August 25th.
Ugh, this has been a long and exhausting week!!! My workouts have been great, and it is really helping that I am writing everything down again like I used to. I feel like this will all be very helpful in the coming weeks. It was Mayah’s last week of summer, so I tried to spend some time with her, and we had a lot of fun! We went to the planetarium and saw a movie, she loves the planetarium, which is awesome because it is an educational place and it makes me feel like she is going to be very smart. I had a lot of fun and good times this past week, but looking back on it, I kinda wish I hadn’t. I won a bunch of money betting on the horse races, and then spent almost every penny of that money going out and having fun. I don’t regret spending money on Mayah ever, but I also went out with friends, and Carolyn and I went and saw a new Cirque style show that is only in town for a limited time, and ate expensive dinners, and did other stuff, and all of a sudden the money I won was gone again. It doesn’t put me in a hole or anything, and I enjoyed the activities, but all the money I spent on food at expensive restaurants, wasn’t worth it. I spent 100 bucks on one meal alone!!! I could buy 100 bucks worth of groceries and eat for almost a month if I shop right, so that was a waste. I wish I had all that money from my 3 day spending binge to buy more supplements or play poker or something other than having just eaten some meals that were not exactly great for my diet.
But I can’t change it now, so I just hafta make better decisions next time I have extra money to splurge with. I should be splurging on things that are necessities and things that I need like clothes and supplements. Lesson learned.
I feel like my back is getting wider, which is exciting for me!!! And I worked my shoulders really hard last night and felt like they looked pretty good. I’m starting my marathon training again this week, so on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday I will be running. I think that when I get to the later stages of training, I won’t be able to run and lift on the same days, so I will have those days off from lifting, but for now since the running is pretty easy the 1st 3 or 4 weeks, I will try to do both. It’s a 16 week training program that Heather and I tried to do but failed twice, partly due to her knee injuries, and partly due to our laziness haha!! I think it would be easier and more fun with a training partner, someone to push me because I’m pushing them. But it isn’t easy to find someone who wants to do this, so I am training alone. I am 16 weeks out from the Las Vegas, and the Honolulu marathons, so one of those is again my goal. If I am still on track 8 weeks from now, then I will register for one of them which will force me to keep going the final 8 weeks. If something happens, or I just need more time to train, then I will slow down and find a marathon after the new year, maybe the Los Angeles in March. I am running one before my birthday though, no ifs ands or buts about it.
