Fast Running Mommy

Today felt better than Sat. I was watching the miles and dragging my feet on Sat. Today it just kind of flew by and before I knew it we had run 4.5....nice to only have a 1/2 mile left.  I'm excited for family home evening tonight because we are going to have our first family council. There was a lesson about it in Relief Society last week that impressed me and I want to try to have a positive problem solving session. Sasha recently quoted our friend in our last ward as saying to a group of men working on setting up a stage together, "Guys...don't notice a problem unless you have a solution" I like that and I'm going to take it on  as our family's creed. We want to work together as a family. Noticing a problem without suggesting a solution is simply complaining...not positive and not helpful. Noticing a problem and having a solution is exciting and uplifting....a fun part of family life when you say...hey...let's do this another way and it will work better. Sasha says we already do it naturally but I think the brethren have counciled us to do this.  

For anyone needing translation of LDS(Mormon) terms...please feel free to ask.  

There have been several days where Amanda and I are talking and don't pay attention to how far we've been going...it's great. Especially since we run around and around the block we lose track of the miles. What a wonderful thing a training partner is. 

I think I made her a bit upset today when I pointed out how much sugar is in yogurt and how much I hate that. I just can't help it...it's one of my pet peeves how sugar has to be the second ingredient in a lot of foods. I know, I know...it tastes better that way....and I know yogurt needs it because it would be rather bitter without it but anyway...

My kids and I had a lot of fun yesterday playing like we were going on a trip(much better and easier than a real trip), The best part was that I got to be one of the kids in the back. I picked about 10 fights with Benjamin and asked for four potty stops in about 5 minutes. Jenny, the mom, was so patient...she let me go every time I asked.

Then we got down to business and "traveled to Arizona, New York and outer space" We talked mostly about New York and learned about the state bird and good stuff like that. It was so fun I think we are going to do geography lessons like that every time.

I'm really horrible at following other people's curriculums in my homeschool because I have so much fun making stuff up. Although it has been helpful to have a history book that we can sit down and have a good history lesson with little preparation on my part...and if I'm tired I don't have to be super creative.  

I have trouble feeling super tired when the cold winter hits. I'm going to try making sure to take vitamins early this year...that seemed to help me last year. I think my body gets used to all the fresh fruit and all of a sudden it's gone. Any ideas?

49:47 I'm going to try and write my times in here now. I felt like today was a good run. We were going faster than 10minute miles and chatting the miles away again. It is especially easy to get lost on how far we've gone because we are running around my block again and again and in the dark too. It's kind of like a dream. 

Feeling better..I think if I drink enough water I don't miss the fresh fruits as much. We eat a lot of apples from fruit stands in the winter. We have a great one nearby that sells a whole box of slightly marred apples (most totatlly fine by my standard but not picture perfect) for $5....it's called Allred's on University Ave in Provo for locals that may not have heard of it..best deal on fruit anywhere!!  

Did another tempo run today. When we left the house the entire family was on the move together. Benjamin was on a bike...the babies were in the stroller, Jenny and Julia were running along side Mommy and Daddy. It always feels cool when we can do that. 

I don't know what my overall time was for the run but my tempo was 15:47. A tiny bit faster than last week's but it felt much harder. Maybe it was because it was at the end of the day. Maybe it was mental because Benjamin and Sasha were there and I couldn't think I was doing my own thing...don't know. Feel happy about it and don't feel too tired so I think I'll be okay tomorrow. For me this is the most important. I have a hard time finding time to recover.  

52:49...got up at 5:55...slept through Sasha's alarm...I have so trained my mind to not wake up to the sound of his alarm..I'll have to remember and bring my phone into our room at night so I can wake up to my alarm. I felt a little sleepy but  not too bad (definitely felt worse in my life admidst all the babies I've been through) I did the five miles at a fairly decent pace for a recovery run. I hope to get faster in the future on tempo and recovery but feel okay. Now all I have to do is get my kids to memorize their parts really fast this morning before the primary program practice. Which as ward organist I have sooo enjoyed the month of October with General Conference and the primary program making me nice and lazy in my practicing. Actually I've wanted to go and practice but I can't get in there to do it because a lady in my ward has students there constantly during October for a recital they are having in a week so they can practice on the organ the recital will be at....it's been tricky but luckily I haven't had to play much this month.