A few notes from the weekend!
Friday Highlight | Having such a great long run (9 miles)!
My legs took a while to wake up but I totally expected that after a fast lunch run on Thursday. I was pleasantly surprised at how well I did in the heat – when I woke up and saw the windows covered in condensation I thought “oh f*ck” but I felt consistent and strong! Woo hoo!
Other Friday Happenings | a successful 9 mile long run in the heat • finding out we get 3 hours early release Monday at work! • picking up some cakes from Pie, Pie My Darling then stopping at Handlebar to get a salad and slice of cake (since the cakes I picked up are for later!) • making a long format Fake Meats video after work (and Steven liking it! check it out here) • dinner and Arrival and cake
Saturday Highlight | Feeling completely in tune with my bike on the ride – it was one of those great rides where my bike just felt like an extension of my body.
Other Saturday Happenings | a 50 m bike ride • running errands (farm stand, Aldi, Walmart) • lunch with Steven • receiving a lovely card with a bookmark and painted rock from Anita in the Netherlands • building more supports for the cucumbers, tomatoes, and green beans in the garden • Tywin visiting us while we gardened • picking some cilantro from the garden • El Famous and watching Kicking & Screaming
Sunday Highlight | My first video call with Anita! We’ve been friends on Instagram for a couple years now but hadn’t made the jump to a video call yet. She suggested it and I’m so glad we made it work – she’s absolutely lovely, and conversation is so much more fulfilling live.
Other Sunday Happenings | finalizing the July Fake Meats blog post, backing up photos and photoshop files, and adding subtitles and publishing Friday’s video to YouTube • lunch and Formula 1: Drive to Survive (we just started watching it this week) • a video call with Anita • a run with Steven • getting a chai to share • delicious falafel for dinner (I was craving it this week and it hit the spot!) • painting while listening to Kicking & Screaming • checking in on the garden
Sunday Lowlights | feeling unwell and waking up too early and reading (then later getting back to sleep until almost 9:00) – I was starting to feel UTI symptoms but got better • being so frustrated I had to wait in the drivethru to pick up our pre-ordered Starbucks (I always order ahead then walk in so I don’t have to sit in a long drivethru line, but when I got there there was a handwritten note saying the lobby was closed and to use the drivethru, so we got in it and sat for 15 mins. I felt annoyed with myself for feeling annoyed about it (it’s only 15 minutes!) but later remembered what my therapist said about situations like this, so that helped)
Yay for a great 9-mile run! How hot was it? We’re having a heat wave and I am trying to push my outdoor runs around because of the heat.
Sounds like a great weekend and how lovely you could take an IG friendship to (at least) video-call friendship 🙂 That’s always a highlight!
It was 70 with a dew point of 68 when I started, and in the mid/high 70s when I finished? I hope you can avoid the heat on your runs!
It so was! I will never NOT be amazed I’ve met so many cool people online! I know you totally get that 🙂
A rainbow cake! I love it. 🙂
Way to go on the 9-mile run!
I totally get being annoyed by that Starbucks line! You were hoping for efficiency and got the opposite. <3 But I'm glad you could remember your therapist's advice and heed it! Look at that progress!
I didn’t know which cake they were going to give me and was really excited when I finally opened it!
Thank you!
And thanks for validating that! I was proud of myself for working through it a bit!
I would have been super-frustrated too, Kim. I’m curious about what your therapist said that had you reframing? Because I could maybe use some of that advice. 🙂
And awesome job – as always – on the runs-and-rides. Hope RAGBRAI is awesome this year!
She was telling me about how to be more accepting of the way I react to things like that – to not get so mad at myself for being so frustrated. She said it’s likely my body trying to protect and reclaim my time (since we are working on burnout). So remembering that and reframing it as protection rather than me just being super impatient helped me 🙂
Thank you! I am excited! It’s just over a week away!