weekend update

3 whole days and not a lick of running. instead:

1. justin timberlake concert. i was instantly turned into a starstruck teenager again. something about the way he dances makes you wonder how he moves when he's NOT on stage. sweet jesus. i'm a sucker for guys who sing and play the piano.

2. shopping. did you know that victoria's secret sells workout clothes?! and this weekend all their clearance was half off! i don't normally shop there because i think their prices are disgusting, but with the sale i was able to buy 13 pairs of undies and a workout skirt and shorts for less than $85 bucks!

3. eating. during the week i was really good about eating well and managed to lose 1.5 pounds. but that was all shot to hell when i got together with my brothers this weekend. there is nothing healthy on the hooters menu. hard to believe i know.

4. drinking and gambling. the nearby race track was having dollar beer night on saturday. and dollar hot dogs. but luckily we had gotten our fill at hooters that we didn't have the hot dog eating contest we had planned. it was my first live horseracing event and it was preety exhilirating. granted we never had more than $5 on any race at a time, and we pooled our money, but still winning 20 cents on the fourth race was the most exciting 20 cents i've ever won.

5. sleeping. too many beers later we all crashed. and spent most of sunday on the couch watching a marathon of ninja warrior competitions.

6. recuperating. i finally got myself a humidifier, and the rest i had on sunday finally kicked whatever ailment i had last week. i'm gonna try to do my 4 miles from this weekend today, and squeeze in the 2 miles i am planned to do today into my other runs or later this week. which shouldn't be too hard.

all of this is probably not how i would have spent the weekend it if i was still on my own on the east coast. but this was the first weekend where i finally felt like i was home. it no longer feels like i'm visiting and i'm not comparing here to there anymore. it feels really really good to have my family be a part of my everyday life again. and that beats all the glamour and sophistication of single urban living any day.