What a Week

Despite the fact that I am terrible about frequently updating my blog, I always think of so many things I'd like to say. If only I had just a little more time so I would sit down and write it all out.

This week was a very interesting week. It was my first week of training for Steamtown/Chi-Town and the Capitol Mile. I was ready! But the week did not go as planned.

M: rest

T: AM: 5 miles recovery (9:38); PM: Track workout: 1.75 warmup, 15 minutes @5K pace without watches (feel only)(6:56); .75 mile cooldown.

THEN THE FLU STRUCK HARD!!

W & R: unplanned rest

F: 6.77 miles (9:12) - stomach still very queasy

Sa: 10.52 (9:05) - feeling better

Su: 15 (9:20) - HOT! It was 80 degrees when I started.

Total: 42 (53 scheduled).

Not too bad given I thought I was going to die in the middle of the week. Yeah, I guess I thought I was going to die during the last miles of my long run too. Pace dropped pretty quickly from 9:00s to 9:30s. I knew it would happen, but that didn't make it any damn easier. I did take a nice ice bath afterwards, completely set up by my 6 year old. He thinks it is hilarious and loves to get it ready and hang with me while I do it. I still can't get him to sit down in the cold water though (feet only). Ha. It is a priceless thing. One day I will get him in there.

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What else is going on? Kind of a lot. I have been pretty stressed out lately thanks to work and this crap economy. I was pretty busy in March and April, but things really dropped off in May. Despite my best intentions, my hours sucked. June didn't start out any better and it was really starting to freak me out. But now I have really come to chill out, if you will. Our whole office (most of it anyway) is slow. Clients aren't using legal services as much. People are cutting back. I could freak out about it 24/7, but that isn't going to change the situation. So I decided to take things more in stride. So far, it is working.

On Friday, I went to visit a client's lab. At first I was annoyed and didn't want to go because it would eat at least half of my day. BUT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN! The clients were so excited about what they do and were thrilled to show us all of their "secrets." It was really infectious and cool. I am so glad I went. I then went to lunch with one of the heavy hitters in my office. She was just diagnosed with breast cancer a couple days ago. D@mmit. Life is way too damn uncertain to worry incessantly about billable hours. They caught it early. Hopefully she will kick it quickly.

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Friday night we went to Miller Park for the Brewers / White Sox game. It was awesome. Perfect night, fun people, flowing beer. What more does one need? Oh yeah, and I got my 15 seconds of fame on TV looking like a dork and saying "Go Brewers!" :D

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Saturday John's band had a show. I was so bummed he would be leaving. Then all of a sudden, it got cancelled! Yay! (for me).... So last minute we got a sitter and went out to hear my colleaque's band. It was so fun to get to go out together. The show was a bit of a disaster because the bar did not usually have bands (this was some new festival going on) and the sound guy the band hired SUCKED. The mix wasn't great and it was WAY too loud for the space. But I could tell they really rocked and my colleague has a kick ass voice. It was cool. They usually play large festivals and venues so they were a bit cranked out of whack of how everything played out. Maybe I can get to Summer Fest to hear them again in a couple weeks.

Anyway, my rockin colleague with the amazing pipes just lost her husband of 14 years a few months ago from skin cancer. They have 4 kids, she is a lawyer and a rocker. She is hanging in there, but it is all just so d@mn sad. We take too many things for granted while life is good. I could not manage without my husband. It makes me want to cry even thinking about it abstractly.

With that said, we hung out with our good friends last night entirely too late. Entirely too much beer. Lots of fun.

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Kids are done with school. They are hilarious and having a good time. They did a great job at the track on Tuesday and had a good old time. They are both very social and it is fun watching them meet new kids and see how they take people in. We also wrapped up soccer for the spring and they each proudly ran around with their trophies this weekend. James also won the "Cheetah Award" for being so darn fast. Nice.

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Life is short. Enjoy it. Don't wait for something else and don't worry about shit you can't change. And keep running. It is very, very good.