Labor Day Weekend

I love love 4 day weekends....and I was fortunate to have one last week....my company gave us Friday off for free.....I was so damn happy!!!  I really needed an extended weekend!!

Friday was just the kids and I....we ran a couple errands and we meet my mom and grandma for lunch.....and then I ran a couple more errands by myself....and when I got home I was able to enjoy a few free hours to myself!!  It was awesome!....I didn't stay up late or anything since I had one of my longest runs to date to complete in the morning....so this lady went to bed prior to 10pm!

Saturday was a great but tiring day.....I ran a total of 17.46 miles and walked .5 or 1 mile home even after my mental breakdown at around mile 11....I was seriously contemplating calling Andrew and having him come get me....I had enough of it.....and really didn't want to go on....and it was hot on saturday and I was having chaffing issues on my arms.....something I really haven't had yet....that shit hurts...and thanks to my husband he used all of the glide stuff we had in the house.....I will say I called him a few obscene words.....but after I had my hissy fit....I pulled up my big girl panties and continued on.....the great thing is I live in an awesome neighborhood filled with runners and I had what we have dubbed the "running brigade" waiting for me to come back and run the last 3-5 miles with me....best advice I ever got for these extremely long runs.....just having them with me helps me get pull through those last miles.....only downside of running so far is I was tired and sore most of the day.....


That night we hung out with the neighbors and grilled up some wings.....thanks guys for making dinner easy and tasty for us!  I also decided there is no better way to alleviate pain than to drink it away....and thanks to everyone involved we did just that....I had a few (or numerous) beers....I lost count thanks to the drinking game prior to dinner.....all-in-all it was a great day!  We could not be happier with where we ended up living!

                                               


The last two days of the extended weekend were low key.....like most of the whole weekend was.....we just hung out inside and then went outside to play......

I am so thankful we had the four days for me.....three for the husband to have some down time.....life has been way too busy.....and the summer went by in a blink of an eye.....I am glad we were able to enjoy the time we had....since tuesday was going to bring us into the next phase of life......school.....routines....activities.....regular life!!!