My sister is a good influence...

Today Evelyn jumped in the stroller and said she wanted a walk when asked. So I told the family that if they wanted to come they should hurry (least Evelyn get board in the stroller and change her mind.) We went down the canal and had a great walk until just about when we were going to turn around we noticed that Evelyn's arms were quite red despite sunscreen. we turned around immediately and hoped that it was just that she was hot but we still got in a few good miles. she drank some water though not as much as I thought she would and once she was cooled down her arms were ok - no warmth or residual pink. She didn't eat too well but went right down for her nap.

Once I got home I worked on some layndry (after Evelyn was in bed) and the neighbor came over for a walk again. we didn't make it to the door in time (I didn't even hear it) but J saw that it was her so I ran down the street to catch up ( luckly most of our walks start the same way). I doubt I ran a quarter of a mile then took a short cut to head her off. We continued our walk (3.1 miles) and I felt great though a bit tired when I got home.

a run and a walk

I use the term run very loosely here but seeing as though I have been out of it for a long time and it was hot out I think I did fairly well. My sister (being the good influence she is) talked me into a run midday (It was HOT) it was only .7 of a mile and I didn't make it that far. I made a third of it before I was stopping to use a restroom and I had gone before we left. We ran a bit farther and I had to walk for a while. All in all it wasn't bad though I am in terrible shape for running, I think I lost all of my stamina.

Then after I got home my neighbor came looking for me so we did a two mile walk with Evelyn in the stroller. It was mice to get out with her and talk to her about baby things. I will miss having her to walk with when we move though I am trying to figure out how to set up walk or even run date. I miss having someone to exercise with.

The weekends need to be longer.

I went to bed a little late last night so when Evelyn woke up at 5:30 I was exhausted. I feed her and we played downstairs for a little while. Lucky for me she was sleepy at 7:30 so we both went back to bed and Jason got up for some reason. She hardly cried going down which is a nice change from going to bed.

After her nap we skiped and she had a great time playing with grandma and grandpa hirsch. well that and beating up dads laptop. She has been dancing her "happy dance" alot latley and showed it off for Grandma and Grandpa. It is absolutly halareous - I will have to try to post a video. After the skype we went out and chatted with the neighbor so Evelyn could hang out with masto again we reallly need a mastif... it will never happen.

During Evelyn's secound nap of the day (again she did not cry at all when she went down) I was feeling energetic enough to go to the gym and have an amazing workout. I did 30 min on my favorite machine followed by crunches and 2.5 miles on the treadmill. I was going to keep going but wanted to get home to my girl. Some how I am getting better at running, not only did I not have any problems running but I did it at an incline (only 1 but still) and had 2 * 5 minute blocks that were at a faster speed than I have run before. I may need to find one more 5K this summer so I can try to beat that goal time, I might just make it.

The rest of the day was play time though we went for a short walk. When getting Evelyn into the stroller I accidently pinched her little tummy (poor little girl will be relieved to get back to daycare so she can stop getting hurt!). It was a short walk then a long bath. Then it was bed time where she cried for 30 min before going to sleep. I need to figure out what I am doing wrong when putting her to bed for the night as she usualy does not cry (or does not cry much) for naps. Maybe I will try keeping her up later (I can't get her to bed any earlier).

Oh my beloved

gym how I have missed you. I received an e-mail from one of the girls at the gymm asking where I was etc... I decided this meant I needed to make an effort to really make it back to the gym (this was July 15th)

So Tonight I got home and J told me he tried to get home early and cook his dinner so that I could go to the gym but it hadn't worked out. I decided that we were going to make it work out. after he finished his dinner I changed and ran off to the gym. I managed to make it to class only to find a different instructor (two of my other favorites are no longer at the gym). I joined the class despite being late and was glad that I did I liked this instructor as well and will need to see if she teaches at Greece... Though I admit to thinking I can and should do all these exercises at home, as I do have weights that are seldom used. I had a decent workout and caught up with the person who e-mailed me and even managed to run a mile and a half (I really could have and should have kept going but I was hungry). I was going to make an apt for an evaluation before I left and completely forgot as I was running out the door.