I love nights like this. It's pouring down rain outside, just like they predicted it would, which is why we decided to stay in tonight. We cooked dinner and ate it together and now we're all (Will and Baby included) relaxing in the bedroom, listening to the rain fall outside. I'm blogging and Landon's lying beside me watching the Phillies and the Yankees battle it out in the World Series. The dogs are snoring. I'm pretending the dishes and the laundry are already done and that I'm not going to have to get up soon to do them. And for that record, I'm also pretending that it's cool outside, instead of warm and muggy, because the weather people promised me cooler weather when I wake up in the morning. I love nights like this.
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The Post Marathon Blues--
When I first heard this term I thought it was kind of silly, because I just knew that I would be ecstatic after the marathon and life would be awesome. But it was weird because as soon as we got home from Chicago, it was like we were in this slump. I didn't want to do all of the things that I'd been putting off to do until after the marathon, I didn't feel like planning and cooking meals, I didn't feel like doing all I needed to do to get caught up at work. And I really didn't feel like working out, because the marathon was over! And we had a laugh one night when I told Landon that I had the post-marathon blues. While we were training for the marathon, and especially during that last month or so, SO much of our attention was focused on it: it affected what I bought at the grocery store, what meals I cooked, when we went to sleep, how much we ate out, how much we rested etc. It was always on my mind--and then the climax came when we ran it and then, all of a sudden, all that we'd been focused on and looking forward to for so long, was over. And while I was thrilled, I was a little sad that it was over. Like I didn't have anything to work towards, to look forward to, to challenge myself with. Too weird. So many things about the marathon experience were not what I expected.
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finally feel like I am back on top of things at work. I know where my kids are and how many books they've all read and who's getting what I'm teaching and who's not and who's just not doing any work. I am fully caught up on paperwork and grading and planning...at least until next week. But for now, I'm reveling in the fact that things are good. Even though I could be totally cursing by saying that! :)
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We're slowly easing back into working out. We took the entire first week off. Then, this week, we've run once, went to a spin class once, swam last night and then we're going to run on Saturday. Because, we've still got the San Antonio half marathon that we're doing with Landon's dad in 2 weeks and then the Goofy Challenge at Disney World in January. And we're thinking about doing a triathalon sometime next spring, for fun--and because it's on both of our "to do before we die" lists! So, starting next week, we're back in full work out/ training mode--we'll be running three times a week and swimming and biking for out cross-training. I'm kinda dreading it, because it makes life busy again, but looking forward to it at the same time. Over the last year, working out together has become something we really enjoy doing.
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Landon got his first paycheck in the mail for his law firm this week! Woohoo! His law firm is official and he's bringing home the bacon. We framed his first paycheck stub--it's the closest we could get to the first dollar his business brought in. :) I'm so proud of him--he is working so hard and doing such an awesome job. I couldn't ask for a husband more perfect for me than him.
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Landon and I both swam a mile last night! The most we'd done before last night was a 1/2 mile but we both just kept swimming last night and ended up doing a mile. I took a couple of little breaks but did it all. It was fun--a nice change of pace from running for sure. And, on Monday we bought Bally's memberships from someone, so we now have gym memberships for life! My dream come true, haha! I'm really excited about it.
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Happy Friday! I'm excited because Fridays at my school are now College Friday, where teachers and students are supposed to wear their college t-shirts. I forgot about it last Friday, but tomorrow I'm wearing my new ACU shirt that I got at homecoming. When I would wear my old one, which just said ACU Wildcats, all my kids would ask me if it was the Wildcats from High School Musical. They make me laugh. Anyway, so my new one just says ACU.
Go ACU! I keep telling all my students that they should go there. :)
Landon cut the top off, all fancy-schmancy...
and then it was my job to scrape off the goo out of the inside
and separate out the pumpkin seeds to roast.
While I was working on the seeds, Landon started tracing our design onto the pumpkin
and we both took turns cutting it out.
The finished product--we thought it was pretty fun! :)
Our pumpkin sat out on our porch to welcome the kiddos to our house, and it must have worked because we definitely had more kids this year than last year (which isn't saying much, haha!). They were so cute in their little costumes.
