We had such a fabulous day yesterday, and I was planning on another great day today - we were supposed to go to the beach with a few people from the Moms club - but we woke up to grey, foggy skies.
A lot of times it's foggy in the morning, then clears up a few hours later, so I figured we'd still get our beach day in, but then I watched the news and saw that the forecast called for showers and thunderstorms all day, so I figured we'd be skipping the beach.
And now, several hours later, it's bright and sunny and hot. Perfect beach day. I don't know why I even bother watching the forecast anymore - they're so rarely right.
Actually, though, I think it's better that we didn't go to the beach, since yesterday was such a busy one for us, including no nap for Dante, so I think we're all better off for having a quiet day at home today.
Except that now I'm feeling really unmotivated to do anything, and feeling really tired and lazy and, well, blah.
I think part of the problem is that I've been going full steam ahead with running, biking and swimming since early June, and I'm getting a bit burned out. I did a ton of running in preparation for the Blessing, and have been doing lots of biking and swimming to get ready for my first tri. And I've honestly been enjoying it, but I think it's starting to catch up with me now, and I'm ready for a few less busy training weeks.
I'm at the point right now where I'm not even all that excited about Sunday's race. I know I'll get excited again, but right now I just feel like I want Sunday to get here so I can just do the race and have it over with. Awful, right?
Like I said, though, I know I'm just having an off day, and I'll probably be all excited and nervous and looking forward to it by tomorrow.
It doesn't help that I had a crappy bike ride yesterday morning, which was probably due to the fact that I stayed up too late Tuesday night and then got myself out of bed at 5:15, all resulting in a slow, very un-fun 21 miles.
I'm planning on going for a run with the running club tonight, and I am going to still do that, since it's not often that I'm able to go out with them, so I'd really like to take advantage of the opportunity. But tomorrow I think I'll just do a very short swim, and focus on things like looking at the directions so that I know where I'm going Sunday morning, and making a list of what to pack in my transition bag, and going through all my gear and making sure I have everything all together and ready.
In the meantime, I have to figure out what the boys and I are going to do this afternoon. Gabe's glasses are officially broken (less than a month after we got them. sigh.), so I think we'll go and get a new pair. And Dante has outgrown his shoes, so he needs some new sneakers and sandals, so we'll probably get that done, too.
We discovered that Dante needs new shoes after Monday night's Youth Track meet, at which he was a whining, miserable mess - we had to leave early, which we've never done! Turns out that part of the reason he was so whiny and cranky is that the poor kid was starving (he inhaled his dinner when we got home), and the other part of the problem is that his feet were squished into shoes that are at least a half size too small. No wonder he wasn't enjoying all that running......
Bottle that feeling and take it to the race on Sunday. It'll help :-)
Posted by: Wes | July 31, 2008 at 04:40 PM
OMG, where do you do youth track meets? I need to know! And how is this summer going so fast? I still look forward to getting together when we can find the time. Do you guys ever go to Burlingame? I've heard it is just lovely.
Posted by: Anna at Hank and Willie | August 03, 2008 at 06:27 AM