I went to bed at 10:40 last night (too late) and just woke up at 3:10 this morning.  Boo.  I laid there for over an hour with my eyes closed and it didn’t work.  So, I’ve been up since 3:10 am after a whole 4 and half hours of sleep. Joy!  I think I’ll be breaking out the Benadryl tonight to help me sleep and to help with the congestion.

At 4:30 I went and got my phone and just played around online and then at 5:30 I actually got out of bed and got ready for my planned 3 mile run.  I sat my clothes out last night but as I was getting dressed I realized that my outfit was ALL black and I’d be running in the somewhat dark.  So, I chose safety over looking good and put on a white reflective shirt from when I was training. I’m about 15 pounds too heavy to be wearing this shirt but I’d rather look funny than be hit by a car.  Being the cheese that I am I took pictures:

Little tight, eh?

Kissing the guns ;):

It turned out to be a VERY good choice.  I got out there and it was PITCH BLACK.  I reconsidered my original running route-I usually run in a fancy smancy neighborhood with beautiful houses but there are no street lights.  Thankfully during my training I ran all over this town, well really the entire Bay Area, so I was able to deviate and run in a nice neighborhood that had street lights.  My house is in a funny location-it’s a GREAT location-right by downtown.  But, if you go east 3 blocks you’re in a pretty shady neighborhood and if you go west 2 blocks you’re in a multi-million dollar house neighborhood.  So, needless to say, I have to be careful.  The sun started to come up 30 minutes into my run.  I have to say that the run was AWESOME.  Even though I have a bit of a headcold right now, it still felt great and I did 3.20 miles in about 40 minutes.  I broke the ‘ol Garmin out of retirement so that was fun.

After I dropped Lu off at daycare I stopped by Kmart to get some canning supplies.  Target didn’t have anything and I thought that Kmart for sure would.  NOPE. WTF, right?  I think I have to order it online.  I have jars but none of the cool tools.  I can make do for now but that seriously sucks!

Kmart, by the way, was AWFUL.  The layout makes no sense, they had boxes everywhere and it was just an overall unpleasant experience.  Plus, their prices weren’t any better than Target and then had way fewer options.  I did find a splatter guard that I’m using right now for my new and improved pumpkin butter:

This will be perfect for spaghetti sauce too!

Speaking of pumpkin butter, I tasted the new concoction and it is 100% better.  I’m so excited!

Man, daycare just called and they only have 1 diaper for Lucy left.  She’s Miss Sensitive Butt and can only have a certain diaper or else she gets a horrible diaper rash.  Off I go to daycare again.  At least I get to see Lu!

Gratitude

I’m grateful for NPR.  I listen to it everyday and just yesterday they were doing a tribute to a soldier who had died in Afghanistan recently.  It was so well done and such a great celebration of life that it really made me appreciate NPR.  I love that station.  I’m glad I support them so heartily every year (even though I hate pledge drives!).