Cooler Weather

It's cooling down (again), but I hope this time it doesn't get back too hot again. It was nice to run in the cool without having to get up at 5am!

The past month and a half has been quite busy. The latest was going up to Carson City for my cousin's wedding. It was really nice to see family and visit with everyone. I would post pictures, but I left my camera in the hotel room :-(

Stone Brew Celebration

Yesterday was the 13th annual Stone Brew Anniversary Celebration. $35 for ticket gets you a cute glass and 10 tastes to over 140 beers. And the money raised there goes to charity. It's great fun for a great cause! My husband and I went last year and had a blast. This year my youngest daughter and her boyfriend met us there. I think they might come back again next year. I know we will!

Disneyland

Not a lot to catch up on. I've been running and reading. Trying to do my weights at home. But I did manage to go to Disneyland this month! Great fun. We went with my parents and actually rode a lot of rides. They bought us the three use tickets, so we went back again with my daughter and her boyfriend. He hasn't been in years and prefers that faster rides. So we did a lot of roller coasters and such. I did make him go on It's a Small World though. Poor guy. I thought they had updated it to be more current. Nope. They just added a few things like the little mermaid. It was still quite old fashioned and rather long. I think he may have fallen asleep in it. But the two of them had a good time and I'm glad we got to go with them. Now it's back to normal hours at work, so I guess summer is officially over for me. Oh well. At least I'm getting my running back up in mileage. I lost some ground when I was on vacation and then sick. But now I'm working it slowly back up again :-)

Back From Vacation

Vacation was wonderful. We went to see my family, then up to Trinidad for a week. From there we went to Fern Canyon:
A few hikes in Patrick's Point:

And a couple of trips into Oregon. Unfortunately, the second day on vacation Jim got sick. About the time he was starting to feel better, I got sick. So, we were able to do a decent amount of hikes, but no bike rides or runs. I wasn't even able to run at home until today. And it was 82 degrees when I finished my run this morning! Coming from 65 degrees in Trinidad, it was too hot to do any more than the 6 miles. And I know it's going to hit 100 degrees today before the day is over. Oh well. I'll get back into a decent running schedule now and slowly add some miles back in. I wasn't planning on doing another half marathon until December, so I have time. But I'd better find a good 5k or 10k in the next couple of months to keep me focused!

Almost Summer

Summer is almost here. Earlier this week I would have said it didn't feel like it. I ran my long run in the rain and wasn't able to ride my motorcycle. Then Thursday it was so warm that I was hot on my run (bad news - I should have hydrated better), but I was also able to ride my motorcycle to work (good news)!! Things around here and work have been pretty stressful. You would think with the added stress I would be escaping more into my books. But I have not at all. Nor to the television. I've kept up my running and pretty good about the gym (which I think exercise is about all that is keeping me sane right now), and it's been listening to music and playing number and word games. Kind of a mindless thing to do, but it seems to help. I still have my martini nights on Saturday after my long run as well, but I've started mixing them with lighter items (low-cal cranberry juice, diet ginger ale. . . ) and that seems to be helping with the weight as well. You know, you control what you can and do the best you can with the rest! On another good note, my husband and I are enjoying or time together. We may not being going out to dinner as much, but we cook together at home, do walks together, the gym, brew beer. . . basically we still enjoy each others company. And after almost 25 years, I think that's a really good thing :-) And, looking to the future. . . I'm hoping to do another half-marathon with my daughter in October! We're looking to do the Rock n Roll one in Vegas and my friend and her daughter (if it's not finals week) may join us as well! Of course my husband will go, but he'll sit on the sidelines and cheer with my daughter's boyfriend because neither of them like to run those kind of distances!

Bay to Breakers

I just finished the Bay to Breakers race. What an experience that was. All good and fun though! Here's a picture of my friend, her daughter and me after the race. Also, one of one of the many costumes that I thought was funny. And yes, I have pictures of people running naked. And no, I won't post them on the web!

Catch up - again!

I see it's been over a month since I last posted. Lets see, work is going as usual. The big event of the year is over and just one more week of actual school for the students left. It's always nice to go on to summer time! Running is going well. I've been averaging just over 20 miles per week. It feels good - although I keep thinking I should lose at least a little more weight. Then again, my eating is not the best. It could be a lot worse though so I just need to be thankful for what I have. And maybe go to the gym more than twice a week! I've also been catching up on a lot of reading. Now that I'm buying less book (and actually using the library), my tbr pile is getting smaller. In a couple of months it may get to the point where it's just books on my bookshelf waiting to be read, and not around the floor as well!

As for future plans, we're planning another trip up the cost in July. We have the trailer, and a place to stay the first few nights (going to see my Grandmother!), but we haven't made the reservations for the rest of the nights. I've picked the places and written down the phone numbers. My problem is that I do that late at night, and these places are only open for reservations during normal business hours. So hopefully today we'll get that done! And, next week I'm running in the Bay to Breakers race (I think it's just over 7 miles with a killer incline around mile 2.5) with a friend of mine. Since it's a hilly race, and more run for the fun and scenery, I plan on slowing down my pace and just enjoying the people and such around me. I'm really looking forward to it though. And when I get back, I need to buy some new running shoes!