Good morning everyone! Let’s chat! Join Coco, Deborah, and Lynda for the Ultimate Coffee Date link up!

Pick your poison! 

What are you drinking today? I am writing in the time machine…but I believe I will be drinking bulletproof coffee…I am going to need the extra boost of energy today! I went for a morning run, going to JC to pick up our Bountiful Basket for the week, there is a Car Show in the park, and a nap time somewhere in between! Busy weekend (or at least Saturday) ahead!

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If we were having coffee…

I would talk about my recent adventure with pacing my first half marathon at the Lincoln National Guard Half Marathon! While I didn’t have the opportunity to utilize a pacer much in the past, I am sure glad that people decided to run with me! If I had used a pacer in my marathon, I probably would have felt a little better…maybe next year!

I will be pacing the Scout Strong Challenge in KC (3:00) next weekend and the Bill Snyder Highway Half in Manhattan (2:30) the following weekend! Exciting times!

If we were sipping on some joe…

I would ask you, “How’s the family?” We are doing well in our neck of the ‘burbs… Little man is doing alright with potty training – if I say it is going well, I will live to regret it. We get sent home a few pairs of clothes a week that are soiled (mostly with #1) and I take that as a success! For a while, he wasn’t going #2 at home or at the sitter…and while I am a frugal person, those undies went straight into the trash…

Funny story! Each kiddo at daycare has a “theme” of sorts when it comes to the bathroom business. If a kid is really into baseball, when they go #2, they “hit a home run”. Or if they love football, they get “a touchdown”…you catch my drift. Well…our little man LOVES cars, trucks, motorcycles, and the like. He REALLY LIKES a dump truck toy at daycare…so he goes to the bathroom to “dump his load” or “take a dump”…BAHAHAHA! I can’t hardly stand it…at least the verbiage won’t change too much as he gets older…

If we were chatting over drinks…

I would get sappy… My little boy is growing up too fast and Facebook tells me about it daily! While I would love for him to be able to go to the bathroom on his own and I wouldn’t have to still wipe his bum…I don’t want him to get too big too fast…

If we were chatting over coffee…

I would mention that I am going to pick up a few more relay stops on the United Relay of America in our area! While I only plan on running the Stage I originally signed up for (Stage #237), I will be biking from either Stage #233 (Abilene) or #234 (Chapman) to my stage. They have a shortage of runners through the less occupied areas of the US, and “middle of nowhere KS” is lacking runners support. At least I know that I did my part to keep the baton moving through our area!

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If we were still putting up with each other over coffee…

I would ask if you have ever heard of Bountiful Baskets? We have been getting the baskets fairly consistently (when I am in town) and I don’t do nearly as much shopping throughout the week or weekends. While the items in the basket are a mystery, I have been doing a good job of making the best of my Pinterest recipe skills and make something relatively edible 🙂

We were told at the last pick-up that the Manhattan location was going to be moved and they were unsure of 1) the new location, and 2) they would be moving to an every-other week schedule in the Manhattan area. Whomp, whomp…

Well, this week, little man and I are heading to Junction City this week to get a basket! While the extra drive isn’t the most fun, I will be glad to have some healthy things in the house!

If we were hanging out we would chat about…

As a runner, we expect the unexpected when out for a jaunt. When a car is coming at me and not pulling aside, if I have the room, I will step off the road… When I am biking, I stay to the right side of the lane and take up as little room as possible…

The other day, I was driving home from work and there was a man riding his bike in the middle of the turning lane (the road is 3 lanes wide – northbound, southbound, and a center turning lane). I saw him from some distance and he couldn’t have had a care in the world… As I get closer, he must have seen that I was watching him like a hawk and he stares me in the eyes and then ACTS LIKE HE IS GOING TO THROW HIMSELF IN FRONT OF MY CAR.  (kind of like when you ACT like you are going to come at somebody, when you lunge forward…)  WHAT?! I didn’t swerve away…but REALLY?! I have no idea what he was trying to prove…but situations like this make me second guess the rap that some people give to runners and bikers on the road…

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Well…that’s all she wrote – this week : )

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