Well, I am finally going to say it out load. I am running again. I actually have a couple of friends here doing it with me so that definitely keeps me going! I don't know how, but I am actually in pretty good shape (I definitely don't look it though!) and can easily run for an hour strait. I have done that solo a couple of times now, but usually we are running a little over 4 miles on a great paved trail. Our options are a little limited with the strollers to deal with. My friend is awesome and shows up even when it is pouring rain, which means the WORLD to me. It is so nice to have that extra motivation to get your butt moving and has been my vise since my retirement from swimming. Avery has also been doing pretty good. She does get bored and my phone isn't always a great distraction, but she hasn't totally lost her cool (knock on wood). Of course I'd rather run without her, but that is not always an option. I have been at it about 6 weeks now so I went ahead and bought a new app to start tracking my speed and distance. I usually just guesstimate, but this app seems super cool. ismoothrun I hope it is as good as it's reviews. It is silly, but I am looking forward to this afternoon to use it for the first time!
Other than that things are just chugging along. Avery's last day at nursery school was yesterday. She will just have her gymnastics through the summer and then she will begin preschool twice a week in addition to her gymnastics in September. She is super talkative and recently gotten EXTREMELY stubborn. She is 25 lbs and insists on wearing a princess dress at all times. But, so far obeys the rule that we must get dressed in real clothes to leave the house.
The house is also moving along. The shower has been installed in the master bath, the tub is now in the other bath, 3 of 4 sides of the house have siding up, the roof has been completely shingled, the side door and main doors are installed, all windows are installed, the electricity is in and hot, garage floor is in and all the insulation in stacked up in the garage ready to be put in as well. Things are going quick. I was more than a little irritated to see they installed recessed lighting in my dining room. Sam and I just decided to cancel the order of the awesome pendant light we had ordered and go with it rather than make them change it. We should be appliance shopping next weekend! Along with moving out of our current rental and into a nice little temporary rental until the house is done. Which to me seems like they really might be done by the beginning of July!
