Nerves

Oh my gosh.  4 days until marathon.  I'm SO nervous just thinking about it.  Good thing I have a very busy day ahead of me so I don't have to think about it.

I skipped my last short run because I've been having pain in my heel that's gotten progressively worse for the past month.  I think at this point I'd rather hold out until marathon day and allow it to get worse then, not during a short run beforehand.  Sooo, that means that we walk 3 miles on Friday and then we're done and waiting.  Bah.

We got to go to the Rockies game last night (and we went on Saturday too)- sweet for free tickets.  I tried really hard, but I couldn't resist.  I got a beer at the game.  We happened to have cash on us and we never do, so it was much easier to spend the cash than it would be with a card (isn't it backwards for most other people?).  It was a good beer though, so definitely worth it.

Ok, but no more alcohol or caffeine until after the marathon.  I've been struggling with laying off the sugar too.  I made milk-free brownies yesterday because I couldn't hold off.  I'm going to try to be good now....

4 days.  AHHH.

Spiders

I just killed a spider in our apartment that was the size of a half-dollar (with a shoe; NOT just by squishing it with a kleenex!).  Oh my gosh, it was so disgusting.  I remember last year when we were having major problems with spiders that there was one that size toward the end of summer, and I immediately said "we're moving."  I was sure that I was NOT going through that again the following summer.

This summer has been much better because we learned to have the bug dude spray stuff outside of the windows and on our porch early in the season.  We haven't had to kill nearly as many spiders this year.

But this one was disgusting.  Just this one spider makes me want to think about moving again, but I need to be rational.  It was just SO gross.

Funnel-y-things

Last night we got to go to the Rockies game since some friends gave us some tickets (it was a great game!).  On the way back to the car, we ended up walking through "Oktoberfest" which basically is a big beer festival.  They were selling funnel cakes and Jake could smell/see them, and therefore was having a hard time and was commenting that he really wanted one (I guess he's only had a couple in his life because they are SO expensive but he really loves them).

We were with our friends and one of the kids decided he needed to use the porta potty, so we stood there to wait.  Jake noticed a woman holding a funnel cake and practically started drooling over it.  He looked over at me and said, "I wish she would just walk up to me and ask me if I want to finish it for her."  I laughed and told him it would never happen.  Jake has a tendency to see people not finish their funnel cake and gets mad because he totally wants to eat the rest.  So all of a sudden I look at this woman and I can tell that she's done.  She looks around, walks just past Jake and....

throws it in the dumpster.

BAHAHA.  I couldn't stop laughing.  Poor Jake.  I just need to let him buy one sometime.  He's been through too much torture.

;)

Day at home

Today we decided to stay home from church.  We were supposed to be running a marathon, so Jake was not scheduled to be "on duty," and we've been talking about staying home at some point soon.  Jake hasn't had a day off of duty from church since Easter (not including the weekend we were in Iowa), so we were anxious to get a day off to just relax.  Here's what we decided to do with our time.

-Slept in until 8:30!!
-Played with the wii a little bit
-Went to Champps to eat and watch the Cowboys game
(Jake was brilliant and got extra bacon for me while he was at the breakfast buffet so that I could put it on my hamburger so we didn't have to pay more for bacon. Seriously.  Brilliant.)
-Went to Sunflower for a couple of grocery items
-Dropped by the tropical fish store for fun
-Thought about how hot it was and how thankful we were not to be running a marathon
-Chilled on our computers
-Watched more football
-Played "Taboo" by ourselves
-I had a 2 hour conversation with Karine about wedding planning while Jake watched more football
-Ate pita pizzas (with chicken, hummus, pinto beans and veggies- yummy!)- well at least I did.  Jake was too full from his buffet. :)
-Studied Hebrew/wrote case notes (guess which one of those I did?)
-To bed before 10pm

Not too shabby of a day if you ask me. :)

Oh!

One more thing.  I just checked the weather forecast and it is supposed to be 90 degrees on Sunday.  The record high for that day is 93 degrees, and that was in 1980.  Divine intervention that we're not running our marathon on Sunday??

Let's hope that on October 3 the temp is much lower than that.  I'd like both of us to survive this marathon.

Up-to-date?!

Is it really possible?  Am I really up-to-date with all lingering household things?  I mean, I need to clean the apartment, but I'll do that over the weekend since we planned a stay-home day this Sunday (which I'm pretty excited about, but I think Jake is even MORE excited about).

I'm pretty sure the reason I am feeling so much more relaxed is because I officially stopped taking new clients, including transferring over a few clients I just started seeing (better to transfer them now before we get very far than to transfer them a month or so from now!).  I realize that financially it wasn't that smart of a decision, but I just can't handle that job anymore.  I had a mini panic attack the other day.  I have been missing Jake like crazy.  And I've been exhausted.  So I'm dropping back.  And it's nice.

And now I'm fairly up-to-date at home.  YES!

Now I can focus on preventing injuries in the next couple of weeks while we extend our marathon training.  Thank goodness that the date is finally set (Oct 3)!  I emailed Forrest, one of the authors of the book we're using for training, earlier this week and he gave us some tips for extending the training.  Unfortunately that means we're running 14 miles tomorrow.  Boo.  I'm ready to be done.  I'm struggling more with the emotional side of training though- anyone have any tips to stay focused?

Football predictions

On our way back from Iowa Jake and I decided to make football predictions for the season.  I just want you to know that I made my decisions before he made his.  Being that many of our picks are the same, you should just note that Jake must have decided to "follow" me with my big football knowledge. :)  So, here's what we decided.

AFC West
E- Chargers    
J- Chargers
AFC East
E- Jets            
J- Patriots
AFC South
E- Colts          
J- Colts
AFC North
E- Bengals    
J- Ravens
AFC Wild Card
E- Patriots & Steelers
J- Texans & Steelers

NFC West
E- Cardinals
J- 49ers
NFC South
E- Saints
J- Saints
NFC North
E- Packers
J- Packers
NFC East
E- Cowboys
J- Cowboys
NFC Wild Card
E- Vikings & 49ers
J- Falcons & Giants

Superbowl
E- Colts & 49ers
J- Colts & Packers

Superbowl Winner
E- Colts
J- Packers

Superbowl MVP
E- Peyton Manning
J- Aaron Rodgers

So here's how it's going to play out.  We will get points for various things we guess correctly, and winner will get to have a really great day of being queen/king.  Winner gets whatever they want, including having pillows fluffed or foot rubs or whatever.  In addition, winner gets $50 to spend in whatever way they want (part of it might be going out to dinner).  

I am SO going to win.

Feel free to comment on how much better shape I'm in than Jake. :)