Thursday, January 17, 2008

Cool off run

Every runner has her peak time to run. I am a morning runner. My body feels better in the morning, I have have more energy. Night is the worst. If I have already eaten dinner, forget it! Last night, I went to my cousin's for dinner. My daughter has dance class and we visit him for dinner every Weds. I ate pizza and chocolate cake. Losing weight is not my main motivation for running, but it's a nice part of it. I have been wearing maternity jeans and sweat pants for 7 weeks. I would like to be able to fit into my old clothes sooner rather than later. So the unhealthy dinner should have motivated me. It didn't. But I did run last night. I ran really well; my best yet at 30:00 and 2.95 miles. It went quickly, and nothing on my body nagged at me. I was fired up and had to get out of the house, and that turns out to be my best motivation. Being a mom is great. Being a stay at home mom is a privellege. Cleaning the house, and constantly telling the kids the same thing over and over sucks. I am not a cleaner and I have turned into a nagger. I am over worked and under recognized. If it were a job, I would quit. I am also very sensitive to critism. The Christians say to "offer it up to God", Paul McCartney said "Let it be" somone said "this too shall pass". 100 times, I can take it, but on 101, I snap. My husband drinks a breakfast shake every morning and uses a shaker to mix it. And everyday he leaves the shaker, the glass, and some of the power on the counter. Life a dutiful house cleaner, I have been picking these things up. Yesterday my husband said "This shaker doesn't really get." And I snaped, "You can just clean it yourself!" He said, dryly, "Are you mad? Because I don't get why you're mad," I said "I don't get why I am expected to pick up after you. You'd never leave this mess at your mom's house!" and ran out of the run with him yelling after. He doesn't take critism well either. I felt much better after my run.

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