the good, the bad, and the ugly

I had the privilege of babysitting my beautiful niece on Friday night and although I only got to spend 40 minutes with her before she wanted to go to bed for the night, it was very good for my soul.

I got to watch her eat some avocado and I got some quiet time to read after she went to sleep.  It was a great start to the weekend.

Then Saturday was my scheduled long run.  It was only supposed to be in the teens during the early morning so we waited until ten to go and I think that through my body off a bit.  I walked a lot of the 15.5 miles I did and my plan called for 17 miles.  It was hard not to be discouraged, but I have 11 weeks to go before the race and I know that is plenty of time to kill some long runs.

I spent a lot of time at home Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning.  We played games with the kids and colored some with Josh.

I loved watching Julianna help her brother navigate some computer games while I read some more. And I loved staying in PJs for a large part of the day.

Sunday night Jonathan and I went to dinner sans kids which is always glorious.  We tried to go to the new Mission Pizza Napoletana but it's not open on Sundays so we ended up at Mellow Mushroom.

Final thoughts for this Monday morning: I'm thinking about getting bangs. Would love to know your thoughts on bangs today. Trendy or just no?