Today was a good day overall and after work has been pretty awesome. Came home and grabbed handsome right away for a run:

Pretty sure he was excited to get out of the house! It was SUCH a nice run and sooooo pretty out:

Lovely, lovely.

We ran a mile and then did what I like to call “Peetie’s choice” which is where we hit the other side of the FDR (after running the bridge over) and I let Peetie wander around. Sometimes I feel annoyed, but mostly I know he’s thrilled for the chance to play in the grass. Sometimes these “Peetie’s choice” walks turn into a lot of this:

Basically he stands around smelling the air which always makes me hopeful that there’s either a panther in sight or that he’s such an amazing dog he can smell a serial killer in the distance. Mostly I think he’s just chillen, but I do love to believe that he’s extra special. :)

Came home and made some dinner, and enough for tomorrow… can I get a gold star?! Two?! :)

Egg whites, turkey sausage, mushroom scramble with a side of homemade sweet potato fries. Paired with a little cider = amazeballs. 

Really happy with today as a whole. Feeling like I can breathe. Proud of myself for logging everything, going to the meeting even when I knew it’d be bad news, and coming back today and finding success.

Great start to the week- thanks for the notes of understanding and support friends!

Me @ Home:

Me @ Work: 

My question is- why are things easier on a work day? In terms of eating and feeling good and being positive. Can I answer my own question? Probably. I think the routine helps and is something I don’t really have on the weekend, because I just want to chill out and relax.

Cool. Glad we had this chat.

Until the @nyrr #bkhalf. So, logically, I decided to start running this weekend. Awesome sauce. 4 miles on Saturday which felt pretty good like my lungs were going to burn out of my chest and at the end of mile 4 all I could think was, “oh, 9 or so more? no problem”. hilarious. Still without my garmin charger so you’ll have to settle for the phone app:

Let’s hope I get that charger before Saturday…. That’d be good.

It was a super cloudy day and I was 100% thrilled that I ran in the morning because around 4:30 there was the biggest thunder storm we’ve had in awhile. The rain was shooting past my window and the dog was going CRAZY (or crazier then he normally is). :) Today apparently it’s too warm for his liking so he’s camped out in front of the fan:

Pretty sure my dog thinks he’s a southern belle…. and probably would prefer me fanning him. haha.

Made some good food and tried to figure out how to get the most out of the points. Tried some homemade fries last night with some turkey bacon:

6 pts total which isn’t bad and the fries were really tasty. 

Kind of a weird stay at home weekend but i’m working on it. Glad that I got the run in. Went to my ww meeting today and it was ok. Lots of mental shiz to work through there, but I’m trying. At this moment that’s all I got.

6 days until half #7- mostly just working on keeping my head together. I’ll let you know how that goes. :)

Love this line from one of my favorite bands La Oreja de Van Gogh: