sinful oatmeal

Another great night's sleep last night - I am so glad I have been sleeping so well the past few nights! It makes me so frustrated when I can't sleep well. Megan was talking yesterday about how she woke up ravenous one morning and had to make breakfast! As I told her, I think I sleep better when I eat a calorie heavy snack right before bed. My metabolism is working like crazy, and I am always hungry. So, the thought of not eating for :gasp: 10 hours is horrible for me!! I ended my night yesterday with another huge apple, raisins, and a pb spoon, so that made me sleep like a baby. :)

When I woke up this morning, the woodland creatures were waiting for me at my window and the birds were singing and happily made my bed. Okay, so apparently that animated film made me go into Disney Princess mode. That actually did not happen - but I forgot to mention last night there is a really cute new movie coming out called Tangled . I am a sucker for animated movies.

This morning I discovered something. Leftover muffins + oatmeal = purely sinful bowl. It was delicious!

1/3 cup oats, 1/2 naner, 1 tbsp flax, crumbled blueberry muffin, cinnamon, and a pb spoon

I wanted to wait to pour in my (almond) milk until you saw that beautiful bowl!

Needless to say, I froze a couple muffins so this could be repeated at a later date. I'm pretty pumped, so it might end up being tomorrow... that's a later date, right?

Today starts my second half marathon training! Yay! It's only a 3 mile loops today - piece of cake. I have not ran/worked out since Friday, so I'm sure it will feel good. My body really needed the break because I was not feeling up to anything Saturday and Sunday. So, unfortunately, I am not able to actually sign up for the race until AFTER the wedding, so hopefully the registration will still be open. If not, I will just have to find another race somewhere! My plan is to train as if I am already signed up though.

After my run, I have some errands to run, and I have to start planning our trip for this weekend. It's really hard for me to go on any kind of road trip/vacation without planning meals due to so many of my intolerances. Visit this page if you are unaware of my story.

Question: What are some good snacks you bring on road trips?

moving, wedding, half marathon training?

Before we get to the title, let me tell you about my day! I left the house around 7:30, eager to fight the Chicago rush hour (insert sarcasm here). The traffic actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be! I live about 40 minutes outside of the city, and it only took me an hour even with all the traffic. When I got to the city, my wonderful friend and I were reunited after a long time apart since school let out (we teach together)! She is one of my running buddies - we ran after school to "take a break" most days after school along with some other teachers. We did about 4 miles, which seemed to fly by because we were so busy catching up. It was HOT outside! I would say at about 9 AM, it felt about 90. We were both ready for the beach by the time we got back to her apartment!

I hardly ever go into the city - but when I do, I always think about how much fun it would be to live there (well, for about a week. I can't take the traffic, the noise, etc...).

Chicago's infamous North Avenue Beach!

buddies

I'm not going to lie, I got burnt! I usually get rid of burn in about 2 days, so I'm not too concerned, but I had sunscreen on and everything. The sun must hve just been super hot. That lucky girl gets to go to Europe for a month and will get back just in time for my wedding! I got back on the expressway just in time for more traffic. Lucky me. I took a way that took a little longer (the road I took is always busy), but it was more direct to my future home. I wanted to see the progress the boys made! I HAVE DOORS! Yipee!

After I showered, I was starving! We brought tons of fruits and veggies to the beach, but I needed something substantial. I cooked myself a great dinner!

Salad with grilled onions and peppers, leftover black bean burger, and broccoli

Okay, nowTake a look at the title. Do you think I'm crazy? I think I can do it. I had a crazy year teaching and managed to train for my first half marathon on May 16. I really want to do another one, but I would like to improve upon my time from the last one (2:00 exactly).


Coming up this summer is moving (whenever FH finishes the house), getting married (July 30), honeymoon, and getting settled into our new life. I really want to do the:

It is on September 12, and I am certain I will be able to manage it. With my first race under my belt, I know I can definitely make it happen! I am following Hal Higdon's training schedule. I am going to do the intermediate plan since my main goal is to improve upon my time. I completed my first half marathon with some great friends that I taught with last year. One of these ladies is planning on running it again with me! Yay!

I made a running schedule, and even with Emily's help, I still couldn't figure out how to make it work with google documents. Oh well, Just know - training starts next week!

Question: Are you good at handling a lot of things going on at once, or do you get stressed out? As for me, I can usually handle it. I tend to hide my stress, so even when I'm actually freaking out, others can't tell (unless you're FH - then you know.)