Surprise!

I finally took in the old roll of film and our underwater camera from our honeymoon (5 years ago) to be developed yesterday.

I have no idea what could be on that roll of film. I was so excited to get the pictures back and see what memories would come flooding back! I did prepare myself, since the film was so old, that it could have been too long and the film could have gone bad.

An hour later we went to pick them up. Unfortunately the single roll was ruined. Nothing but black or washed out pictures. The underwater camera survived and we got about 10 pictures (that's all we took) out.

It's amazing how much older you look after just 5 years!

My eyes when I'm not home

It has been TOO long since my last post. To follow up on the race, we didn't get anywhere close to a PR. Finished in 2:06:something. Not the best, not the worst. Onward and upward.

So I don't know how many have heard the story of Nathanael and I trying to finish our basement but I will tell you in a nutshell. In 2006 we bought the house, in summer 2007 we finished the framing. In 2008 we had a rather large bill due for Nathanael's business, which drained all (and even more so) our finances for finishing the basement. We also discovered that we had termites around this same time. In finding termites, we found that the front step was actually built into the foundation and was settling and pulling away from the house. This caused the gaps for water and those lovely little creatures to get in. Thus, needing to be replaced before we could proceed with completing the basement. In 2009 we decided it was time to get that replaced. In 2010 it actually happened. (exhibit A)

While that was being replaced, the cement truck pulled onto our driveway and busted it. (exhibit B) So now, we need to get our driveway replaced (it REALLY needed it anyway) and once again depleting any funds for finishing the basement.

On Tuesday morning I got a picture mail from Nathanael with a surprise. (exhibit C)

We are now getting our new driveway. I am very pleased! I am also very nervous because I am not there to feel things out and talk about it. If you didn't know, I do like to control things that are under my care. It's hard for me to let go. Thankfully, I have someone there to make sure the guys are doing it right and not ripping us off. She tells me everything when I get home. (exhibit D & E)

PR stands for PR...obably not going to happen

I've come to the realization that setting a PR in my next half marathon is probably not going to happen. That means, the man will definitely be able to stay with me. I don't really know what happened. Somewhere I fell off the training schedule and just haven't gotten back on it. It's a shame. Some day I will set a PR in the marathon or half marathon. That some day is far far away.

It seems like my blog is only about running. That was never my intention.

I should find some good story to tell next time.

Ghosties

3 of the 4 blogs that I am currently following have black/dark backgrounds and white font. When reading them I get those ghosties you get from looking at a bright light too long.

It almost deters me from reading them... almost.

I've convinced him AGAIN!

The fee for the St. Louis Half Marathon didn't go up on 1/1/10 like it said it was going to. That gave me enough motivation to want to sign up for it for a third year. I had one rule to signing up though. I wouldn't sign up unless my guy was running with me. Somehow I got him to say yes. He really doesn't like running. Our friend is going to run the full marathon that day. My plan is to set a PR(personal record), go back to the car to change, then walk back and cheer our friend on as he crosses the finish line of his first full marathon. I think it sounds fun.

I have to say I am a little nervous that my guy won't be able to hang with me for this race. I have my sights set on a finish time between 1:45 and 1:53. I have already started my training, which includes at least 1 speed training a week. My guy hasn't ran but twice since the marathon in Nov. He does have advatages that I don't; 8 inches, male, natural runner, etc. So he very well may be able to stay with me. At that point I will have to accept the fact that I put hours of training and pounds of sweat in to get that PR and he will have done practically nothing.

Regardless, my main goal is to get a personal record. I really hope all this work pays off!

Healthy lunch

Totinos pizza rolls and a bag of chips from Jimmy Johns.

Isn't that healthy? I do have an apple I can eat later, it's been sitting in the fridge since before Christmas.

Self Diagnosis

I have Raynaud's phenomenon/disease. Self diagnosed of course.

I can say I am 99% sure that is what I have. The reason I'm so sure is because my grandmother has it and it is hereditary often skipping generations. My sister has the same thing, I think she was diagnosed with it though and has a worse case with it than I.

What is Raynaud's you ask? It is is a vasospastic disorder causing discoloration of the fingers, toes, and occasionally other extremities. Here is a picture of my Raynaud's acting up. It is the toe next to my big toe (is that called your pointer toe?). I can tell without looking that it is happening because it feels like the tip of my toe is a rock. Not heavy, hurting or unresponsive. I can still move it around as normal and walk like normal.

Looking at Wikipedia it tells me that I should avoid caffeine as general care. Just one more reason I should quit drinking coke...