Nothing Going On

Sorry I've been really lacking in updates.  There isn't much going on to talk about though! 

This week I started my 10k training. It's basically the c25k program that extends to a 10k, and I decided to just start the whole program over.  So this week it was 60 second run, 90 second walk.  Pretty easy.  I wasn't supposed to run until today, but I did my third run yesterday because there is a big run going on here today, and my gym is kind of the center of it all, making it impossible to get to.  I am kinda sad I didn't sign up for the race.  I was nervous because I thought they only did a 15k, and I wasn't ready for that, and I thought it would be wayyyy too hot, and today it ended up being much cooler than it's been. There's another run happening in a month that I'm planning on doing.  And there's a 5k in October that I'm looking at doing, which is one that you can run with your dog! I'm gonna have to start bringing Remy out for runs with me so she can get used to running on her leash. 

Other than that, nothing exciting is happening.  I've been kinda hating my job lately.  I am waiting patiently not so patiently for an email from the company that I interviewed with.  Because of the change of management at the two different restaurants, I'm sure they're just busy trying to figure everything out.  But I wish I knew what was happening!  If they aren't considering me for the job anymore, then I wish I'd know so I can start looking for something else.  

So, my dreams of running the Princess Half Marathon may be coming to a halt.  The whole plan around the race was that we were going to rent a van, and drive down on Thursday night-Friday night, and then do the race on Sunday, and then spend the rest of the week playing at the parks/going to Universal/relaxing, and leave Orlando the following Saturday and get home on Sunday.  My parents, and my sister and her friend were coming too, so it would be like a big family vacation.  Well, my parents are running into some financial things that are costing them way too much (a new driveway, my sisters hospital bills from when she was in the hospital around Christmas), and they aren't sure if they're going to be able to afford the trip.  We're doing all we can to make sure that we make it very inexpensive (which is why we are driving, and we're renting a house instead of staying on property).

Cody and I have been talking about going down one year for the Food and Wine Festival in October, and so something that Cody suggested is that maybe, him and I go in October for a few days, and then we postpone our family vacation until Fall 2013.  I think we will be able to go in October, regardless of if we end up going in February, or if we postpone it to the fall.  I hope we don't have to postpone, just because I REALLY want to do the half marathon!!  Plus, we decided that after the Half Marathon, we would start trying to get pregnant.  If we wait until the fall to go to Florida, that will push our baby plans farther back, which will make me kind of sad! 

Either way, I'm excited about the possibility of going in October! I miss WDW!

Home!

We just got home from Chicago, and let me say, while I love being on vacation, I LOVE coming to my own house!  It feels so good to be home.  I am not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow.  I think that's the hardest thing about vacations.  They have to end, and you have to go back to the real world.  :(  I'm starting my day off right though, by going for another 3.1 mile run/walk!

My first 5k is in 10 days, and I haven't actually ran in over a week.  I did go on the treadmill for a little bit, but no running. I dont know why I've been slacking lately.  It's kinda bumming me out.  So I'm determined to make the next 10 days count, and try to cut my 5k time down to less than 47 minutes.  My first 5k that I did on my own was 49 minutes, and I'd like to try to make it in under 45 for the race.  The problem is, the race isn't timed, so I'm going to have to go by whatever my mapmyrun app says.

Speaking of, I am having the hardest time trying to find an armband for the race.  I would like an armband for my phone. Since I don't have an iphone, and my droid phone is pretty big, it's not easy.  They all are just a tad too small.  I found one on amazon I'm going to try, I'm just hoping that I can get it in time for the race, so that I can run with it a couples times before next Saturday!

I should get going, my husband is mowing the lawn (first time using his new riding lawn mower, and he was so excited to use it, that it was the first thing he did when we got home, was go outside, start it up, and start mowing the lawn) and I think we may try to fit in a movie when he's done.  We want to go see the Avengers movie, because his brother has talked it up so much that Cody thinks it's going to be his new favorite movie.  :)  I can't wait to post and let you all know how my run goes tomorrow!

EDIT: I forgot! I got a call on Monday afternoon from one of my old employers, where I got my start in restaurants. It's a chain restaurant (if I get the job, I'll tell ya'll who it is :) ), and it's the restaurant where my husband and I met.  Well, apparently my husband was talking with the District Manager and he mentioned that the restaurant I used to work at needed another manager.  Well, I got a call on Monday and they want to interview me!  A management position there would mean SO much to us, just because I'd get paid salary, so we'd have a much more steady income, and I'd get two weeks paid vacation, as well as free insurance for both Cody and I!  So everyone say a little prayer around 9am on Saturday that I do well! 

Also, another edit, Cody thinks he already broke the lawnmower.  We have a lot of hills, and he was going sideways on a hill, and the mower won't switch gears.  He's gonna have the guy across the street look at it tomorrow. Hopefully it's not broken!  But, when he was mowing the lawn, he said he heard something.  He called me in the back yard, and when he looked in the ground, this is what he saw:

 It's a turtle shell!  We weren't sure if the turtle was alive, or even in the shell, so Cody took a shovel to try to move it.

Sure enough, there was a turtle in there!

We have a lot of water behind our house, but it's pretty far down a hill, so this little guy would have had to travel a long ways to bury himself in our yard.  We put it back by the hill, and we're hoping he finds his way home!

Does anyone know anything about turtles?  And why it would bury itself in our grass?