We had a thunderstorm here in CNY and guess what.....Brian is back home and not at Grandma's camp!!!
He made such a fuss that I had to go and get him!!! He just has such a fear of thunder and of fire that it is scary!!! He walks by a fire exinquisher and he freaks out thinking there is going to be a fire. He did that on Tuesday while in Wal-Mart with my parents. This is after crying for 3 hours at the water park because the last time he went there it thunder/lighting and rained. I really don't think this is normal to think that everything is going to burn down and that you are always going to be hit by lighting at the age of 5!!!
Ron and I are at our wits end!! Do you think he might need a kiddy shrink?
Well at least Andy is still there having fun with his Grandparents and his Aunt!!!
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Because the Kids are not here....
I have been able to do things that I would not been able to do like:
1. Clean under the couch without going......"Get back over here before I drop the couch on you!!!"
2. Read a book for more that 3 minutes at time before 9PM.
3. Able to run without yelling...."Hey I'm listening to that on the computer and no you can't play on it" or "I'm running would you PLEASE leave your brother alone!!!"
4. Get up in the morning and actually have time to get dressed in peace!!!
On that note, I have no kids this week and I got up at 5:30am this morning....why I don't know why....I don't have to be into work until 8, technically 8:30 but I like to get there early.
So I ran my 3 miles. Trac and I said to be able to train for the 10K I would run 3 miles twice this week. It is soooo hot today so I decided to run this morning downstairs in the cellar on the treadmill. I did the 3 miles in 34.14 minutes....an 11.38 mile? Almost keeping with the times that Trac and I had for the 4 miles.
I'm impressed! I do alot better when I have someone with me and music in my ears. Today I only had music and the treadmill to pace me!!!
Hopefully tomorrow will not be as hot and Bridget, Shannon, Kris and I will be able to run!!
1. Clean under the couch without going......"Get back over here before I drop the couch on you!!!"
2. Read a book for more that 3 minutes at time before 9PM.
3. Able to run without yelling...."Hey I'm listening to that on the computer and no you can't play on it" or "I'm running would you PLEASE leave your brother alone!!!"
4. Get up in the morning and actually have time to get dressed in peace!!!
On that note, I have no kids this week and I got up at 5:30am this morning....why I don't know why....I don't have to be into work until 8, technically 8:30 but I like to get there early.
So I ran my 3 miles. Trac and I said to be able to train for the 10K I would run 3 miles twice this week. It is soooo hot today so I decided to run this morning downstairs in the cellar on the treadmill. I did the 3 miles in 34.14 minutes....an 11.38 mile? Almost keeping with the times that Trac and I had for the 4 miles.
I'm impressed! I do alot better when I have someone with me and music in my ears. Today I only had music and the treadmill to pace me!!!
Hopefully tomorrow will not be as hot and Bridget, Shannon, Kris and I will be able to run!!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Trac said it all
Trac's blog about Saturday's run was perfect! She got out everything that I wanted to say about the run. The only thing was the last 1/2 mile was the toughest for me.
This run makes me feel good....it shows that I can do it after the bad race I had last Saturday. Trac says that I'm a good pacer....the only thing that really helps me is having my MP3 player and just listening to the tempo. I pick out songs with a strong beat. Just a Girl by No Doubt, Holiday by Green day, Walkaway by Kelly Clarkson, If your going through Hell by Rodney Atkins, I Can't Drive 55 by the wonderful Sammy Hagar, and Walking on the Sun by Smash Mouth just to name a few. I just make sure that I have my feet going with the beat. I think that comes from all the dance lessons I took when I was a kid. As you notice....I listen to everything. If it is strong musically, I like it.
Having someone to run with also helps me a great deal....It is just a feeling of knowing that some is there next to me helps a great bit.
I also really needed Saturday's run.....The last few month's of work have been Hell and it just escalated with a big bang on Friday. I had so much pent up energy and frustration that I had to run!!! I am so glad that Trac got me into running!!! I have met such wonderful friends and I have given myself an outlet to let it all go....to know that there is no right or wrong in something that I'm doing. I can run slow, I can run fast, I can even run like a dork if I want to. I can be me and there is nothing wrong with that.
This run makes me feel good....it shows that I can do it after the bad race I had last Saturday. Trac says that I'm a good pacer....the only thing that really helps me is having my MP3 player and just listening to the tempo. I pick out songs with a strong beat. Just a Girl by No Doubt, Holiday by Green day, Walkaway by Kelly Clarkson, If your going through Hell by Rodney Atkins, I Can't Drive 55 by the wonderful Sammy Hagar, and Walking on the Sun by Smash Mouth just to name a few. I just make sure that I have my feet going with the beat. I think that comes from all the dance lessons I took when I was a kid. As you notice....I listen to everything. If it is strong musically, I like it.
Having someone to run with also helps me a great deal....It is just a feeling of knowing that some is there next to me helps a great bit.
I also really needed Saturday's run.....The last few month's of work have been Hell and it just escalated with a big bang on Friday. I had so much pent up energy and frustration that I had to run!!! I am so glad that Trac got me into running!!! I have met such wonderful friends and I have given myself an outlet to let it all go....to know that there is no right or wrong in something that I'm doing. I can run slow, I can run fast, I can even run like a dork if I want to. I can be me and there is nothing wrong with that.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Swamp Rat Race - 6/16/2007
This is what I wrote in my Running Journal on that day:
Swamp Rat Race - Time 38:08
This was a hard race for me today. I did not feel good the day before. My stomach was off. The thought of putting food in my mouth just made my stomach flip-flop. I was able to put 1/2 a hamburger that Ron made down, but the thought of anything else just would not cut it.
Then the night was so long. I just kept on waking up. I could not sleep if my life depended on it. Other than taking a sleeping pill (which I did not) my body was not going to sleep.
Up came the sun and I started getting ready for the race. Brian was coming with me because Andy has his last swimming lesson for this session and he does not want to be any where near this event in case I make him do the fun run. Ron took Andy to swimming.
So around 7:15, Brian and I leave for the park where the race is being held. We meet Teresa and Rob, who are running in the race with me, along with my Ma and Dad, who are always there for their daughters' moral support.
We pick up our race packets and start stretching. We have some time, so we fool around with Brian. I start looking around and I see Shannon!!! It is great to see one of the girls from our "pack". She has her greyhound with he also. She was there to support her boys, but she was there for me too.
The Girls and Boys 1 mile fun run went off without a hitch. These races were huge!!! In some ways I was glad that Andy did not enter this race. He would have been lost and get upset during the race. The fastest boy's time was 5:50 and the fastest girl's time was 6:28. I could not do that time for one mile in my dreams!!!
Now it is time for the 5K. Teresa, Rob and I line up. I just did not feel right. I felt OK, not sick or anything, but I knew that this was going to be hard.
The gun goes off and off we go. The way we lined up, it looked like a mass of people running to a little space. At this time, I'm thinking "Oh My God!!! I'm in trouble". Teresa and I had a pack that she was going to run her race. So she ran with Rob and they took off. So I ended up running by myself. Everybody around me had their MP3's or Ipods. I didn't even think to bring mine. So now I don't have a partner or music to pace me.
I get thought the first mile at 10:37, I think I'm doing great. By the time I get to the turn around, I don't have a steady pace, my mouth is so dray and I can't steady my breath. I get a drink of water at the water station, swish the water in my mouth and spit it out. Well that was the kiss of death. My strength was seeping out of me. Two men came up behind me and started talking to me. It got me to get a steady pace but it was too late.
One of the gentleman, and I mean it in every sense of the word, sped up and the other gentleman stay with me. We talked and tried to just get thought the race. Paco was great he tried everything to keep me going, but at one point my body was giving up because of not having any food in my system. I had to stop and walk or I knew that I was going to faint. So i told Paco to go ahead and I walked. But I knew the outcome would not have been good if I kept on going and did not steady my breath....All I could think of is being so dehydrated and just stumbling around like a friend did in a race when we where in High School.
So I walked for around 2 minutes (I think) and got to the last corner. I started running again. Not at a fast pace, people were passing me. I did not care, I just wanted to finish. We get to the last turn and there was the finish line. I try to go faster but it was stone, not pavement. I don't want to fall down, so I decide to just go a little be faster than what I was doing. Right before the finish line, I see T, Rob Dad (of course taking my picture) Ma, and Brian. I'm almost done. I cross the finish line. I 'm done, gasping, looking for water and thanking God that it was over!!!
My time was so bad that Shannon thought she missed me when the time went past 36 minutes...But does that matter to Shannon, NO, She was just please that I finished and I was OK.
OK, I realized that my time was bad, but this is only gives me some incentive to strive, work harder. I have sent in my registration for the Caz 1 Mile Fun Run with Andy for the 4Th of July. I already filled out my registration for the Willow Bay 5k (Teresa wants to win the sister-sister category) and I gave it to T to mail in with hers. I have my registration for Harborfest, Bud Run 10K and the 10K run in Oswego.
This is not going to bring me down. This is only going to make sure that there will me more mile on the goal sheet on the fridge. As All My Tomorrows said "6.2 or Bust"!!!
Swamp Rat Race - Time 38:08
This was a hard race for me today. I did not feel good the day before. My stomach was off. The thought of putting food in my mouth just made my stomach flip-flop. I was able to put 1/2 a hamburger that Ron made down, but the thought of anything else just would not cut it.
Then the night was so long. I just kept on waking up. I could not sleep if my life depended on it. Other than taking a sleeping pill (which I did not) my body was not going to sleep.
Up came the sun and I started getting ready for the race. Brian was coming with me because Andy has his last swimming lesson for this session and he does not want to be any where near this event in case I make him do the fun run. Ron took Andy to swimming.
So around 7:15, Brian and I leave for the park where the race is being held. We meet Teresa and Rob, who are running in the race with me, along with my Ma and Dad, who are always there for their daughters' moral support.
We pick up our race packets and start stretching. We have some time, so we fool around with Brian. I start looking around and I see Shannon!!! It is great to see one of the girls from our "pack". She has her greyhound with he also. She was there to support her boys, but she was there for me too.
The Girls and Boys 1 mile fun run went off without a hitch. These races were huge!!! In some ways I was glad that Andy did not enter this race. He would have been lost and get upset during the race. The fastest boy's time was 5:50 and the fastest girl's time was 6:28. I could not do that time for one mile in my dreams!!!
Now it is time for the 5K. Teresa, Rob and I line up. I just did not feel right. I felt OK, not sick or anything, but I knew that this was going to be hard.
The gun goes off and off we go. The way we lined up, it looked like a mass of people running to a little space. At this time, I'm thinking "Oh My God!!! I'm in trouble". Teresa and I had a pack that she was going to run her race. So she ran with Rob and they took off. So I ended up running by myself. Everybody around me had their MP3's or Ipods. I didn't even think to bring mine. So now I don't have a partner or music to pace me.
I get thought the first mile at 10:37, I think I'm doing great. By the time I get to the turn around, I don't have a steady pace, my mouth is so dray and I can't steady my breath. I get a drink of water at the water station, swish the water in my mouth and spit it out. Well that was the kiss of death. My strength was seeping out of me. Two men came up behind me and started talking to me. It got me to get a steady pace but it was too late.
One of the gentleman, and I mean it in every sense of the word, sped up and the other gentleman stay with me. We talked and tried to just get thought the race. Paco was great he tried everything to keep me going, but at one point my body was giving up because of not having any food in my system. I had to stop and walk or I knew that I was going to faint. So i told Paco to go ahead and I walked. But I knew the outcome would not have been good if I kept on going and did not steady my breath....All I could think of is being so dehydrated and just stumbling around like a friend did in a race when we where in High School.
So I walked for around 2 minutes (I think) and got to the last corner. I started running again. Not at a fast pace, people were passing me. I did not care, I just wanted to finish. We get to the last turn and there was the finish line. I try to go faster but it was stone, not pavement. I don't want to fall down, so I decide to just go a little be faster than what I was doing. Right before the finish line, I see T, Rob Dad (of course taking my picture) Ma, and Brian. I'm almost done. I cross the finish line. I 'm done, gasping, looking for water and thanking God that it was over!!!
My time was so bad that Shannon thought she missed me when the time went past 36 minutes...But does that matter to Shannon, NO, She was just please that I finished and I was OK.
OK, I realized that my time was bad, but this is only gives me some incentive to strive, work harder. I have sent in my registration for the Caz 1 Mile Fun Run with Andy for the 4Th of July. I already filled out my registration for the Willow Bay 5k (Teresa wants to win the sister-sister category) and I gave it to T to mail in with hers. I have my registration for Harborfest, Bud Run 10K and the 10K run in Oswego.
This is not going to bring me down. This is only going to make sure that there will me more mile on the goal sheet on the fridge. As All My Tomorrows said "6.2 or Bust"!!!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Poor Bridget....
Or did I really spit!!!
Yes, I will get to that later......It has been a long time since I ran any long distances. Working with Andy has cut down on "my" running. The chart on the fridge is quite bare!!! At least I have one more entry to put on!!
Bridget, Shannon, Kris and I met at the Y to run/walk. We went across the street. Bridget and I ran 2.31 miles (Bridget, I went on USTF to measure it and it said that it was .77 miles around and we did it three times.) We did not attempt the hills because it was so hot. So we took the longest way without the hill.
It was the first time in a long time that I actually ran with an Adult!! Bridget was great and we had a great conservation. Shannon just got out of a cast and Kris did not feel good so they walked the long way with the hill. After the third time around for Bridget and I met up with Kris and Shannon. I felt really good!!! I could actually say that I am not as nervous about the Race on Saturday as I was this morning. I think that I did good during this run.....I had a dry mouth, but I thought that I was doing OK.
We then walked back to the Y and we had a great conservation. We talked about almost everything.....Bridget and Shannon had me laughing so hard that I spit. I really did not want to spit......After the run I did not think that I could spit....but there it went flying through the air, heading towards Bridget. Of course, I could not do it just once. It happened twice!!! They just got me laughing and I could see it go in slow motion.....I just could not stop it!!
So Bridget.....I'm sorry!!!! I really did not mean to do it!!! I promise that I will keep the dry mouth down. If I feel a spit coming on.....I try to turn the other way!!!
Yes, I will get to that later......It has been a long time since I ran any long distances. Working with Andy has cut down on "my" running. The chart on the fridge is quite bare!!! At least I have one more entry to put on!!
Bridget, Shannon, Kris and I met at the Y to run/walk. We went across the street. Bridget and I ran 2.31 miles (Bridget, I went on USTF to measure it and it said that it was .77 miles around and we did it three times.) We did not attempt the hills because it was so hot. So we took the longest way without the hill.
It was the first time in a long time that I actually ran with an Adult!! Bridget was great and we had a great conservation. Shannon just got out of a cast and Kris did not feel good so they walked the long way with the hill. After the third time around for Bridget and I met up with Kris and Shannon. I felt really good!!! I could actually say that I am not as nervous about the Race on Saturday as I was this morning. I think that I did good during this run.....I had a dry mouth, but I thought that I was doing OK.
We then walked back to the Y and we had a great conservation. We talked about almost everything.....Bridget and Shannon had me laughing so hard that I spit. I really did not want to spit......After the run I did not think that I could spit....but there it went flying through the air, heading towards Bridget. Of course, I could not do it just once. It happened twice!!! They just got me laughing and I could see it go in slow motion.....I just could not stop it!!
So Bridget.....I'm sorry!!!! I really did not mean to do it!!! I promise that I will keep the dry mouth down. If I feel a spit coming on.....I try to turn the other way!!!
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Andy's Total Health Coach
His name is Nate......He is perfect for Andy. Andy definitely listen to him more that he does to me. Andy still has his moments of total blanking out. But I think this is going to work.
The pluses of Nate:
1. Nate is a college student. Andy would rather listen to some one younger that listen to his mother or father.
2. Nate lives near us. So Nate and Andy can talk about places in the area.
3. Nate was a Boy Scout. Andy is a Cub Scout. More stuff they can talk about.
4. Nate knows our priest. Other than his own father (Ron), Andy looks up to Father John. It is not like we live at church. Andy only sees Father John at Mass and religion class. They were on the same day, but Andy respects the man. It does not hurt that Father John is also on the Mexico Fire Department and goes out on calls. He is not a typical Priest!!!
5. Nate used to work at Disney World. Boy did that get Andy's attention!!! Nate told us all the great places and rides to go on.
With that Nate made a new little friend.
Nate also taught us how to play Racket Ball. Andy loved it. He sort of gets the principles, but Andy has some work cut out for him.
So Nate gave us some things to work on. We have to "work out" 3 times this week. Racket Ball counts as one. Our running counts and his swimming counts. He does work out at least 3 times a week, but now I think he will put more effort into it because he has to tell Nate what he does.
Also I have to tell Nate to call me Sue. He called me Mrs. Thorp today.....I just realized that, I'm cringing!!!
The pluses of Nate:
1. Nate is a college student. Andy would rather listen to some one younger that listen to his mother or father.
2. Nate lives near us. So Nate and Andy can talk about places in the area.
3. Nate was a Boy Scout. Andy is a Cub Scout. More stuff they can talk about.
4. Nate knows our priest. Other than his own father (Ron), Andy looks up to Father John. It is not like we live at church. Andy only sees Father John at Mass and religion class. They were on the same day, but Andy respects the man. It does not hurt that Father John is also on the Mexico Fire Department and goes out on calls. He is not a typical Priest!!!
5. Nate used to work at Disney World. Boy did that get Andy's attention!!! Nate told us all the great places and rides to go on.
With that Nate made a new little friend.
Nate also taught us how to play Racket Ball. Andy loved it. He sort of gets the principles, but Andy has some work cut out for him.
So Nate gave us some things to work on. We have to "work out" 3 times this week. Racket Ball counts as one. Our running counts and his swimming counts. He does work out at least 3 times a week, but now I think he will put more effort into it because he has to tell Nate what he does.
Also I have to tell Nate to call me Sue. He called me Mrs. Thorp today.....I just realized that, I'm cringing!!!
Friday, June 01, 2007
THANKS
Thanks to everyone who has given me encouragement!
Thanks to everyone who has given me advice when I have asked for it!
Thanks to everyone who has ever believed in me! And has tried and with some success has gotten me to believe in myself!
Thanks for everyone who has listen to me!
Thanks for everyone who has let me be me!
Thanks for being my friend!!
After today, I have realized who my real friends are.....and I just wanted to take the time you let you know how special you are!!!
THANKS!!!!!
Thanks to everyone who has given me advice when I have asked for it!
Thanks to everyone who has ever believed in me! And has tried and with some success has gotten me to believe in myself!
Thanks for everyone who has listen to me!
Thanks for everyone who has let me be me!
Thanks for being my friend!!
After today, I have realized who my real friends are.....and I just wanted to take the time you let you know how special you are!!!
THANKS!!!!!
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