5K

What an amazing weekend!  I managed to get through the whole thing without being pooped on... amazing!  Friday night I enjoyed an evening with the kiddos- After Thursday's craziness, and my "I'm so incredibly tired and stressed mom crying breakdown" it was nice to have a peaceful evening :)  Of course I didn't share it with the husband because he was at work- gotta love Friday night football.  And I do... most of the time.  This week though, it would've been really nice to have him home on Friday.  Anyhow... I got the kids into bed early and enjoyed laying my butt on the couch watching the Rangers!  I cheered to myself and cherished the moments watching them clench their way into a World Series.  Would've been better to share the moment with the hubby; however... I jumped up and threw my arms in the air anyway and pretended to be way more excited than I actually was!  
Got to bed at a decent hour because I had the big "fun run" in the morning.  I swear my mom can talk me into anything!  We were suppose to run at 8, so I figured leaving by 7:30 would be sufficient.  Of course my mom calls at 6:50, when no one else in the family is up but me, and informs me the fun run starts at 7:30.  Awesome- no way are going to make it.  So... I tell Duane he can take my registration fee and apply it to the 5K... because there's no way my out-of-shape butt is doing a 5K, pushing a stroller!  I informed my mom of this as well and she said she'd take care of it.  Of course to no one's surprise, we get to the race and my mom had not only registered Duane for the 5K, but moved me there as well...  GREAT!  I love you mom... but you suck at listening! :)  Oh well, I decided to suck it up, and just decided I'd do a little walk/jog for a mile or two and get my little workout in!  So.... that's what I did... Once I hit the mile mark I just told the guy working the turn that I was going to take a short cut!  He looked a little confused, but I didn't really care.. I was not doing the full 3.1 miles trying to jog with my 2 1/2 year old asking a million questions every 5 seconds.  I mean seriously... I can barely run a mile without stopping as it is... there's no way I'm going to do 3 and try to talk/negotiate/explain to my son in the process!!  So we cheated!  :)  I'm trying to teach my children good morals at a young age!  
I ended up towards the front and somewhat pretended I earned that spot honestly... however, anyone running who knew me, knew better!  My mom eventually caught up with us and we ran to the finish line with her!  I was glad to be done... but I will say it was pretty cool running in with my mom.  I mean how blessed am I to have such an amazing mother who stills has the energy to run a 5K????  And she won her age group!!! And... Duane won his, and Erica won hers.  If they would've had it, I would've totally won the "Stroller-pushing cheater" age group! :)
Okay... I just realized the bad smell I've been smelling for the last 20 minutes is myself... I guess the puke my son decided to project on me earlier is finally getting to me.  Guess it's time to bathe and get rejuvenated for another week!