his butt out before nap-time and again after nap-time....
Well, will post pictures later...on facebook of hopefully a wonderful and tantrum free day!
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