No Turning Back Now

So today was a typical Thursday. Austin had physical therapy this morning and she is still pleased with how well he is doing. He is not completely at his developmental level for his age, but that is to be expected since he was so early. It was pretty hot outside today. I stepped outside the front door this afternoon--well not really, more like opened the door and stuck my head out--and it was pretty hot. I do not like the heat at all. Nor do I like the cold. I guess I'm just pretty hard to please.
So today I did it. I signed up for the 3k Firecracker run in Steeleville on the 4th. I'm pretty nervous. It will be the first run ever. I just hope I don't trip and fall while I'm running!! I'm can be pretty graceful sometimes. I think this will be a good icebreaker in my running. My goal is to run the whole time and I know I can do it!! So I'm signed up now, so looks like I won't be talking myself out of it. Especially since we had to pay--and I HATE to waste money. Hopefully I have some cheerleaders on the sides of the road to give me a pep-up when I feel like I'm about to die!!
Well it's almost 10:30pm and I'm blogging really late tonight. I have to stay up though because I'm going running with a friend after she gets off work at 11. Crazy, I know--imagine that!! So goodnight all and sleep well!!

Oops...

Well, here I said I was gonna try to keep up and I haven't even posted anything for 13 days! Oops!! So we will try again. We just got back home Monday night from visiting Melissa & Shawn (again). Yes, the second time in 6 weeks we have been to Iowa! But, if you think about it, it's only 3 times in 16 months. That makes it sound a little better. I would go every weekend if I could! This time though, we weren't alone. My mom and dad went along which made it even more fun!! Austin was a horrible, horrible car rider this time--there and back. Calleigh and Derek were pretty good though. We left on Thursday to head to thier house. We didn't even leave my house until 5:30pm. So....we didn't end up in Melissa's driveway until 1am. We actually made pretty good time on the way there. Now, on the way home, that's a whole different story. We left about 1:45pm and didn't get to my house until 11pm. Yeah.....over 9 hrs. We made 7 stops--4 for Calleigh to pee. I had her potty seat inbetween the front & middle of the van, so we just pulled over & set her down, and threw it in the weeds.  She got upset when we threw it out because it's supposed to go in the toilet!! Only my child!! So, needless to say, between the potty stops, and Austin crying, our trip home was definitely long!! But, it was all worth it and we had a great trip! It was great getting to see Melissa again (even after only a few weeks). We had lots of good food to eat and played some games. Derek beat us all at monopoly the night before we left and he also beat Shawn at some xbox game they were playing. We all had a good time. Too bad we had to come home. Hopefully, it won't be long until we get to see them again!! I sure hate that they are so far away. So today, I have lots of laundry to do--ugh.
I have also kept up with my running program. I repeated weeks 4, 5, and am now repeating week 6. Week 6 is pretty tough, but I did it once, so I can do it again!! I'm debating whether or not to run the 3k before the Steeleville parade. It's going to be super hot, but I think it would be a good ice breaker in my running. Like I said, I'm DEBATING......I don't have much longer to decide though!  I'm nervous and scared all at the same time! Well, guess I better be off to wash some clothes. Hope you have a good Wednesday!!

Just Another Thursday

Well, today is just like any other Thursday, except I'm actually going to blog today!! I have forsaken you!! Not like anybody actually reads it anyways, but sometimes it's just nice to type away! I'm so glad it's Thursday, because that means that tomorrow is Friday. And Friday means that Derek comes home from his dad's house. YAY!! It's been 2 LONG weeks & I miss the kid like crazy!! Austin usually has PT on Thursday mornings, but she isn't coming until this afternoon today (in like 15 mins)--NICE! After that, I'm gonna wait for Mike to get home so I can do my dreaded 9 minute run today-ugh! It's gonna kill me, but I can do it! Tomorrow & Saturday we are having a yard sale at moms, so gonna have to rise & shine early.

My sister is in South Dakota with their church mission trip this week, so I have nobody to talk to on the phone. It's making my days really, really long!! I have been calling her & leaving her voicemails though. It's just not really the same. The only time the voicemail talks back to me is if she is cutting me off because my message is too long! She is coming back Saturday though so I can't wait to get to talk to her again!!! I know she is having a good time though.

Let's see....what has happened lately. Well 2 weeks ago, Calleigh celebrated her 3rd birthday! I cannot believe my baby girl is 3 already!! Tuesday, she had her 3 year old check up & they said she was great! That's what I like to hear. So we were on our way home from Red Bud, just coming by DQ & McD and SMACK!!!! Yep....some kid ran right into the van. He was leaving McD and didn't even bother to look and see if anybody was coming. You know like a mom with 2 of her kids in the car!! The kids and I are all ok. Didn't even phase either one of them. But guess what....no insurance. Are you kidding me?!?! So the insurance company has decided it can be fixed, but guess who has to pay the $500 deductible......you guessed it..US. For something that was totally not even my fault. It's very frustrating to me how people can be so irresponsible. No insurance, really? I guess you missed that part of Rules of the Road or Driver's Ed!! So I am once again borrowing my parents vehicle. Its a Buick Century. I feel like I'm literally sitting on the road. I can't even see the road!! And I feel like an old person driving it! LOL

Well, that's our day & the last 3 weeks in a nutshell. I PROMISE I will get better about posting these blogs!! I will try anyways! Have a happy Friday and a great weekend!!