Loafing

That's one of the many terms Thesaurus.com gave me as a synonym for lazy. I bagged getting up early to run, swim, spin and run back from the gym.  I was actually sortof awake and ready but just blew it off and decided just to run at lunch time.  How far I've fallen in such a short time.  My sleeping-in training is improving greatly though and I should be able to conquer the sleep til noon before too long.

I guess people get fat because well they don't want to work out but still eat like they did when they used to work out.  I'm heading down that path.  At least I'm getting faster at my running.  My pace has been slowly coming back around to a nice smooth 7:15ish which doesn't feel too bad at all.  I tried to push the pace a little yesterday for about a mile trying to reel someone in on the trail and boy that was hard.  I have no speed at all.  I definitely miss the days when in the middle of a workout I could throw down a 5:30 if I needed to.  Who knows if I can keep my legs healthy maybe by spring I'll be able to get back to that?

Elena told me she wanted a Wii or DS for Xmas.  I told her that she could "want" all she wanted but it wasn't going to happen.  I asked her why and she said because she wanted to play Pokemon on the DS.  My daughter likes Pokemon.  That's been around forever and I thought by the time she was old enough it would've disappeared..no such luck.  I told her to be happy that she has a computer and not to get too greedy.  She agreed but said she still wanted one.

I'm trying my hardest to make sure she doesn't turn into one of those kids who always bragged about what they had or flaunted their cool stuff.  I definitely want to give her all the things I never got to have when I was a kid but I don't want her to brag about it.  She goes to school with a bunch of kids less fortunate and I still remember how it hurt to see someone bragging about the cool toy they got for Xmas.  I think is starting to understand as she is very compassionate for other people's feelings.  She always has been and its one of her great qualities that I never and still really don't have.