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We went for a run on Saturday afternoon along the usual route and about a 3/4 of a mile into it I wanted to walk. I tried to put the urge out of my mind and just keep going - it's only 30 minutes of my life. There was a serious battle going on in my head the entire time. "I...
...you get off your bike during a training ride to see if the brakes are rubbing (and that's why it's so hard and you're going so slow) AND THEY'RE NOT.
Ugh.
Backstory:
- Sunday: My back goes out and I can't turn my head.
- Monday: Deadline I can't miss, so no going to the...
I had my "pace car" with me on my run yesterday...my nine-year-old daughter. She bikes while I try and keep up with her. Most of the run is me timing a gasp to yell "Bella!" for her to slow down because I can't keep up. Good times...
I was kind of crabby yesterday, and couldn't...
My new bullwhip was delivered yesterday and I was giving it some inaugural cracks in the backyard. (Yes, I just glazed over the fact that I have a bullwhip. More on this in another post, but I can promise you it's not what you think.) The neighbor came over and asked if it would...
It had been building all weekend - that sick feeling of guilt in my stomach about having to be gone on a business trip during a Bella week. My daughter alternates between spending a week with her dad, and then a week with us (in addition to seeing the other parent a couple of times during...