Wednesday I did 35+ minutes of cardio DVD since I was going out to dinner.

Today will be a track run with the new shoes. Then I hope to do a short cardio DVD session. I have found that the cardio sessions make my back feel better and seem to help me straighten up. It's important at my age. More box moving at work today.

Happy runs, All!  :::HUGS:::

Tessa-hmmm.. I shall be visiting Laguna Beach with a friend (she won a work contest) from May 14-18. I may collect on those cookies. Don't think I would fit a race into that though since I'm going in the place of her husband who is caring for an ailing mother.  We all wish we could do more.

Judy-enjoy those new cushy shoes!

Ginny-getting over an injury puts the speed thing in perspective. I'm way faster at a 13 or 14 minute mile than I am when sitting on the couch. I'm going to be mindful of not pushing so as not to reinjure.  Unless of course there is a super sparkly spinny medal for finishing 2 minutes faster than previous time, which alas there won't be because it still will be hours behind others. LOL. Are you still considering Detroit in October? You have it on your signature.

Carol-as long as it's not a 17 minute 5Ker running a 30 minute 5K.. then the effort is obviously different.  Doing the best we can, or having the goal of really enjoying the scenery, the company, or just completing the distance... I don't know why we put ourselves through the grief.  This is supposed to be something we like to do, right?

Karen-hope you enjoyed your cereal and Jake slept well.

I was flattered yesterday when I learned I was written about in a blog!  I'm putting together a panel event with reporters and Northwestern University journalism students. I had mentioned to one of the reporters how we had a good interview/recruiting experience to share and he told me that he had blogged about it. he writes about job search anyway. Was an interview that had gone bad (not a fit at all for the position interviewing for) but I had kept going and turned it around ending up hiring the guy into a higher level position with another publication completely. I've never been written about before! Nice to hear something went right!

http://alwaysbejobhunting.com/2014/01/08/be-nice-to-hr-people-they-may-get-you-your-next-job/

Vicki, come on out!

Lisa, Laguna Beach? I am fetching DD starting May 8 and will be back in California the afternoon of the 15th, have taken the 16th off work, booked on the 17th (friends' wedding), did your friend's win come with an itinerary or are you planning your own trip? If so, what are you doing on the 16th?

Nice to be blogged about!

Judy, I think all moving is good. Varying it is better.

Laura, enjoy "Annie"...I also have seen it a number of times. DD played the aspiring actress who has a short solo in the "NYC" number when she was in 5th grade.

4 this morning with RN, we were both dragging a bit. And I dragged a lot more out to the curb and filled up the neighbours' bins as well. (With their permission, I might add.) Won't go to the gym today so that may be it for running until tomorrow.

Again, thank you all for your outpouring of support. I am so grateful to have you ladies in my life!

Tessa I'd love to come get cookies. Now, I may have labeled the gift cards backwards. The amounts are right and I hope I labeled which one was which correctly!  We didn't mean to make you cry.  You know this group cares deeply for you!

I had ART this am. It is so much better that it was. Ran 4.3 afterwards. Couldn't do more since they were coming   to put in the closet stuff and I had issues with my Garmin and it saying it had the satellite but didn't. I had to come back and get my other Garmin. Stupid watch.

Laura nice run

hi Judy. Hope you like the new shoes

lisa I saw the blog post you shared on FB. How cool

I went out to run some errands at lunch and oh my gosh, is it nice out! 58 degrees, sunshine, lots of people running. I am not sure how I'm going to make it through the afternoon stuck in my office. As soon as I get home, I'm changing clothes and running 11 miles!! And I might have to start bringing running clothes into work for this spring weather. I need to look at a map, but I think it's just a block or two past my Metro station that I can get to the Mall area where there are less stoplights, at least.

DH gets home this afternoon (he's probably already there) so the cereal diet is coming to an end. It was easy and convenient while it lasted.

Tessa, Santa Clarita marathon was already sounding pretty good, now you're adding cookies into the mix??? Hmm. Off to consult calendar.

Lisa, that's really cool. I read the blog, totally sounds like you. You are obviously very good at what you do.

Judy, that's good about the cardio session. Anything that makes me stand up straighter would be a good thing (memories of "stop slouching" and "stand up straight" coming from my mother...).

Laura, my old high school did Annie as their musical this year as well - my niece was in the cast, but I didn't make it back to IL to see it. Back is getting better at least, I hope?

Susan, I tend to get to races way early anyway. I'd totally plan for the 7:30 start, even though they swear it starts at 8!

Marjorie, so the closet project is starting? Yay!! I know you've been looking forward to having that one done.

Damaris, yuck on the allergies. Do you get them every spring? I used to get horrible fall allergies in Illinois, but nothing in California and so far nothing here.

Laundry room.

Before

after

And now everything is put into the closet and pantry and laundry storage. For first time since living here my sweaters are back in the closet and not in the linen closet. The towels are not under Dh's sink and back where they belong in the linen closet. Gasp, I even have some extra shelf space in our closet not bring used and the extra shelf in the pantry is very useful.

Stuff that crammed into the front closet is no longer because there is room in the laundry room to store those extra things like the garden flags, the emergency light and battery radio.

I am very happy