Hi peeps,
I’m home after spending 5 days with Mr. SOTSS and his girls down in Williamsburg, Virginia.
We got the “Bounce Ticket” to Busch Gardens, Water Country USA and Colonial Williamsburg. It was a super fun trip.
The highlights of the trip included:
I had a great week. I managed to work enough hours to earn what I need to earn weekly (1 down and 51 more to go for a successful year!), got lots of stuff done around the house and also fit in a few short runs on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Freelance life! Duncan spent every morning from 9am-noon in this position while I worked.
Running in the heat on Tuesday
Running in the heat on Thursday
Running in the heat on Friday while waiting for my hats to dry
Friday evening I drove out to Long Island with Mr. SOTSS and his girls for a weekend of sailing with his dad and his dad’s wife. We went last year over Memorial Day Weekend and it was a bit cooler.
This guy! He keeps me on course and anchored.
We had so much fun and really enjoyed the breeze while at sea.
Me and Mr. SOTSS’ daughters just hanging.
We traveled across the Long Island Sound to Connecticut. It took about 3 1/2 hours. We stayed overnight and slept on the boat and then traveled back the next day. There’s no better way to relax than sitting on a boat at sea. Just sit back and enjoy the scenery. Not to mention I enjoyed the quality time spent with Mr. SOTSS and his family. I love his girls so much. They’re adorable, funny and we have so much fun playing games and being silly. Oh, and his oldest has been teaching me how to swim properly! We worked on me just going underwater without holding my nose. Arms and leg kicks will come next. I was the official hair braider. French braids for his oldest, a pair of pigtail braids for his youngest and a single side braid for me 🙂
I didn’t run all weekend but got back to it yesterday with a run/walk. It was in the upper 90s and I figured I’d just take it easy. No sense pushing myself during my non-training season right?
I saw the tallest sunflower in the front yard of a house I ran past. 
Then, last night there was a wicked thunderstorm. It blew through quickly but took out my power for about 5 hours but it also left a rainbow! 
While I waited for power to be restored I had a few bowls of cereal. Didn’t want the milk to spoil 🙂
Working hard to restore power
This morning I took Duncan to the park for a walk knowing we’re in for another super hot day.
And now I’m going to take care of a few freelance assignments.
How was your week? weekend? Tell me 3 good things.
Hi and Happy 4th of July!
The good old USA turns 240 today! But while running the other day I had a realization. I ran my very first race in 2006. (It was actually June 4th, 2006 so I’m a month late with the realization) That mean’s I’m celebrating 10 years (and 1 month) since pinning my first race bib. 🙂
10 years: 7-marathons, 34-half marathons, 1-ten miler, 3-15ks, 15-10ks, 5-5 milers, 1-4.8 miler, 1-8k, and 4-5ks. And thousands of miles of training.
That realization made me smile.
My big plans for today are to try and get a short run in and then head to Road Runner Sports to try out the Asics Cumulus 18s which just came out. I currently have the 16s and before that I wore the 13s. I got an email that they are giving 20% off today for the holiday to VIP members. Woo Hoo!
I haven’t run since Friday morning.
When I set out for my run it looked like it might pour so i tied a plastic bag around my wrist in case i needed to protect my iPhone. 🙂
I’m struggling with minor aches and pains and I don’t want them to get worse. So no long run this weekend. I’m going to limit all runs to 3 miles for a bit and have already introduced foam rolling, stretching and icing to my daily tasks.
This morning Mr. SOTSS’s girls wanted some kind of 4th of July themed breakfast so I tried to make a flag and some red-white and blue pancakes. Unfortunately the butter burned and left the stars on the flag unrecognizeable. A for effort though.
It’s been really nice to have 4 days off in a row. I spent lots of time with these two:
First time that I walked them together. And they were very good. Nobody pulled me down.
The expressions on their faces. I die!
Mr. SOTSS had to work Friday night through Saturday night so I kept an eye on Chester. Oh, and Duncan is all better!
I got some pretty flowers from Mr. SOTSS on Friday night….
And on Saturday night, even though he had only had 2 hours of sleep the night before, he rallied and we walked down the block to the lake to see a local fireworks display. We left the dogs home since Duncan really isn’t a fan of fireworks.
Fireworks are just so much prettier in person. Photos never do them justice
Hi. I’m back from a 4-day weekend getaway in the Adirondacks.
Mr SOTSS and I (and Duncan and Chester too!) took a road trip.
my lap-mate
Chester napping in the back
Since we had the dogs (and since I get hangry if I don’t stop to eat during any drive more than 3 hours) we stopped in Kingston, NY on the drive up for a little lunch. We spotted this great spot with outdoor seating which was perfect since we had the dogs in tow.
We arrived at the Trout House Village Resort in the late afternoon. It’s on the northern part of Lake George in Hague, NY and offers many individual log cabins, as well as a more traditional inn. Pet friendly too! We stayed in one of the log cabins called the “Ethan Allen Patio”.
Our digs
at the park adjacent to the resort
Being silly at the park 🙂
Duncan loves benches
After getting the car unpacked and walking the dogs, we headed up to Ticonderoga (about 15 min away) to the WalMart for some groceries to stock the cabin which had a full kitchen. And we saw not one but 2 different rainbows!
One of our favorite walking destinations was this little park on the lake
Rainbow 1
Rainbow 2
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