Haven't been here in days, sorry -- finals hell. It sounds like I need to go back and read.

Elina, congratulations on your first trail race! Nice work.

Diane, you did a full marathon. Sorry about the heat misery. Sometimes it happens. I have a few DNFs on my record.

Kat, oh dear -- RIF or similar? Sorry. That sucks.

Karen, hope Riley is feeling better soon.

Susan, how frustrating. I hope the jelly tastes good!

Laura, enjoy the shower, hope DS has fun at prom.

Damaris, what kind of show?

Ginny, I have not been to a chiropractor, but I am wary of statements as broad as "do not run or work out at all". I would thinkt he chiro should be trying to find things you can do, not issuing a blanket prohibition

Liz, how blonde do you want to go?

Pleased to report that kittens are all still here and all eating and exploring. The littlest and only girl, Juniper, is not gaining weight as fast as I would like, but her four brothers Jupiter, Jacques, Jax, and Jericho are gaining at varying rates. Turns out they were only 3 weeks 2 days when we got them! Far too little to be away from mom IMHO. I'm glad we started syringe feeding them straightaway, they needed that supplementation. Now they are drinking kitten formula from a bowl.

Running: I have not been to the gym even once this past week and will not get there this coming week either. Bah. I have managed runs most mornings, not very long ones but at least the rubber (sole) has hit the road. 7 miles this morning. I may be walking a lot of Pinelands.

Awww, poor kitties.  Glad they are doing well, Tessa.

5 miles this morning.  Walked the pups too.

Pretty much recovered from the strawberry jam debacle yesterday.  I will mop the kitchen again after church. I just couldn't do it last night.

Kat!  Loved the race pics.  Reminds me of home.  I still wish I had moved back to Texas 25 years ago, but Mississippi has been pretty awesome too.

Tessa--glad the kitties are doing well.

Enjoying strawberry jam on homemade biscuits.  Yumm!!

6 miles for me this morning, perfect 50 degree, cloudy day.

Off to an afternoon of soccer, DS is playing  in a spring league, which is only 5 weeks.  Of course, it is supposed to rain all afternoon....typical LOL.  I am bringing a book and will head to the car if it's too miserable.

Talk later!! 

Lizzie, smiling about going back to super blonde. Couldn't help but think of the Legally Blonde movie. And that's totally right attutitude you have w your dad. Hoping the condition is nothing too serious.

Kat, nice pics (especially the cow ) and glad to hear it went

Diane, not be too hard on yourself. Heat is the worst. I've always thought downpour/wind/both is more bearable than that. Waiting for report, tho, always love to read those.

Laura, bring a book. It's soccer. There is a 90% chance it will be as exciting as watching paint dry. And this is coming from a European.

Tessa, 5xJ, huh? Jericho, really? So cute! As for the mileage - it's not like you haven't been moving at all. And judging from race calendar, you'll have quite fun company to walk with.

Sue, a relay? I must have missed smth... How did it work - how many laps/what was the distance? Those things always sound exciting.

Friend tagged me in a race pic from yesterday. I'd say knowing how awful those can be, this one isn't that bad.

Off to watch Latvia-Finland hockey game. I'm afraid we'll get destroyed.

Ya know, it's nice to have a good run every once in a while. 15 for me today, longest since Boston and until Fargo. I got a late start due to not sleeping well again and then dealing with poor pathetic sick puppy, so it was in the 80s when I finished around 11:30. But the dew point was only 60, so it didn't feel so awful. I just ran around the neighborhood so I could stop back in and check on poor pathetic puppy a couple times - he was fine. So with the late start, no clouds, no trees since stuck in the neighborhood, I was not expecting much. I wasn't expecting to actually get all 15 miles done and figured I'd quit early. But I felt pretty strong and actually sped up a bit the last few miles. 56 miles for the week, and now I taper. Probably a pretty drastic taper, because I'm tired from building back up from marathon to 56 miles in 3 weeks.

Last night our neighbors invited us over to hang out at their pool for Cinco de Mayo, but with Riley sick and DH racing in the morning, neither of us was really up for it. These are the neighbors that went to the IMTX finish line and now want to run with my group (she said they wanted to do a half, he told DH he wants to do an Ironman in 2 years, in which case he should probably be thinking about a full by January) so I would have liked to have gone over, but I was so tired. Plus between Riley being a drama queen when he's sick, and me being a worrier, and DH being a hypochondriac (he was googling "can people get kennel cough" when the neighbor texted me), I just couldn't extrovert.

Elina, great job on the trail race! Hope you are being lazy today. Oooh, that is a great trail running picture.

Diane, sorry for the DNF, but sometimes they happen. You have to be smart out there and if you were dealing with heat exhaustion, stopping was the right choice.

Ginny, I went to a chiro in Maryland that was great, but he dealt primarily with athletes. There's an outfit down here that has chiropractors, but they also have PTs and your appointments are half manipulation/massage/ART/Graston stuff and half working with the PT on what stretching and rolling and strengthening exercises you need to do. So I think a chiro can help, but I think there are also some out there that aren't that great, and the problem is it's your body they are working with so if you get one that isn't willing or doesn't understand how to work on/with an athlete, it's not going to be good. Long way of saying I agree with those that said get a second opinion.

Laura, loved the prom pictures on fb, you son is adorable. Hope the game today isn't too miserable. Always bring a book, that's my motto.

Liz, I understand how you're feeling about your dad. Especially since I think you're more of a daddy's girl like me. I'm trying to plan a trip back to see the parents but they are supposed to be scheduling another trip to Mayo and are supposed to let me know when they won't be home. Riley's doing better today, mostly sleeping. Coughing and barfing less too, which is nice. I gave him his breakfast in three different small helpings to make sure he could keep it down. He has not lost his appetite at all.

Damaris, hope the show was fun. Not looking forward to summer when we get dew points like that. I will now go enjoy my 80 degrees with low humidity!

Kathryn, nice job on the race. Wow, that cow was close. We had rain overnight and into Saturday morning, but was gone by 7 or 8. We're sunny and 80s now too. Luckily the dew point is not mid-70s like Damaris though - it's perfect pool weather.

Susan, yikes on the jam mishaps! Nice that you were able to do the relay.

Tessa, good to see you and good to hear the kittens are doing well.

Cathy, thanks for checking in for Diana! Hot and no shade is what I've heard about that marathon, and it sounds like that is indeed the case.

Diana, if you see this, congrats to you!! Great pics.

I ran 5 miles this morning and felt great!  Not even a twinge, but when I sit for any length of time the back catches until I walk it off.  It is better though.  Just don’t think the running is the culprit, I think I just twisted it or injured it somehow.

beautiful day here, mid 70’s sunny.  Getting ready to grill a pork loin, family coming over,

ginny

6.5 miles. Super humid this morning. Ugh.

Lizzie, the main cupcakes I went for were dulce de leche.

CrazySue, were the dogs involved with the jam incident? Always fun with kitchen issues when they try to help.