Trying to Adjust to Daylight Savings...

Surprisingly, I'm actually a huge fan of daylight savings... well... in the summer I am and in the winter I'm not so much, but the summer out weighs the winter so yes, I'm definitely a fan.

However, these past couple of days has been kind of brutal for Dan and I because Remington has had an awful time adjusting to the time change.  I guess it is mostly our own fault.  We have him on an extremely rigid eating schedule... eat at 6:00 am and at 6:00 pm.  Yes, I even wake up at 6:00 in the morning on the weekends because he knows it is time to eat and won't let me sleep until he does. Well, since the time change happened he has been struggling to understand why it isn't time to eat when he expects.  I have been waking up at 4:45 am to find him staring at me and standing at the door ready to go eat... sigh.  Believe me it isn't fun.  But this morning we had a breakthrough!  He slept until 5:45 in the morning!  HOORAY!  I think he is finally adjusting a bit :)  Thank goodness because I can't take much more of these early mornings...

Mileage Monday... The Challenge has Begun!

This past week my 50 mile challenge started!  YIKES!  After looking at my calendar and trying to figure out a plan of attack to make sure I completed it, I have to admit, I became a bit concerned.  I didn't even think about the upcoming holiday of Thanksgiving, which I know will cause some problems for me with completing this.  UHHHGGG!  So my plan of attack was this... run 15 miles the first week and 15 the second week, which would put me in pretty good shape before the last two weeks of the challenge.  Then I would only have to run 10 each of the last couple of weeks to complete it.  This would give me a little bit of a cushion....

Anyways, here are my running stats for the week of November 1st - November 7th... I didn't do as well as I wanted to, but I feel like I'm staying on top of things.  I'm having some pain in the top of my right foot, but I'm trying to push through it.  If the pain worsens I feel that I might not complete the challenge...

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 - 3 miles @ a 10:00 minute pace per mile

Thursday, November 4th, 2010 - 3 miles @ a 9:52 minute pace per mile

Saturday, November 6th, 2010 - 3 miles @ a 9:38 minute pace per mile

Sunday, November 7th, 2010 - 3 miles @ a 11:00 minute pace per mile

Total Miles Ran for this Week... 12 miles

Total Miles Left... 38 miles

Wish me luck with a new week and more miles to log!!!

I think we have a problem...

... an 83 lb doodle + Mom or Dad on the couch = not enough room!

"I love it up here Mom and Dad!"

Just had to share....

Oh, how we miss her!  Great costume Hannah!

Hello Ring... Oh, how I've missed you!

Probably a lot of you don't know this, but I have been without my wedding ring for almost 2 weeks now.  We took it to the jeweler in Muncie to get refinished, which should only be a day process... but the person who does that stuff was on vacation for a week, so we left it and they were going to ship it to us when it was finished!  Well, HOORAY, it showed up at our house today!!!  I'm so happy!!! I swear I have felt almost naked without it on these past few weeks!

I'm so happy your home :)

The Worst Thing about Mondays...

is working late... BLAH!  Most of the time my interns work every night during phonathon, but because of their crazy schedules this semester, Monday's they both have class.  So me being the hard working person I am... wink, wink... I have no problem staying late to fill in.  Don't get me wrong, I love my students and think they excel at one of the hardest jobs in the world (raising money)... but I miss spending that extra time with my family.

I know... I've talked about this before... many times... but I guess I'm feeling a bit down in the dumps this evening. I mean how can I not miss my 2 favorite boys in all the world :)

How can you not miss that sweet as can be face???

SIGH....

Mileage Mondays

So, this is how I plan to keep my readers up to date on my mileage for November to see if I will reach my goal of 50 miles.  Keep me motivated people! :)  This will tell you which days I ran the previous week, how much I ran, and how much farther I have yet to go.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 2 miles @ 9:50 pace per mile

Thursday, October 28, 2010 - 2.5 miles @ 9:48 pace per mile

Saturday, October 30, 2010 -2.5 miles @ 9.52 pace per mile

P.S. Yes, I realize this doesn't count in the November mileage... :)  Just wanted to put an example out there.