Let's keep this party going

Climbing Walls - Strange Talk
Houdini (RAC Remix) - Foster The People
Young Blood - The Naked & Famous
Take Me Home - Germany Germany
Impressionable - Star Slinger
Rill Rill (Clique NewTrends Remix) - Sleigh Bells
Civilization - Justice
I Go Away (The Oos & Ahhs Dubstep Remix) - MNDR
ID (Levels) (Original Mix) - Avicii
Barbra Streisand (Fare Soldi Remix) - Duck Sauce
On A Train The Magician Remix - Yuksek

I knew this was always going to happen

I had a tough week last week - I was on call so I was getting paged late into the night for a couple nights. By Friday I was ready for a restful weekend with no thoughts of work. I did not do any overtime work over the weekend, as I had been for the past 4-5 weeks. I needed the break. We had a really good weekend, and I feel really good at work today, even though it's busy as usual.

I've been running again. I ran 19 miles last week plus one cross training day. I'm on week 2 of Hal Higdon's marathon training program. Luckily it's warm outside these days and it's pleasurable to go running outside. My new neighborhood is not as scenic as our old neighborhood, but I haven't explored every possible running route and it's cool to explore the neighborhood a bit. On Saturday my brothers and mom came over to watch the babies while K. and I took the opportunity to do our unpacking of the house once and for all. We didn't finish, but we made a lot of headway. Maybe by the end of the week we will be done with completely unpacking the house and setting everything up the way we want it. Maybe my mom will have to come over again and watch the babies for an afternoon while we do this.

I did two long runs over the weekend. Relatively long runs - I mean they're pretty short compared to what I was used to at the end of the marathon season last year when I was doing 20 miles runs. But I'm nowhere near the same shape these days - I lost a lot of endurance, strength and flexibility. I also weigh about 10-20 lbs heavier than I should. I basically did not train all winter due to the demands of having a new baby/new job/moving, and also because the Chicago winter is just brutal. I'd like to lose the 10-20lbs by L. and N's wedding. Maybe if I am dilligent with my training I'll be able to. One thing I'm also going to do this time is the military pushup and situps workout I found online, and also make sure I do my stretching every day. Also no cheating with my cross training and make sure to chart my heart rate and progress on the Garmin.

On Sunday I took N. with me to do my 7 mile long run on the lake. She loved it. I stopped a couple of times to let her walk by the water and pick dandelions. Watching my daughter play just makes me so happy, I can't describe it. After running we packed everyone up and went to to visit my grandmother, and meet up with M. and L. and give their son E. his birthday present. Nay loved J. I could tell he made her happy. I'm glad for that at least, seeing her always makes me sad - she's so old and frail these days. I don't know how long she'll be around. After visiting with the family we went to Ikea and bought some miscelleneous shelves and organizational things for the house. We also got Swedish meatballs.

On the way home we discussed ordering iPads, by the time we got home we logged onto the Apple store and ordered ourselves 2 new iPads:) I can't wait til they arrive. I know my life is going to change. As we hit the 'submit' button, the President came on the tv and told the country that Osama Bin Laden was dead. Today I got up early to read about Bin Laden and run 3 miles before work.