Weird Weather

The last few weeks the weather has gone from really cold, to really hot (up to over 100 degrees) to really cold and thunder storms. I rode my bike to work on Thursday, and by Thursday afternoon it was raining hard enough that I had to get a ride home. I was worried that I was going to get my long run in this morning. But the rain went away and it was just beautiful outside. I ended up doing just over 8 miles and I feel really good! Now to just get my bike back home from work. Oh, and sign up for that 5k my daughter and I keep talking about!

Mother's Day and Other Stuff

Well, first and quite important is the fact that one of the harder days at work is done and over. It's a day we plan for for a semester and we make sure it goes off smoothly for the faculty, students and visitors we invite. It went well, but of course there were the typical (and maybe not so typical) things that went wrong this year. But, to the people attending it went smoothly and that's what is important. That, and the stress of working on it is over - for another year!

Now on to Mother's Day. A month ago I decided I wanted to go to a good brunch for Mother's Day. Actually, I've been wanting to go to one for a while, but this seemed like a good excuse to make the plans. So, I called and made reservations for my family, as well as my parents and my in-laws. So a group of nine of us are going to a Doubletree Inn Mother's Day brunch. I'm really looking forward to that. Then, my oldest daughter and I are treating ourselves to some time at the new spa in town. We are going to have a massage, a facial and a pedicure! Now, I've never gone to a spa before, so I called to see what the basic procedure is. I understood that they give you a locker. . .and that between the massage and the facial they give you a robe and a warm blanket and that you can stay in the robe for the pedicure or change to your own clothes. You can even take a shower in between if you'd like. But what I'm still processing is the "before the massage you dress down." If that's what I think it is, why didn't they say we get the robe before the massage?!! I am not walking anywhere in my birthday suit!! And yes, I will have a normal (but cute) pair of underwear and not my typical thong for that day as well! We'll just have to figure that out before Sunday!

On another note, I've been keeping up my reading and running. But I really don't feel motivated to do my long run tomorrow. But with what I plan on eating and such on Sunday, I had better get some kind of run in. So, I think I need to go relax with a fun book (I'm trying to finish a non-fiction book right now that maybe I should put aside tonight) and picture a nice, enjoyable long run before I go to bed. Maybe the fact that I ran last week in the heat (okay, it was in the 70s when I ran but to me that was hot) and this week it's overcast and rainy and I'm going to have to pull my long pants back out to run in. Then again, what great weather to run in and won't it feel good to start off my weekend with a nice, long run and then got into the shopping we're supposed to do (pricing out new kitchens) on Saturday and my fun filled day for Sunday?! Yes, I think that does sound better. I'm off to my reading/relaxing/visualizing! :-)