I have been doing really well at getting in my 30 minutes of activity and most of the time I am doing more than that. I guess the no expectation is working (so far). The thing that has always helped is my tunes if I have good music I can do just about anything.
So for this Fridays Five I put together my faves for the last few weeks.
{one}
I LOVE this song besides being fun and catchy the message is pretty damn awesome!
{two}
This is my new anthem. The older I get the more I really don't give a you know what!
It's kinda liberating :)
{three}
This is my high school self coming out,
{four}
I can get down and work up a good sweat to this one enough said!
{five}
another great sweatin' song but every time this comes on when I'm run I lose my rhythm,
cause the latin in me just wants to dance! haha
I got the best birthday surprise! On Thursday I was hanging out at work waiting for CareBear so we could hit up the gym when one of our parents came in to the office and starting chatting. Then asked if anyone liked P!NK?....
Ummm HELLO!! this girl right here <----
I freaked I LOVE her and totally want to be her, have you seen that bod? I calmly said that my daughter (TaTa) and I love her and were pretty bummed because we had tried to get tickets for her concert but they were sold out. Then the heavens opened and angles started to sing he said he had two, TWO!! extra tickets OMG. I offered to buy them but he said no....and just GAVE them to me WHAT?? Holy crap I about passed out I could not believe it. I texted TaTa a picture and she called me freaking out it was fantastic.
So then this was Saturday in a nutshell:
Best Birthday surprise EVER!
TaTa and I on our way to LA
Gotta love hate LA traffic thank goodness we gave ourselves
2 hours to get there, even though it's only 44 miles from us.
At Staples Center
It was by far the best concert I've been to. She is so awesome, tons of energy, and damn she is fit. She did all kinds of ariel stunts and singing the whole time that takes talent folks (I can't even run and talk lol). I loved it!! Thank you, Thank you for the best birthday ever!
*(kinda bummed I didn't take more pics of "the show" but I was just enjoying it so much that I totally forgot about the camera)
I was so not ready for this weekend I was so freaking tired all week, and Drama Queen had not one, but two birthday parties to go to and I had my longest run EVER......
but it was AWESOME!!!
We started off running late as usual Saturday morning and had to go pick up DQ at Grammie C's then head off to party #1 it was for a family friend her little guy was turning 5. It was a typical BDay party, bounce house, pizza, and cake. I felt bad that we got there a bit late and could only stay a little over an hour but that meant I was not tempted by the food too much and we left before cake (bad for DQ but good for me :) Then we headed for to party #2 it was for her "boyfriend" G3 (the one we always go to Disneyland with) so she was super excited about that! I was dreading and looking forward to this one. Looking forward because I LOVE G3's mom & dad and, his Aunt Barbie is one of my coworkers and running buddies. Dreading because that also meant a lot of parents from my job would be there so I couldn't totally let loose lol cause you know I can be a bit CRAYZEE ya right.
But is was a blast yes also typical party fare bounce house, face painting, pinata and pizza (one piece) and cupcakes (only one and it was so flipping good) and I was running 9 miles he next day so that so counts as carb loading right?
A mash up of birthday party fun!
Oh and one other thing at G3's party this little baby was quite a hit! The adult stuff on the sides came out later when most of the "work" parents went home (except for a few who are cool like us) lol! and I only had one promise!
Then this morning came I made sure to go to bed early because to be honest I was scared. I had nine miles on the schedule today. My longest run ever!!! So I got up early to give myself time to fuel properly and let things happen *wink* and to catch up on a show or two who am I kidding.
So this was breakfast a coffee protein drink, whole wheat English muffin with PB and a banana.
Then off I went 9 freaking miles....9!!! Holy crap!
It was one of the best runs I think I've ever had. I started off running the block around my house then about mile 2 I ate shit! I slipped on a piece of ice and hit the ground HARD. I landed on my left knee. OUCH!! i couldn't believe it. I live in Southern California I was not aware of this phenomena ice on the ground?? I know, I know, spoiled we are but I never even thought to look for it. Anyway after I went down I got my self up and limped a bit off the ice and walked a few minutes with tears in my eyes trying to shake it off. I was determined not to let it ruin this run, so off I went to finish 7 more miles. It was great at one point a great P!nk song came on Try, and I know it's about love but something about that line "Where there is desire, there's gonna be a flame, where there is a flame someones bound to get burned, but just because it burns doesn't mean your gonna die. You gotta get up and try, try, try..." just get's me. I love it to me it kind represents my relationship with running. I have the desire and the flame is there, but damnn it BURNS, but I WILL NOT DIE and I will TRY, TRY, TRY....so when it came on I just started crying.... I musta' looked a hot mess, tears, snot, and sweat, but I felt AMAZING like I could do anything and hell I was.....
My run in a nutshell! including that damn piece of ice I slipped on.
