WEEKEND.

I'm like 2 1/2 hours away from the weekend. I'm barely hanging on here, people.

I have to run my tush off this weekend. I have been eating SO bad this week.

Goal for the weekend? 4 miles. One of my runs this weekend should be 4 miles. Perhaps it will be my easter gift to myself. HA! What a gift. THE RACE IS IN A WEEK! AHHHHHH!

Tonight I will ride a train! Cause I'm gonna go visit some family for the holiday. And I'm excited to ride a train. It's been awhile since I've had a good ol' train ride.

So....I have a complaint. I keep getting manicures every few weeks and they chip like...within 5 days. And then they look like CRAP and I end up having to take the pretty color off my nail and just put a clear coat on because I suck at painting nails and no matter what it looks bad. So I feel like clear is the least conspicuous.

But I'm just wondering...of all these places I go, how come my BEST and LONGEST LASTING manicure was from the XPress Spa at JFK airport? Lasted like 2 weeks on my hands and like a MONTH on my toes without looking bad. MIRACLE. But I can't just buy a plane ticket to get a good mani/pedi. That's weird and probably a waste of my money.

Probably.

Anywho...I should continue to work now. Instead of writing to my 4-person fan base.

Lovies!

So far, so good.

So far, my training has been going well! This weekend I made it to 2.1 miles in 25:20. So I kept basically the same pace...around 12:30ish... and I'm on track to make it to my goal.

But I've started getting sore. Mostly right below my knees. Does anyone know...is that a shoe thing or a weight placement thing? I'm not enjoying it. And I totes got a blister from the liner of my sneaker rubbing the side of my foot. Grr.

Today I'm taking a day off since I did 2 in a row over the weekend. I'm happy and relieved. BUT today is like the nicest day we've had in NYC in a looooong time, so I'm sad I won't be out running in it. I'd change my mind if I didn't have errands to run after work. But Charley needs his meds! And I need groceries. Plus, we got a big office supply/grocery order at the office so I spent like 15-20 minutes lifting cases of soda onto the proper shelves. Yay manual labor...

Oh! The twin-sitting went fairly well. One was pretty fussy, but other than that it was ok. It's kind of tough to keep your eye on two kids at one time when they're crawling and you're trying to keep them on the rug...but it's good practice for the future! I hope they call me again cause I like that extra income!

I baked cupcakes for my coworkers yesterday and used Jane's magnificent Buttercream Icing recipe! I realized after I finished it that I didn't quite let it get thick enough so it was getting soft pretty quickly and not quite fluffy enough, so I ended up just keeping the cupcakes refrigerated this time...but they still taste DELICIOUS! And now I know better for next time! Thanks Janey! :)

Crap, I forgot to take a picture of them. I have a couple at home. I'll take a pic and post it at a later date!

Lovies and Hugs and Kisses and Good Things.