I generally carry my IPOD in my hand when I run so I can fast forward non-running songs. Air Supply just does not provide the needed motivation. I also run with pepper spray tucked into the waistband of my shorts. I'm not particularly worried about people attacking me, but rather dogs.
I ran 1.9 miles this particular morning. Last week was a bad running week for me (I was sick and then Eric was out of town), so I have not been progressing quickly. I literally have no idea how in the world I will ever be ready to run the relay race. It seems like the impossible dream at this point.
After getting ready for the day, we made a run to Target. We had to buy a present for a birthday party Megan was going to, and toilet paper. We had been out of toilet paper for 3 days! I know that is extreme, but it just illustrates what a home body I am. I never want to leave the house to go to the store. We had been using paper towels. On a funny side note, when we finally had toilet paper again Sadie did not want to use it, and kept asking for the other toilet paper (paper towels).
Earlier that morning when I had been blow drying my hair I started to feel fairly light-headed and both my eyes went blurry. So blurry that I could not even read the book I was reading. It was quite freaky, but only lasted for about 15 minutes then went away. Then as I was leaving for Target I got a horrible headache. I took some Ibuprofen and went on my way. But as I was shopping at Target, my condition deteriorated! I was positive I was going to throw up in the middle of the toy aisle, so I hurried my kids up, and we rushed home. I will spare you the details, but I was majorly stomach flu sick. Megan was due at a birthday party in half an hour, and Jackson and Sadie were asking me to make them lunch. Both tasks seemed positively overwhelming, so I did something I have never done before: I called Eric at work and asked him to come home and complete those tasks for me. Luckily he was able to, and I went to bed.
After putting Sadie down for her nap, and installing Jackson in front of the Wii, Eric went back to work. For some unknown reason (really I don't think it has ever happened before!), Sade's woke up way early from her nap. Luckily she just climbed in bed with me, cuddled up, and fell back asleep. I stayed in bed for 4 hours, but when I got up, I was feeling much better. Just a bit of dizziness remained.
This is what the living room looks like when I take to my bed. This is only one afternoons worth! Can you imagine if I never cleaned up?
Soon after Megan got home from her 5 hour party! 4 hours were spent swimming.
While we waited for Eric to get home, Sadie and I painted our nails. Sade ventured out of the pink family and chose purple for her toes. In the end she wasn't quite happy with her choice, and told me, "I want pink, actually." Actually is her new word of choice, added to the end of many sentences.
I was feeling a bit hungry at this point, so when Eric got home we went to Zabas.
We stopped by the mall on the way home, and saw lots of cute things, like this cowboy hat, but ended up leaving empty handed.
However, we did not leave until we rode the escalator a few times, you know, just for fun!
When we got home I had to work on my Young Women's lesson. I had planned on finishing it up Saturday afternoon, but obviously that did not work out. So I stayed up late preparing.
I had mentioned to Eric that we had no hot water, so before bed he did a little home repair work. Our pilot light had gone out. I was hoping that relighting it would fix the problem, but it has gone out every morning and evening since! Why do major appliances have to break down?
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