Fast Running Mommy

Got in my normal 5. I think hormones are making me more tired because even after not doing a tempo run last week 10:30 pace felt fast to me today. 

We miscalculated a bit and added some more. I made my partner slow down a bit...This is not an announcement by far but I'm feeling tired and wondering what could be the cause.........

Everyone turn on KBYU TV sometime this month and you may see me and my kids on the commercial they made of us. I am on for half a second reading a story to Joseph..not that I care but yes....I did not brush my own hair that day....just pulled it back in a pony tail. My neighbor says we looked great....I haven't seen it yet.

Jenny also made a commercial for BYU that should be airing for several years...so don't be surprised if you see it....

I just have to brag. Yesterday I made two Nephite costumes, a stocking for Joseph(easy easy pattern) and a simple but lovely Christmas apron for myself.

Today we are making Nativity sets out of clay that will air dry and we can paint later in the week.

I love Christmas time. Everything about it..even the commericalism...to me it just testifys of man's desire for something better...for things to be more focused on Christ. Yes, yes, I  know some people really only care about themselves and money and la di da but I believe in the Divine Nature of man and that deep down almost everyone seeks for something better, something kinder....that's what I love about Christmas.  

51:01

Okay so now I'll admit it. I thought I might be pregnant. I don't mind disclosing my medical history here since I think we are all friends and since I'm blogging my runs I feel like I need to tell what's happening in my body.

My friend Fred as I fondly call him has not come to visit yet but the pregnancy tests have all been negative. Might get some blood work done next week to verify...we'll see. I'm going in to see the endocrinologist for my thryoid and may ask they verify my pregnant or non pregnant status. Being pregnant is exhausting but waiting for it can be a lot of work too...Phew. Emotionally I'm getting worn out but trying to just enjoy life and of course love the little ones I have now. I'm fine but would prefer if Fred came on time to not mess with my fragile emotional state.

56:36

I felt so slow and tired and the begninning. I didn't want to finish. Then I got started talking about my glory days in dating when I was a Freshman at BYU. I had some hilarious stories like the time two boys asked me to Homecoming and then one sent flowers and I didn't know who sent them because the card fell off. Or the time two boys pulled out the same talk by Spencer W. Kimball on me about going on their missions and how they wanted me to hold the key to their heart (one was Sasha BTW) and then two guys named Sasha (one again..I did marry) told me they loved me on the same day. (Sasha was on his mission and wrote me a letter.

I was very friendly and cute little thing but not a player at all. I did not try and make these guys fall for me...I was dating a million guys and just having fun and studying hard...I made the Dean's List that semester also..

 Anyway, I got lost in thought and we ended up running way extra. Sweet Amanda.
 

Had a nice run by myself today..got a chance to think about some things. Light rain but not too bad because it's several degrees above freezing. I feel a little bit worn out from the run today. 

50:29

We've been having Russian Day with this awesome family we met that homeschools and the mom is native Russian. We are taking the month of December off so I think I'm going to take my kids to the art Museum today and show them the fabulous work of a Mormon artist on display at the BYU Museum. She was a mother of eight and a rancher and still found time to dedicate herself to painting the story of our religion in giant panoramas.

Any mother can appreciate how difficult it is to find time to dedicate to talents, she was an amazing woman and I want to share her beautiful talent with my kiddos today.  

Yuck and double yuck...ooey gooey snow today. Made running my normal pace harder of course as we all know.

I never did take my kids to the art museum yesterday. For some odd reason I was so wiped out after my run I had to take a nap and couldn't get going...sad...we'll have to go there another time. Got the rest of my Christmas shopping done.

I nearly killed myself coming home from Ted and Elizabeth's house later today. This very rude driver in a fancy sleek black Lexus pulled out in front on me on slick mushy hilly snow covered roads....you know the type that are death driving on. Well then...he stopped half way up the hill and almost rolled back on me and made me almost not get up the hill. I'm sure he's going to some "I can't drive politely in snow" purgatory when he dies..ooo...