What an excellent weekend! Crammed a lot of different activities into a weekend. Projects, meeting with old friends, race, still found time for some fun. The race went well. The kids are all set for school with new shoes, supplies, reorganized bedroom etc. Found time for some family fun, and also got to watch some real football, yeah, a great weekend.
Race thoughts
(written before the race) Sitting here in this gorgeous location, enjoying the wonderful view. Pondering running, both as a general practice and as something to do for a cause. Last night Kim was talking about how she just doesn't want to run, it hurts her knees too much. I held my tongue and just encouraged her to find and do something. I used to feel the same way, but I have developed a taste for it as I got more fit.
The race went well, although my pacing was a little off so I kind of slowed down in the last mile, but still found it in me to sprint to the finish to end up at 30:31, 31st overall. And no one passed me after the initial burst.
Health
Faced down a couple of eating nemeses over the weekend: pizza and Country Buffet. And managed to find and display the self control I have lacked in the past. I was talking to a friend on Friday and came up with a good way to describe the feelings I have at those times. Basically there are 2 types of hunger: physical and mental. Physical hunger is when you are really, truly hungry, your body needs sustenance. Mental hunger is the hard part, when you crave that extra piece of pizza, fried chicken, taco, ice cream etc. The key is to learn to recognize the difference, and then develop a strategy for dealing with the mental side. If you try to go whole hog denial that can set you up for disaster, but if you develop strategies for feeding it that don't defeat your overall health then you are on the right path.
Projects
I wanted to do 1 project this weekend, and ended up doing 2. The first wast to clean out our bay window, and then rip up the carpet that was there and replace it with stick on tiles. This ended up being a pretty easy little project, one I was able to tackle in about an hour. And it really brightened up our hallway to get rid of that dirty grey carpet that was so dirty and full of cat fur it was impossible to really clean. The only down side is that now Blaze has lost her hiding place because she no longer has the carpet to dig her claws in when she climbs up, oh well life is hard for her.
The second project just kind of came up on us. James has been having a hard time going to sleep lately, complaining that his bed wasn't comfortable, etc. Saturday night he ended up on the couch. So Sunday we decided to rearrange the boys room, taking down the bunk bed, splitting it into 2 beds, giving the James the larger bed. Kim said it made for a more grown up room, which is true I guess. All I know is it should be easier for them to keep their beds free of clutter and remove an excuse to go to sleep.
Football
I got to enjoy the Bronco game, or at least most of it. Nothing too surprising to me really. Our first team is good, capable of moving the ball, and stopping the other team for the most part. But the depth is questionable, and when you get into the long regular season and injuries start to take their toll that is when that depth becomes an issue. But I did get to watch hero Tebow avoid some mistakes and then score his first touchdown.
"Society is like a stew, if you don't stir it up all the scum rises to the top." Edward Abbey
Mike Ruch
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