A Little Spring in My Step

It is March 15^th and I have Spring fever.  I think that everyone else I know has it too so I am in good company.  Yesterday I took my car in to get fixed and had to leave work early to pick it up before they closed.  It was 70 degrees and sunny yesterday and I couldn’t wait to get outside.  I got in my car and it smelled like someone had pumped gas directly into my backseat so I was really glad that I was able to drive with the windows down and the sunroof open.  My mom had Nate at her house so I stopped by to pick him up and my friend Wendy and her son Jackson were outside when I passed their house.  They live across the street from my parents so we had an impromptu play date for the boys while we caught up.

I wish I had the energy that 3 and 4-year olds have.  They ran around for almost an hour without even pausing.  I went for a walk/jog today for an hour and after sitting for a half hour eating my lunch noticed that my thighs were a little sore.  I have a 3 and a 4 in my age and it is really starting to slow me down.  The only time I am running (any faster than my slow jog) is if I am being chased…by someone with a gun…or knife…or taser…or napkin with chloroform (you get the picture). 

I’m hoping that my attitude on running will change as I get more into my walking with some jogging thrown in.  Today I was able to do a half hour of walking and a half hour of jogging.  Where I walk in Southampton there are a lot of signs and the properties are very large so the mailboxes are a good distance from each other.  I start jogging at a sign or mailbox and pick another one down the street as my goal and when I get there I push myself to get the next one and sometimes the one after that.  Twice my goal was to get to the end of the street and I was able to jog steadily for 4 minutes each time.  The rest of the time I tried to keep it to 2 or 3 minutes of walking and jogging on and off.  I’m beginning to think that I may be able to reach my goal of running a 5K this summer and maybe even drop another 15 pounds.  Fingers crossed!

At the end of my walk I came across this car...I think a dead body may be in the trunk