So much for the Bike ride....

This is my bike. Gunnar Roadie

My plan for the day was to go do a 25 or 50 mile bike tour/ride at Warner Park. So last night I got everything out and ready, and I thought I would tinker with my pedals (Shimano) for a few minutes so I could clip in. I have had trouble with them and I always kind thought that maybe it was just me and I didn't know the "trick" to getting into the pedals. Every ride I have been on was a hassle due to the stupid things..(or stupid me ). But now they weren't working AT ALL! I would push my foot in, but it wouldn't "stick" no matter what I did or hard hard I pushed. It would just pop right back out. I didn't know if it was the cleat or the pedal, and I tried everything last night to figure it out with no luck. I never got to go to the bike shop because I crammed two weeks worth of dogs into my shop this week and I never got off work in time to do it. But, I promised Patrick I would be there, so I got up this morning and headed out.
When I got there I explained the situation to some clueless volunteer, and that didn't get me anywhere. I read on the web site there was going to be some bike people there to help with issues, and she had no idea what I was talking about. Then I found some nice couple who tinkered with it for a few minutes. The girl put my cleats on and tried to clip in, and she couldn't get it to stick either. She then put HER cleats on and tried my bike and couldn't get hers to stick. So it wasn't ME after all! It was my pedals.

I ended up leaving and driving to my bike store PISSED because I missed the ride. Matt at the bike store (Allanti) put me on the trainer and messed around with the pedals awhile and then decided to change the pedals out and he did this for FREE! Thank-you Matt! (By the way...don't miss Matt's Blog. It's one of the best I have come across if you're wanting to know ANYTHING about biking.) Here are my new pedals. (SpeedPlay)

After I got the new pedals on, I clipped in and out with ease. I took it straight to the park and had a joyous, hassle free 17 mile ride. Bliss!

This is my pollinated car (Mazda 3) which I just washed and it's already covered again, and these are the new wheels my husband got me for my birthday! I love my car.

Latest Work-outs.

I've been SLAMMED busy at work so I haven't posted much..but on Wednesday I ran 6.36 miles. Then yesterday I actually went to the pool because I told Chad I would in his comments section. Nothing like someone to be accountable to. I did try to talk myself out of it, but then I knew I would be posting work-outs today and I didn't want to say I never swam. The pool work-out was probably my best solo work-out yet. I swam 1000 yards! I did various drills during the swim and even timed myself on a 250. (Still not telling what my time was..haha).

Then this morning I set my alarm for 4:40 am and pushed snooze a couple of times. I was up by 5:05 and at Kelli's house by 5:18. We started running at 5:30 and did 6 miles. It feels really good to know that's over with for the day, and I think I will do better at work today since I ran. Jessika and I are going to try and start meeting Kelli at the gym in the mornings and just get it done. I will come up with ANY excuse not to go to the gym because I have so much to do in the afternoons with the kids, and by the time I am done with all of that, I just wanna crash. So I am going to make an effort to get in the bed at night around 10:00 so I can get up. It's nice to have that done already and I don't have to stress over it anymore during the day. I still might try to go to the gym today, but at least the running is done.

I signed up for my first Tri a couple of days ago and I am nervous and excited. It's an easy one so I think I am ready, but it's the unknown that's freaking me out.

I think I may be doing a 25 mile bike ride tomorrow morning. I'll keep you posted. I gotta get the kids off to school now so I'll check back later!

Yard Monsters...Tis the season!

Before (Click on photo)

After (Click on Photo)This poor dog had not been groomed since THANKSGIVING!! And she even brought in a cute photo of what she wanted him to look like. I call these dogs "Road Kill" make-overs because it looks like someone scraped the dog off the road and brought it to me. I also call them "Yard Monsters". This time of the year they all start showing up for the yearly groom and the owner usually brings a photo of a show dog and makes demands on me as if I had a magic wand or something. She told me she couldn't comb or brush him because he bites. Well great. No problem...I'll just bust out my wand and he'll be good as new! BWAHAHAHAHA! Needless to say, they all get shaved down. And because I was dodging teeth through-out the entire groom, it still looks like crap, but anything is an improvement!

And Zeke just wanted to say Hello and beg for help before I gave him his bath. He gets a bath once a week and he's always pissed about it. Click on his photo to see the terror in his eyes! Goats hate getting wet. He's better than a lot of the dogs I do though. Sweet Zeke! I love you!!

Tonight I have Speed Sessions and we are suppose to do another 5k time trial and I am DREADING it! This is the last winter session. I'll update you later on how I do!

UpDate: I skipped Speed Sessions and ran to the gym to meet Jessika and lift weights instead. As much as I was dreading the speed work-out, it wouldn't have been any good anyway. We lifted the heck outta some weights, though!

Florida Pics (Click to enlarge)

Me and Doug . I had been up 36 HOURS at this point!

The BeachThe Condo..We're on the 18th floor.

A photo Bailey took of a shovel

Bailey and Connor (They were fighting just 5 seconds before this was taken..then went right back to fighting after I snapped it)

This is Bill the Beach Dude. "Hi Bill!" I met him back in 2001 when he was just a 19 year old baby. (He's 26 now) I cut my thumb and he bandaged it for me. Awwww. We've been buds ever since. I go to the condo 3 times a year and I can always count on seeing Bill. So girls..if your ever in Destin and stay at Hidden Dunes, ask for Bill. He's a cutie and he's single.

We had fun on the trip, but for me it was one thing after another breaking down. That Half marathon was hard on me I guess. I tend to grind my teeth when I run so the area where I have had a root canal TWICE hurt so much I couldn't eat and my whole head throbbed in pain for most of the week. I took a TON of advil and soma. Then after that cleared up I got hit with the worst case of vertigo I have ever experienced in my life. I've always had issues with it since I got hit by a car back in 1995. I got thrown 40 feet and landed in a ditch on my head. I had neck injuries and other various things, but the vertigo started shortly after that. The last time it hit me hard was 3 years ago and they gave me a bunch of steroid shots in my jaw and neck and it went away. (not totally, but I could walk in a straight line and not be sick).

I woke up Friday morning and got out of bed, the room was spinning like a Merry-Go-Round, and I hit a wall and hit the floor. I don't know why it decided to come back, but DANG! I literally could not lift my head and inch off the pillow without throwing up. And even when I was laying bedsore still, I had the bed spins workin'. Imagine spinning in circles 50 times then trying to walk. It was like that. Then to add to all the fun.... I got a migrane. I loaded up on Somas and Advil again, and slept ALL DAY! I took more every four hours, and slept. It was the fastest day of my life, and a completely wasted day at the beach.

Saturday morning I refused to give in to it and Doug wanted to play golf so I bit the bullet and went down to the beach. It wasn't as bad as Friday, but it was still pretty bad. I figured I could be dizzy on the beach as well as I could be in the condo, and the kids were going crazy. We got down there at 9:00 am and didn't get back up till almost 1:00. I wore Spf 50 and still got burned! Oh well. The sand made it extra hard to walk and when I would look out at the horizon, I had to keep my head totally straight because if I moved my eyes around, the horizon would go vertical and I would get all wobbly. (I am sure people just thought I was drunk. The only beer I had last week was on Tuesday for my birthday. I'm 34!!)


I managed to get a few runs in, and I took my Trek this time and rode the heck out of it. It was really cool to bike at the beach and see the sights I normally wouldn't bother with in a car. My Trek is a beast of a bike,...Big...heavy... but I can ride the thing all day in perfect harmony. I didn't take my Gunnar (road bike) because I didn't want to clip in and out of those pedals with all the traffic and college kids and endless stopping. The Trek was much better suited for the beach.





We got back yesterday afternoon, and while I was gone I had my shop repainted, so everything was in my kitchen and my house smelled like a dog. It was a disaster Zone! I nearly had a stoke when I walked into my house. And to top it off I had not gone to bed the night before due to insomnia. I think that was from all the Soma I had been on all week and then I didn't take any Saturday night, so by the time I went to bed last night, I had been up 39 hours! I just said "screw it...I'll deal with it in the morning." And this morning at 7:00 we put all that junk BACK into my beautiful new groom shop to get it out of the kitchen. Tomorrow we are going to de-clutter the shop. I had no idea that much crap was even in there. Where did it come from??

I STILL went to my last Swim class though. I swam about 800 yards total, and was timed on 250 of them. (I'm not EVEN gonna say what the time was. So very sad. Ha!) Then the swim class went to eat Mexican. I posted a pic of me and Doug at he Mexican place at the top. I thought I would be dead, but I actually had more energy last night after swimming than I did earlier in the day.

I am glad Spring Broke is over. ( I have no money left in my "Fun Fund"...it was worth it though. I had fun in spite of my ailments. ) I'm going back again in July or August so I better start saving my pennies now!

Happy Excuse To Drink Beer Day!!!

Mile 11 at the Tom King Half

I did a new P.R.! 2:03:11..Woo hoo! I was shooting for a 2:10 because I never do all that great on this one. Jessika ran it with me, and I even ran with Michele some! It was awesome to finally meet her..and I felt like I had known her forever. VERY nice person! Jessika and I drank beer as we ran because a bunch of the water stops served it (Being St.Patrick's Day and all) That was fun. Click on Race Reports and I'll give you a full scoop and more photos of the race.

After the race I went to the hospital to visit my mom and she was being discharged. She was doing MUCH better so now I can leave for Florida tonight and not worry as much.

We are leaving around midnight and will be back next Saturday. I am going to try and get some good runs in while I'm there, but my legs are already getting tight from today's race, so we'll see how it goes.

Later!!!!

Change of Plans...

As it turns out..I WILL be doing the Tom king Half tomorrow because we decided not to leave until tomorrow night or Sunday. My mom was put into the hospital last night for chest pains. So far it's turned out to be nothing serious, but they are keeping her in to make sure and I am sticking around just in case. I figured if I'm here anyway and I've already signed up, I might as well do it. I'll update my race report tomorrow after the race.

My Treadmill

I skipped Speed Sessions Tuesday night because I didn't get off work till late, and by the time I took a shower and got dressed to go, it was too late due to traffic. I sat down and became part of the couch for about an hour and watched Discovery channel, and then some commercial came on about running. All of a sudden I felt the need to run. I mean, I was already dressed for it, and it was a running day....so off I went. I ran on my "treadmill" which is a 6 mile loop here in Brentwood. Start at my house then go to Franklin Road, then turn on Maryland Way then Granny white, then Murray Lane, then back onto Franklin Road. I have ran this route so many times I do it in my sleep. Also in this photo is my neighborhood 5k route. (The 10k surrounds the 5k) Anytime I am dreaming about running..it's usually in this area.

Yesterday Christy came and after work (around 11:30) we went to Percy Warner Park. This time I had her do the Red Trail. I'm evil. It's a 4.5 mile mixture of beauty and hell. We have been doing the White Trail, but I was thinking we needed more of a challenge so we went for it. Not a good time for Christy. I think she hates me now and I have a feeling she won't train with me again. (I'm sorry Christy...we'll wait a while before we do that one again.) I do the Red Trail every week in the spring and summer, but I forget how difficult it can be because I am used to it.

Hopefully today I'll make it to the pool. I went and bought new shampoo to get the green tint out of my hair yesterday, and I plan to use it after I swim this afternoon. I will be missing Sunday's workout because I am leaving tomorrow night for Florida and I won't be back till next Saturday. I'm going to miss you guys! (I guess I'll have to read an actual book in my spare time.) See ya!

Update: Not going to make it to the pool....again! But, I did use the shampoo and my hair is no longer green and it feels like silk. The shampoo completely stripped it and the conditioner re-moisturized it. It's a little flat..but the "straw" look and feel is gone. Woo-Hoo! It's called Malibu 2000 if you wanna try it. I got it at Beauty Express.

My ADHD life!

Today was one of those days where I was constantly reminded of things I told people I would help them do, or go to, etc. I had dogs show up all day I had forgotten to write in my book...then Valerie called to remind me about the cook-out. "What cook-out?? I said..."oh, you know...the cook-out at the farm where you are supposed to show everyone how to paint the memorial rocks. I told you last week about it." Valerie said. "What??? uh...ok. I guess I'll be there. What time?" I say..

Then a few hours later Connor gets off the bus without Bailey. (I was literally about to leave for the cook-out. The kids were coming with me ) Connor then tells me Bailey had Cinderella auditions and I would have to pick him up at school when he calls. What?? First of all Bailey has NEVER liked being on stage. Secondly, I never knew about these auditions. I have mentioned in a previous posts that I am ALWAYS the last to know, and I'm starting to think I DO hear about things, but they just go right through my head and don't stick . Apparently, I need some meds for ADHD. I ended up getting my mother-in-law to pick up Bailey. Connor is just as bad about it. Above is a potato leprechaun he told me about on the way to the cook-out. It was due tomorrow. We got home at 8:15 and made it, but I had to scramble and find a potato first. We didn't have any. STRESS!!!

Update on Sunday's Swim lessons:....Hard. And I almost missed them. We set the clocks in our room forward, but didn't in the rest of the house...so all day we were an hour behind. We (Me, Doug, Bailey, and Connor) started the day at waffle house, and couldn't figure out what all the church people were doing there so early, then we went to Target and it was packed. Then we came home and got Willow and Zeke and spent all day at the park. We were still an hour behind because we had not set the car clocks forward either. So then we went to Chili Burrito and got some take-out, and I got home and had just sat down to take a bite of my fish taco when the phone rang. It was Val asking me if i was at the rec center yet. It looked up at the microwave clock and it was only 3:20. Why would I be there? Class isn't till 4:30. Then it hit me. OMG....IT'S 4:20!!!!! I immediately hung up on Val without any explanation and made a mad dash around the house trying to get ready, then flew to the rec center. Somehow I actually got there in time.

ATTACK of Spring

well...Spring is in the air..literally. This morning I ran 9.26 miles with Jessika, and I pretty much sneezed and snotted the entire time. It was frickin' misery at it's finest. I wanted to do 12 or 13, but we were doing a 3 mile loop through downtown Nashville, and I kept running past my car. We had 1 loop to go, I saw my car again, and that was it for me. I couldn't breathe, and I was blind from the teary eyes. ....So I called it quits. Then I went to Wal-mart and cleared the shelves in the pharmacy of the allergy products. Eyedrops, cough drops, throat spray, sudaphed, benedryl, etc. I took a Benedryl, went to my nephews' birthday party, and sat through that in a fog. When I got home I slept 4 hours! This was around 2:45. Luckily Doug came home from his golf tournament around 3:30 so the house had not burned down or anything, and he said the Boys were in the sun room playing a video game. Whew!

Here is a photo of Leelan . He is my brother's boy, and it was his birthday and he turned 2. There is also a picture of Bailey and Connor with Leelan at the top. Leelan is so stinkin' cute.

Christy

This is my friend Christy. I met her when I was filling in at a kennel called "The Farm". She works there as their bather but she decided she wanted to learn to groom so I am teaching her. She comes to my place twice a week and brings a dog to do or does one of mine if I have enough booked. Her husband woke up up one morning about 6 weeks ago and decided he was tired of being married. (When they got married she was 19 and he was 18 and they were still in high school!! They are 23 and 24 now, and they have a 2 year old son.) So, instead of getting crazy- upset and going nuts, she is going to have a sweeter revenge. She asked me to train her. The first thing I did was put her on the "Body for Life" program AND the "Couch to 5k" program, and she has signed up to run her first 5k on May 5th which will be the Cinco de Mayo 5k. She has also signed up to volunteer at a water booth for the Country Music Marathon which is held the weekend before the 5k. I told her this would be a great opportunity to see all the different types of people who actually run, and it would just be fun and a chance to get out of the house and do something totally different. I hope it will be inspiring. She hasn't needed too much inspiration though, because she has been on the ball and in 6 weeks she has already lost 25l bs on the scale. (Who knows how much body fat is gone.) She gets a little discouraged about the scale not moving faster, but she is lifting weights so it won't move as fast as she thinks it should. However.... I think 25 lbs is a lot of weight to lose in that short amount of time, and she eats 6 times a day so I know it's not due to starvation.

Last night we went out shopping to try on girl clothes, (she always dresses like a guy) and we did make-up (she has NEVER worn make-up before...she looked totally different and she really liked it.). Then we went to Jonathan's (a bar) and had a couple of drinks. While we were there we met these men who where in town and one of them was the producer for "Trading Spaces". It was cool to hear all the ins and outs of that show. And Christy got hit on by a few guys and that got her ego pumped.... someone even bought her a drink. (No one bought me one.) We got home around 12:00 and snapped the photo above with photo booth to forever be preserved on my blog.

The Latest....

So Tuesday night I did the speed sessions, which I mentioned in the previous post. Then on Wednesday, I went to the gym and swam the same work-out we did Sunday night at swimming lessons....only mysteriously those lasted over an hour and Wednesday's work-out only lasted 30 minutes. Hmmmmm. Maybe it was because I did the whole thing start to finish without listening to instruction between laps, or maybe I just skipped a bunch of stuff. I don't know. I haven't lifted weights all week like a lazy bum, and there is NO excuse because I have weights here at the house. I just couldn't get motivated to do it. Oh well. Then today, Jessika and I met at Percy Warner to do the 5.8 loop. I cheated the entire time by cutting through the woods here and there to get back in front of her because SHE WAS KILLING ME ! She has become so strong and I would get so far behind I would just cut through and meet her and she'd be like "What the hell?" ....but so what? I wasn't trying to prove anything today other than I'm a wimp. We did it in 55:00 minutes. I cut through a trail at the very end which knocks off almost a half mile, and she STILL met me at the end at the same time. Weird. Maybe SHE cheated, too??

I am bummed because two of the runs I have planned for the next couple of weeks are not going to happen for me. The St. Patricks Day 5k in Manchester is this Saturday, but everyone is bailing out because of family coming into town or whatever. Then the dreaded Tom King Half is next Saturday but I am going to have to back out because we are leaving Friday night for Destin, Florida. Doug likes to drug us all and drive all night and get there early Saturday morning so He can go play golf all day. So basically, he'll be up for 2 days straight. Who does that? This is the reason he drug's me. I am a FREAK when he drives. He scares me to death so he knows if I'm asleep I can't bitch. When we get there, me and the kids will hang on the beach all day while Doug golfs, then he'll fall into bed around 6 pm and I won't see him again till Sunday night because he'll get up before we do and play golf AGAIN. We go to the beach 2 or 3 times a year and this is ALWAYS the routine. He golfs, I babysit. One year we went without the kids (They were in school already. It was right before Hurricane Ivan..we had to leave a day early) and that was fun because I stayed drunk on the beach all day with the locals having pre-hurricane parties while he played golf. Can't do that with the kids, though. This year I hope to take the bikes so me and the kids can all ride around some during the day. That would be fun. And another good thing is they are old enough to play basketball with the other kids now, and I don't have to stand there in one place watching. I can just say "Go play Basketball". What I would really love is to be friends with a group of girls that like to take "GirlTrips". I mean we all PLAN to do stuff all of the time, but it never happens. I want it to actually happen for a change. A GirlTrip is just what I need. I don't even really know what we would do when we got there,(Maybe run a 5k? Gotta have an excuse to go..right?) but I still think it would be fun.

Speed Sessions Week..Uh...I can't remember.

I think week 7, but I could be wrong. I do know it was super extra hard this week, though. I haven' t been for 2 weeks because of rain, and a school program my son was in, so tonight I went and it kicked my butt in a hurry. Coach Mark based my work-out on my 22:59 minute 5k I did two weeks ago. (I knew I would regret that time) We did a tempo run, and we all had to run a total of 40 minutes with no rest breaks. My personal work-out was 2:00 minute laps. I ended up doing 5.1 miles in all over 39:23 minutes. (I stopped there because I was back at my starting point on the track. ) But, I had to stop and take a 2:00 minute rest break after the Garmin beeped the 5k point. It just messed with me when I heard it so I started walking. My 5k time tonight was around 23:40, which is fine with me considering I knew I still had another 16 or so minutes left to run. And considering that my 5k goal FOR THE YEAR was only 24:30, I am kicking butt. However, I have yet to post a time like that on the road, and I will get my chance this weekend at the Irish Day 5k. If I post a 24:30 there...I will be THRILLED!

On my way home I was CRAVING a beer, and even though I said just a post ago that I am cutting back, I stopped at the gas station to get a Mich Ultra. They were out. BOOOOOO. I guess that's good because I would have totally drank it and LOVED every drop. Something about beer after a run is hard to resist. I have found that I really like Mich Ultra. I usually go for a calorie packed brew and end up feeling kinda sick, but Mich Ultra doesn't do that. It taste really good, I stated drinking it only recently because a good friend of mine in Tullahoma drinks it. Good stuff. I have eaten healthy all day today and yesterday so I haven't caved much on that. (Pat on the back). My "digestities"(as my youngest son calls them) are ticked off at the moment, but my healthy food friends assure me this is a "passing phase". ha..haha...hahaha.. (Sorry)

EWWWWWWW

You have GOT to check this out. OMG it's so disgusting.

http://runtrails.blogspot.com/2007/03/making-your-own-toenail-necklace.html

Make sure you click on the photo to enlarge it. YES!....

Swimming Lessons Week 2

Another tough work-out. We got right to it tonight, and swam continuously for the whole 1.5 hours. Well, I mean we'd take breaks for instructions between laps, but it was pretty much non-stop tonight. We did something fun called Touch and Pull where you have a kick board and alternate the hand holding it and the arm pulling you through the water. Then we did it with-out the kick board. I started out with the fins on but for some reason those things KILL my feet so I always take them off. It makes the work-out a bizillion times harder, though. I need to figure something out with the fins. The other thing I can't stand is water going into my ears as I turn my head up for a breath. I am going to look for ear plugs. It freaks me out so much I stop swimming in the middle of a lap. My ears have always been touchy so if I am going to continue with this, I'll have to do plugs. (I hate those too, though...but I hate the water even more) The next thing I will have to deal with is my fear of an open water swim. It's too cold to practice in the lake, but I will definitely have to work on it. Swimming has always been the reason I have never attempted to do a Tri. I'm just no good and I have a general fear of drowning. It doesn't stop me from swimming, but it's there. I can imagine it will be worse in a lake. There's fish and the water is brown. Pollution. Gross. Just seems like an infection waiting to happen...or maybe I'm just a big baby...but whatever.

After the work-out I came home and PIGGED OUT on Mexican food. I have got to improve my diet. I went to the store tonight and bought a ton of healthy stuff so I won't have an excuse when I'm starving to just eat whatever. I bought some good fruits and veges..mangos, strawberries, squash, oranges, apples, bananas, spinach...and I got some Kashi, and some snack bars, and some Met Rex so I can make some smoothies. I am going to cut back on my beer consumption..(Lord help me!), and I am going to try my hardest to stay away from the remaining Girl Scout Cookies we have left. I couldn't button my jeans earlier today so I know the cookies are part of the problem. Wish me luck!

Zeke..Pick-up artist extraordinaire

I was having another "One of those days" I have been famous for the past couple of weeks, so I decided to go for a hike and take Zeke. We did the 2.5 mile white trail and although it was really muddy, it was a great day. The Boys had no interest in going for whatever reason so I left them at home, and when we arrived the place was PACKED. There were these two guys unloading their mountain bikes and they liked Zeke. We chit chatted a little and off I went to the trail. During my hike every time we came up on some people I would get stopped. (Everyone loves a goat)

The wind got a little crazy during my hike and every so often sticks would fall from the trees, which would spook Zeke and he'd start bucking and kicking along the trail. Too cute. But then towards the end of the hike, this HUGE wind blew through and we really freaked out. Trees started falling over, and large limbs came crashing down. Zeke took off running down the trail...zig zagging and dodging the limbs, and I just crouched down like they teach you at school in the hallways during a tornado..scared outta my mind. I was thinking :If a tree fell in the woods, and no one was around..would anyone hear my screams for help as I lay trapped? Almost as soon as the wind started, it was over. I ran for the rest of the distance because I didn't want to get caught out in that again.

By the time we got out, the guys were back at the truck putting the bikes up. One of them came up and discussed my reasons for goat ownership, the wind, etc for a few minutes, and I was avoiding eye contact because he was cute and I looked like a homeless person.. no make-up, old dirty clothes, probably smelled. As I was putting Zeke in the car he asked me out. I couldn't believe it, and I started laughing. Then he started laughing...it was awkward. I explained that I was married so I'd have to pass. He said he'd never met anyone with a goat before and he thought I was cool so he took a chance. Awwww. Who knew a goat could attract so much attention? I came home and told Doug about it, and he agreed that he couldn't have gotten a good look at me. It HAD to be Zeke. Ha. Thanks, baby. Love Ya. :) I think I'll mention Zeke's abilities to my sister, Amy. She's single and looking, and not having any luck. Maybe a goat is just what she needs.

Bored

I never went swimming this week, although I had EVERY intention to. I wanted to go yesterday, but they had the pool closed due to the storms...even though it's in indoor pool. Whatever. Then I decided I would go today, but I ended up doing a total of 14 dogs ON MY OWN so I didn't get off work till 5:30. By the time I got off, Doug wanted to go out to eat, so I told him to go ahead with the Boys and I went for a run. I only ran 3.5 miles, but it was fast and it's just what I needed to get out the days frustrations. Doug met me at his mom's because that's where I ran to, and the Boys wanted to spend the night at her house, and Doug is playing poker there tonight with his college buds,(Like he does EVERY Friday night) so I drove his car home. When I walked in the door of the groom shop (In my house) there was water all over the floor, and I can't figure out where it's coming from. I took all the dirty towels from today and dried it up, then lifted weights, and then I took a shower. I decided to start a load of laundry so I went to get the towels and water was all over the floor again! It looks like it's coming from the tub, but I can't figure out why because there's no water running. So where the heck is it coming from??? My pet Pygmy goat..Zeke, sleeps in a crate in the Groom shop at night. Goats hate getting wet so when I was putting him up for the night he stopped dead in his tracks and looked at the floor, made his little goat sound and looked up at me with like "I don't think so" or something for trying to make him walk through it. It was so funny. I had to pick him up and carry him to his crate because there was no way he was getting his hooves wet on purpose. I called Doug and of course he doesn't believe me when I tell him there's a flood, so I guess when he gets home tonight, HE can walk into the mess and HE can clean it up this time, and possibly figure out where it's coming from. All this at 3:00 am! HA! I wish I had taken a picture to post on the blog. I have dried it up again, though. I'll check it once more before I go to bed and if it's back, I'll take one.

So tonight I am here alone, and I don't really know what to do. I have TiVo'd some movies I guess I could watch. That might be fun. I was in Tullahoma last Friday. That was fun. But tonight....I'm so bored. (Sigh)