onepinkfuzzy: Olga and Zane Grey This Weekend!~

I'm writing this from the comfort of my own house, yay! I'm half-packed for this upcoming weekend (the important stuff like food and books), sitting here in my yoga clothes waiting to eat a small bowl of cereal at the right time before my class (one hour), after which I get to have chocolate crepes at my fav restaurant with C to celebrate. I'm running tomorrow morning, then it's up to Phoenix to pick up Olga and then travel up to Payson, where I get to be "Crew Pinky" to one of my favorite ultrarunners. I'm bringing my 'puter, books, magazines, food, camp chair, comfy clothes (maybe running clothes? think I might be able to fit a run in there somewhere...Fri night? Sun morn?), new iPod shuffle and, most important, my camera. I consider ZG to be my birthday trip each year - maybe one of these years I"ll run it. Maybe.

I'm working on getting caught up on my bloglines. I'll get there, I promise! (455 posts, ai yi yi)

I had my yearly review on Monday and it was even better than I could have dreamed. (Hence the chocolate crepes tonight.) I handled one incredibly stressful crisis and a number of fires this week and I am definitely ready for this weekend.

I ran on Tuesday morning - it was such a beautiful run. I started cranky (I'm beginning to notice a pattern here), and only focusing on the negative in my life. John and I discussed the whole negative-focus thing and he was encouraging me to be in the moment. We ran fast, took a couple walk breaks, he shared his water with me (I forgot my handheld, gasp!). It was a good run – the sunrise was gorgeous, and by the time I had about a mile or so to go, I started feeling really awesome – strong and beautiful and graceful and strong. (Yes, strong twice.) It was fantastic. I finished with a surge of speed *up* a hill. Glorious.

My baby's leaving for a school trip to California on Sunday before I get back from ZG, which means I won't get to see him for an entire week! This is the longest I've been without him, and I'm sure I'm going to be miserable by, oh, say, Monday!