Sprinklers

Sprinklers are a runners best friend, and when you are on mile 7 and so thirsty and hot and are expecting a certain set of sprinklers to be on and they're not, its just about the saddest you can be.

I know sprinkler water probably isn't potable, but on mile 7 out of 8, you really don't care about the consequences. I've drunk worse on a long run in summer. Specifically I'm talking about when Stefanie and I were training for our marathon 6 years ago. We were going on an 18 mile run in the dead of summer and we were so desperate that we drank some running water out of this gutter that had moss growing on the bottom.

Desperation is real, folks.


**Note: even though I really wanted those sprinklers to be on so I could cool off and re-hydrate, deep down I am glad they were off. I am against watering grass in the middle of the day because it is the most inefficient time to water it since most of the water just evaporates anyways. 

Books books books

Sometimes you go to the library, rent out a trilogy, forget you rented it, go back the next week, rent the same trilogy, and then remember you had already rented it the week before.

Book 3 was already rented out when I went to rent it the second time.

I must be getting old. 

Sores

Sweaty feet + Birkenstocks + 2.5 mile walk = open sores by mile 1

But hey, at least I am beginning to get Birkenstock tan lines.

Juice Cleanse

IF YOU DO A JUICE CLEANSE MAKE SURE ALL THE JUICES TASTE GOOD OR YOU WILL HATE YOUR LIFE. AND BE POOR.

David and I got the bright idea of doing a 3 day juice cleanse.

After watching the Documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" about four years ago, I got a juicer because I was sure I'd use it all the time. I think I used it for a week.

Since we had the juicer, we thought it would be a nice way to just get a quick health spurt into our lives. We chose to do a 3-day cleanse that I found online from that documentary.

It.

Was.

Awful.

First of all, we bought over $100 worth of fruits and veggies for THREE DAYS worth of eating:

(these grocery bags are big, and this food filled up an entire cart to the top)

Most expensive 3 days of food in my life. And then when we juiced all of it, we had a whole trash can full of fruit/vegetable pulp. It just felt like a waste.

Second of all, some of the juices tasted so bad we chose to go hungry rather than drink them. Most of the juices were fine, but there was one that had David and I gagging. 

We stuck with it and finished the three days, but if I could do it over I would choose more yummy juices instead of swiss chard and tomatoes. But I did learn what swiss chard is, so there's that.

Allergies

I moved to Utah 6 years ago. Last year, I learned that seasonal allergies can be developed in adulthood.

I got allergies for the first time in my life last year. It was a constant tickle in my nose. This year, the allergies have progressed to include itchy eyes and swollen eyelids.

Without any warning, my right eyelid swells.

It's great fun, really.


UPDATE: IT GOT WORSE AFTER SLEEPING!

 I was hoping I would go to bed and wake up with the swelling gone. Nope. The swelling went down after a few hours, though.

Boiled Egg

I boiled some eggs the other day and wrote "B" on them in sharpie so I could distinguish them from the non-boiled eggs, and then put them back in the carton. Today David went to make brownies and grabbed an egg without looking and tried to crack it into the brownie batter but it was a boiled egg and it made me giggle because he was so confused for a second.

Surprise Casserole

David was sweet enough to make dinner tonight. It was a chicken, rice, and cream of mushroom soup casserole.

Once the timer went off saying it was done cooking in the oven, we served ourselves up and I found a little surprise in the casserole.

He dropped a fork in there while preparing it and didn't notice. Made me giggle.