it's hot.

it's been a good and a tough week all in one. i was pumped that throughout the weekend, i managed to lose a couple pounds and maintain it. just a couple, but those couple took me from being a pound above overweight to a pound into normal. and that's amazing all by itself. also amazing that one of the days last weekend was spent at mom's house, which is always a good way to gain weight. mom's really good at enabling me and tricking me into eating crap. or maybe we just love to cook and bake stuff and then eat loads of it. whatever the case, i call her an enabler and tell her she's being the devil. we have a great relationship.

i even managed to get in a run on sunday. alex's grandfather had had surgery on thursday and was moved into a rehab facility over the weekend. we were going to watch the first part of the mavs game with him before we went to a friend's house to finish the game (whoo! national champions!). i figured that since the facility's on our side of town i'd just leave a little early and run there to get my run in. plus i was going to wait till the evening so it wouldn't be hot. i looked at the map, it was about 4.3ish miles. easy. no big deal. i took off.

i don't know if anyone has heard yet, but it's really hot in june in texas. even at 6. luckily there's a park about 2 miles into the run, so i was able to get some water. during my water break i missed alex driving by hoping to give me some water. it was really hot. like 103. and humid. and i was running into the sun and into the wind. the great part was that the wind was blowing on me. the bad part was that the wind was blowing on me.

i was miserable. i just wanted to get there. something about that route just seemed unending. i need to remember to run where i have more than two straight paths. i just need it to break up the distance a little more. i crossed the busiest of the streets and started heading up the hill. felt like i was dying. looked at my garmin and told myself i only had a mile left. i just had to run like 12 minutes more (yes, i'm slow, i don't care). 12 minutes. i can do that.

i couldn't. i ended up stopping at 4. it was hot. i was getting the chills. my body wanted to shut down. i had another up hill. i had no desire to run those last .3 miles. so i didn't. i walked it. and it was great. one of the best decisions i'd made. i spent the next hour or so mopping up my sweaty body with the paper towels at the rehab place and trying to not sit on anything for fear of a puddle left behind when i stood back up.

i was smart enough (because alex didn't want me to embarrass him) to bring a shirt along to change into. and what shirt did i bring? my new fave (brought to you by the "nobody puts baby in a corner" people). it's not a super original idea anymore but i love it. it has a map of the u.s. with just texas drawn out and labeled. above texas it just says "the other states." and yes, we really believe we're the only state that matters. anyway, i was pumped to wear my new gray shirt. that's right. i brought a gray t-shirt to cover my sweaty body in 105 degree weather. so stupid. that's why i never buy shirts that aren't black. cause i live in texas and have to deal with 105 degree sweaty weather. thankfully, my paper towel usage worked pretty well and i wasn't completely mortified when i walked into our friend's house for the rest of the mavs game (whoo! national champions!).

plus i got to get taco cabana as a treat for my hard work running. and yes, overall i've done a pretty good job sticking with my reward plan. last night was trivia, so that always ends up being a bit of a free-for-all. and we ran out of food at the house, so today unfortunately started with donuts for breakfast and jimmy john's for lunch. jimmy john's wont' be too bad and i'm hoping that the donuts won't kill me. i just have to make it up tonight with a good run. luckily it rained last night so we had a bit of a cool front. it's only like 85 so far today and shouldn't get past 95ish tonight. piece of cake.

in other news, my boss's last day was yesterday, so now i'm doing her job as well. luckily she didn't teach me a thing and i have to figure it all out and look pretty stupid. the good news is that i only have to deal with it for a couple more days and then i go on vacation. whoo! anniversary trip with the in-laws! oklahoma! i'm actually pretty excited for it. i need a break from this place. for now, i'll just wait for lunch.