Spring Time is Here

Hello spring time... Nice of you to join us finally.

However, due to the WONDERFUL and UNPREDICTABLE weather where I am, I think we bypassed spring, straight to summer, and next week we'll make another detour back to winter... Got to love trying to figure out what wardrobe we should be in.
Yesterday was beautiful. I woke up and went for a run in the morning. I'm just running for time right now, not distance. I did 30 straight minutes and went just over 2.6 miles so I'm getting back into the swing of things now. It was so foggy and I got really wet but it was cool and refreshing. Besides, I love being able to say I ran through a cloud.

But not only did I put those miles in, I also went for a 4 mile walk with my beautiful sis-in-law (which really she's just my sister... I've known her longer than my husband (her brother) and the in-law title just gets in the way...) and my son, got mildly sun burnt, and just had a nice day. My son has never hit the pillow as hard as his head hit it last night. A lovely side-effect of nice spring weather. Might hit the park up with him today but its supposed to be hotter and sunnier than yesterday so, we're playing that by ear. I might instead bake some of his favorite cookies with him - its his great, great grandfather's recipe that I got from my husband's grandmother (only the best baker in the world...).
We heard back from the vet. Nothing is wrong with my dog (other than his psychological issues of thinking he's a human in a dog body) so probably after his round of anti-biotics is done and he's fully vaccinated, we'll be up and running together again. Our community also opened a new dog park by the trail we run so I really want to check that out with him. Hopefully, he won't try and eat any of the dogs. It will be nice to have him back. He's a good pace dog to keep me from running to hard too quickly and I don't know how much longer until the weather get hot that we'll be able to run together. He's the only long distance Jack Russel I know...
My legs are feeling a lot better right now. I think a few more weeks of just running slowly, running for a set amount of time and not pace, and listening to my body are in order before I start my training program. But that's a start. I need to build my endurance back up and that's just going to take time. I've also decided to stop weighing myself for the time being. Its just dragging me down. I know I'm eating well and I'm exercising regularly so I just need to trust that.
I am just looking forward to the spring and summer. I got my husband hooked on sitting on our patio at night so yay! No more television!! I am looking forward to walks with my boys (husband, son, and dog) and trips to the park and everything smelling like sunscreen. I'm still definitely a fall and winter person. Watching me swim is like watching a fish try to fly. I'm not a huge fan of hot and I burn like toast left under the broiler too long but I do love the concept and metaphor of spring and summer. New birth, new growth, new adventures.

What are your exciting nice weather plans?

Kathy