Here we go...

The first thing I should have done before starting a blog was make sure I have a reliable internet connection at home. In any event, I will do my best to craft this blog to be something other than spelling errors and neuroses. Work has been very busy lately so I was looking forward to my Weekly Back Cove 5K on Wednesday nights...with a jogger...with a 40 lb. kid in it...plus his small collection of Matchbox and Hotwheels that he HAD to bring with him.

I love running. I love what it has done to my body and mind. I used to carry the 40 lbs. on my body in the form of...well...fat, but now I get to push it. It has a cute face and asks tons of questions during my runs. It's very difficult to get into a running groove when you are asked "is that a lobster trap? what's that smell? why is everyone passing us? when is this over?" He is, however, very good at handing me the water bottle when I need it. I wanted to quit during the race. A rarity for me but I thought of his face when I would attempt to explain why I stopped running. I gain strength from the Son. I want to show him to push on despite discomfort.

Someday I'll be free to run alone but for now I must enjoy my runs with a partner. We finished respectably at 32:40...a good 2 minutes faster than my first 5K that I ran solo 4 years ago. I've come a long way.

After our run we watched the "big boys" play soccer. I realized how much I love the diversity of Portland. So many different people from so many different places. Who ever thought Maine would be such a melting pot? It's a far cry from my hometown "sameness".

On to dinner - a lot of this blog will be about cooking because it is what I love. We belong to a CSA program and it is great. We get our shares on Fridays so right now we are using up the previous shares to make fridge space for our new veggies...last night I had a Homemade Eggplant Parm Sub (homemade sauce, roasted eggplant, cheese) and boiled beets with creamy nutritional yeast sauce. If you've never tried nutritional yeast, go for it! Mixed with flour, butter, mustard and salt, it makes an awesome "cheese sauce"...even 5 year olds deal with it!
After that I did some Yoga in my living room once my babe was in bed. It was relaxing and for someone who rarely stretches post exercise...just a bad habit I guess, it made me feel great.

Then (because if you know me you know I'm too cheap to buy TV and enjoy the "unplugged" feeling - mostly because I used to spend hours in front of it and place my child in front of it to get some alone time - bad habits!) I read my book "The Lost Girls". I have to return it to the library soon. It's a big one with about 550 pages, but I have about 100 left before some other reader can go on the adventure. I know what I'll be doing tonight!