- The world is awake ... there are cars on the road and people outside walking/running
- Even at 6am, there is still some HEAT out there ... 80 degrees with 87% humidity (still sweaty)
- Senior citizen males (walking about) predominantly wear khaki shorts and white T's (this is no joke)
- If you run circles in a neighborhood you will start to wave hi to the same people (feeling a little silly after the fact)
- Crossing the highway to run to the other side brings a different crowd of runners (a little younger and a little faster on their feet)
- Squirting a water bottle too hard may result in water going up the nose instead of down the throat ... oops
- There are a lot of opportunities to run through the automatic sprinklers at this hour ... hope no one saw me
- I still sweat and still have to peel soaking wet clothes off at when I get home ... ick
- I didn't see any raccoons like I had just yesterday ... 3 BIG ones who looked me straight in the eye
- Getting home at 7:25am after 5.63 miles felt good ... productive!
I read her blog and knew that she was coming into town for her book signing and I thought about going, but I also knew it was the day that I was getting my braces off (MONDAY 11/9). On Sunday night before, my husband made a quick trip to Walmart and brought home a flyer saying how Ree Drummond (The Pioneer Woman) was coming the next day. I'm not sure if my husband was more excited about me getting my braces off the next day or having me MEET THE PIONEER WOMAN. I guess I really did want to go, but now I HAD TO GO! Monday was a crazy day ... jitters in the am 4.6 mile run to make me feel relaxed (it was also my longest run yet) drop the 12 year old at her homeschool art class quick trip to Walmart (to see if there were Pioneer Woman cookbooks ... no luck, but my husband picked me up a few ... I'm gifting some for Christmas). home to throw a pot roast in the crockpot braces removal at 11:30am dentist visit at 1pm usual afterschool chaos of swim team home for a 30 minute rest wa...
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My son and I waited for the RATCOONS (I hate them)to come crawling out of the gutters last night. They have strewn trash all over my back yard several times and have figured out every trick I've come up with to keep them out of the garbage cans.
Anyway....we rocked them pretty good. Hope they got the message.
We take what we can get, don't we?
I returned home at 8:40 this morning after a sweaty 11 miles...