Last week we went to my sister’s one night to celebrate my BIL’s birthday. Which meant I didn’t have to cook that night! WHOO HOO!
We had ice cream for desert and Sid would take a bite and make this really funny face and then laugh. So Ian also wanted to make a funny face for me to take a picture.
I am seriously about ready to break up with electronics!
I don’t get it, why are they out to ruin me?
First: my portable external hard drive jumps of my computer and refuses to be seen by said computer.
I finally get the computer to acknowledge it and the computer wants to reformat it. To which I said ‘no way!’ So I do a ‘scandisk’ check and leave it over night. Only to come back and find that it went from a NTFS drive to a RAW drive! What??
Second: I go to turn my computer on and it tells me my system file is corrupt and I need to re-install the OS. But as it turns out the hard drive won’t even spin, so it is kaput.
Third: (and this was today) my other external hard drive (not portable) is not getting power. After trying a different power cord I hear a clicking sound and no disk spinning.
Yes, yes. Everyone tells me that I needed to sign up for a cloud service, but right now I can’t afford the size that I need.
I guess I should be happy this happened after Ian’s party and I was able to make all his decorations, but now I can’t access the pictures (don’t worry they are still on my camera’s memory stick).
But this is really getting ridiculous.
I JUST WANT SOMETHING TO WORK!
OK. rant over, here is what I am hopefully going to be making for dinner this week.
Who is that negative voice in my head? Where did she come from? I surely didn’t invite her in!
Monday night’s run was mentally challenging. I was tired, I am board of running inside, my son didn’t want to go to bed, I had a million and a half things to do to get ready for his party this weekend….and the list goes on.
But what I really wanted to was to run. I wanted it, I needed it. So why was my brain trying to talk me out of it?
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As I stated before I am all about distance now. I know how far I want to run, eventually. I have another 8k in a couple of weeks and I want to run the whole time. So my workouts are all about how far, I can’t stop until I go the distance.
I have done it before, I know I can do it again, it’s only 4 miles.
Why won’t my brain listen to me? Why does it keep telling me to quit or slow down?
Monday’s work out was a constant battle with my brain. She kept telling my legs to quit….I kept telling my legs just half a mile more.
The first mile was the hardest, the second was the easiest. By the third mile I almost listened to the Negative Nancy in my head. (no offence to anyone named Nancy, I am sure you are not in the least bit negative)
I almost said, ‘Three miles is good enough’
But I didn’t . I told myself, if you want to be done, run faster. You have to get 4 miles behind you, so the faster you run, the faster you can finish.
So I upped my pace to a 11 min/mile. I thought “11 minutes, that’s nothing, it’s like 4 songs.” I can do this.
Before the first song was up I was ready to slow down.
But I didn’t and before you know it, I had a half a mile left. And I upped the pace again. Because, the faster you run, the faster you can be done.
Monday’s Run
Last Thursday’s Run
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I then went home and did some restorative yoga. Because running and yoga are good for the mind and body.
The sun is shining here in my part of the world. It was a beautiful weekend and I am making huge progress on the decorations for Ian’s party.
His party is this coming Saturday, I can’t believe I have a four year-old! I still have lots and lots to do before then, so I am hoping to make some easy, simple dinners this week.
We make Birthday Cake Pancakes for the kids on their birthday. Because…welllll…it’s their birthday. And if you have tried them you would understand.
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