Brrr, it's cold!! The temperature here in Hampton Roads has been steadily dropping for the last few hours. We even got sent home from work today at 11:00 to make sure that everyone got home and prepared for this winter storm that we have coming. Now, living with someone from Denver makes Virginia snow storms kind of funny. Hampton Roads is scrambling to prepare for 2-4 inches of snow. They salted last night and when we went to get some formula for the baby tonight, the grocery store was PACKED like it was pay day. You'd think we were headed into the winters that they talk about on Game of Thrones. Oh yea, I dropped that nerd reference. Besides enjoying a Broncos Win this weekend, as you can see from this happy boy...
We also got hooked on Game of Thrones, thanks to my friends at work. My friend, Ryan, lent us the dvd's and we basically spent any moment that Ryker was in bed watching the episodes. Now, of course I don't want to spoil it for anyone, but by the time we started season two we were like "WHAT THE F***!". That show sneaks up on you.
But, I digress. After getting sent home from work early, while it was still 55 degrees and sunny, I went to pick up the baby and since it was so beautiful outside I decided to load him up and finally break in our Bob stroller. Not that we haven't used it, I just hadn't actually used my jogging stroller to jog with yet. That is a workout! I felt so slow and out of shape, but I was keeping a decent 6 mph pace with the wind and the baby, so I wasn't too sad. I found this "Mile a Day " blog post on Pinterest from Lululemon and fell in love with the idea. So, my friends at CrossFit Rife and I have decided to take up the challenge. We're thinking of it as more of an "At least a mile a day" challenge, since we'll still be doing WODS and training for the Shamrock Half.
See, no reason to sit on your butt with a busted shoulder! I've gotten lucky enough to be able to keep training, which is awesome.
This weekend, between the Game of Thrones marathon and football, Vic and I decided to use our Monday off to take the pups and the baby to First Landing State Park. It was beautiful out! We wound up doing just shy of five miles. The baby knocked out in his carrier around mile three. Words of wisdom...fashionable snow boots do not double as hiking boots. My feet were not too happy with me. I had plans to meet with Misty at 3 pm Monday to workout at Rife and go for a run, and that's when we officially decided to copy that Lululemon blog post and take pictures to log our runs! We got in a quick two miles after having worked on squats for an hour.
Today, I had something amazing happen. I had posted my picture from my run today on Facebook and Instagram. Then, I got a post on my news feed from a friend from high school, who I am Facebook friends with, but we haven't talked much in years. Well, she posted on my page that somedays she wakes up and might not have the most motivation and when she sees my early morning workout posts or pictures after a run she gets motivated and gets to the gym for a workout! That meant so much to me, for someone to say that I've inspired them to take the time out of their day to workout. I'll be stoked on that one for a little while!
I've got dinner in the oven now, a pork loin roast with italian seasoning, minced garlic and olive oil shoved into slits in the top. It smells pretty tasty! After some frozen pizzas with Pat and Misty while we watched football, it felt good to get back to our boring eggs and bacon breakfast and leftovers, fruit and Larabar's for lunch. Being back on track always feels best! Time to get on making tonight's side dish, a spinach/apple salad with maple mustard vinaigrette. We decided to celebrate Champagne Thursday tonight, for Champagne Snow Day! Vic just let me know that the snow has actually shown up, so the weatherman here that swore on his baby's eyes (weird, right?) doesn't have to worry about being called a liar. Time to go watch some big ole flakes come down. Stay safe and warm if you're in the area, Virginia drivers are crazy!
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