I checked the calendar, and it is indeed week six of learning to run.  I DID run today, but only a mile, because it was 101 degrees outside!!!  Ugh. I came in and did a cardio workout with Buff Chad and the office guys.

We somehow ended up with ALL four kiddos out of the house tonight, so it’s DATE NIGHT!!  Hubs and I went to our favorite hole-in-the-wall Italian joint and spend a leisurely hour over dinner.  (I was so good, eating only a salad and half an order of chicken marsala – NO pasta!)  It’s starting off as a grand weekend.

Okay.  I admit I’ve lost track!  We had a marvelous Memorial Day weekend, visiting friends and lazing around.  I didn’t get any running in; however, I did go kayaking.  Yes, we finally procured Teen Son#1’s very belated Christmas Present, a pair of kayaks, paddles and new adult sized life vests.  (We admit to being terrible parents, letting such things as a total ABSENCE of kayaks in stores in the middle of winter,  an early spring plagued with two rounds of the flu and then a late spring washed away in an abundance of rain get prevent us from obtaining our Darling Son’s Christmas present ON TIME.  Bad Mom and Dad!)

What a marvelous way to earn those WW activity points!!  Fresh air, open water, and fun kids to paddle with.

That said, I DID run today.  I did a complete mile without stopping.  Only because Buff Chad (our trainer here at work) was watching and I couldn’t cheat.  Now I’m totally amazed at myself.  I ran a WHOLE MILE without stopping .

The WOW??  I lost another 3.5 pounds last week, and bypassed my 5% goal.

You will never believe what I did instead!!  We played Wiffle Ball today at lunch.

I love love love where I work, even if it is with a bunch of “guys”. Being a bunch of guys, there is a LOT of competition, working out and athletic type stuff going on.  Today it was Wiffle Ball.  I managed to get on base every time at bat, and all the way to second on one play!  It was much fun, and I can’t wait to play again.