Thankful Thursdays, May 3!

It's been a very thankful week...let's get started with the grateful party.

First, let's get thankful about last night's crappy run (it was indeed, crappy, despite the post I wrote just before I left that I thought would inspire confidence). It may not have been great, by any means, but I'm thankful that:
I learned a nutritional lesson.
Do not eat DiGiorno pizza and then attempt to go run two miles. On second thought, let's expand that rule to all pizza.
I've decided I will repeat this tough week 5.
My goal when I started this Couch to 5k program was to not have to repeat any of the workouts, but, instead, to complete each one in order and progress quickly back to running miles.  I guess this week has been a lesson in how the best laid plans can go astray, but I know repeating this week will only make me a stronger and more confident runner.
I stopped running when I did last night.  
Otherwise, I may have hurled out there at the RiverWalk (which, by the way, stunk like B.O. for some reason). Seriously. I ran most of the first mile and walked most of the second.  It was maybe disappointing not to complete the scheduled workout, especially after writing about it last night before I went, but if I had tried to push through I might have puked. See the above nutritional lesson for more info about that.

Now we can move on. I'm also thankful:
For this gif, this guy and the laughs we share together.
Luis is one of my favorite people to laugh with and if this gif doesn't prove that, I'm not sure what does.  Enjoy.  Don't laugh too hard. Actually, maybe you should. Laughing is good for you.



That my best friend and her husb created a Jill Stuckey trivia game for my birthday and that all of my other friends competed fiercely for the prize, the title of Jill's 2nd BFF.
And I'm really glad Abby won.  It was only right.


That all my books came in at the library before I head out of town this weekend.
Enough said!*


That this past weekend we completed everything on my friend Amie's birthday bucket list.
Time capsule prepped, check.  Rock climbing, check.  Swimming, check. Camping out under the stars, check. Wine bottle torches made, check.  Chocolate chip pancakes, check.  Farmer's Market flowers, check. Tree climbing, check. Magical strawberry margaritas, check. Figuring out how to print pics directly from the iPhone, check.


That I went for the first bike ride in MONTHS this week and survived.
Sure, seven miles is no 17 that I have to do if I want to compete in the Tri Latta on June 9, but it's a start.


That I'm heading out of town this weekend for a beautiful wedding of a great friend and then on to see my parents next week to help out as Dad recovers from knee replacement surgery.

What are you thankful for this week?  Here's a hint: it's my birthday week AND this was my 399th post...


*Enough Said! was also the title of my senior year high school yearbook.  We were cool.  Hillcrest High School Class of 1998, represent!