Nikon D40, Patron Saint of Shutter-speed

Nikon D40, Patron Saint of Shutter-speed
Originally uploaded by Imamamma.

I love my new toy. 'Nuf said

ramblings on a crappy rainy day

I'm sitting on my couch in my livingroom wearing my pjs at 3:00 in the middle of the week. That's become indicative of my mood this last week or so. I'm sore, I'm lazy and I'm tiiiiiiiiiired. Sore I can't really explain but I'm sure the lazy comes from the tired. Both of which come from the 40 + hour work-weeks and only bi-weekly appearance of the spouse. suck. just, suck. * grumble grumble * It's probably the weather that making me so bitchy today. I stayed home from work to avoid subjecting my co-workers to the beast that is me today. gripe gripe gripe. Yeeccch I think I just bored myself back to sleep!

aaaanyway...I know the best way to get rid of the lazies and the sleepies...but it's just so much...work. See, Hubs let me know about an amazing-sounding marathon It sounds like great fun in general (except the running-part), but to add to the greatness, the finishing medal is a necklace from Tiffany & Co.! Now, before we act scandalized by my label-whorey-ness. Let me just say that this isn't just ANY label...and no matter what my personal feelings may be about obscenely overpriced name-brands, a little blue box presented to you by...really...anyone...would make you swoon too. This just happens to be as close as I'll get unless powerball comes through. So can-it, okay?

So signing up for this would mean training. A lot of it. I'd need to finish the whole thing in 6.5 hours in order to avoid being picked up by the sag-wagon. Yikes. Did I mention that it's in San Francisco? Possibly the hilliest frickin' place in the world? Yeah, but beaauuuuutiful weather. And I've never been to the left coast. This thing ends at the pacific. How cool would that be?!?!

Anyone want to run behind me with a cattle prod "helping" me train??? Or perhaps you'd rather die an early, painful death too? Er...I mean "participate"?

Ah, those precious parenting moments

While laying in bed last night as he was just starting to nod off, Connor reached up and gently rubbed my forehead like I do to him while he's going to sleep, and he said sweetly...

"Mommy, I never shoot you. Never"

um...thanks?

Okay, give back my stuff

10K
Originally uploaded by Imamamma.

I'm not dead. Not even close. Feel pretty good, actually. Until tomorrow and the dreaded stiffness sets in.

Okay, so I didn't run the entire length (little over 6 miles) but I ran more than I walked. That was my only real goal (and to keep both halves of the run under 45 minutes, which I did...barely). Since I accomplished both I'd say that today was pretty damn successful.

Here's the stats:
first half (5K): 00:43:29 (slower than the first 5KI ran)
total time: 1:25:14
Pace: 13minute, 45second miles
Overall place: 1479.

Yep, feels good to be number 1479. Not a bad day's work.