Speaking of getting pictures off of cameras… here is one from my birthday dinner that I just stumbled upon. Kolby has his hair in a mohawk because it was my birthday and I asked him to. What a sport, that guy. 
Speaking of sports, you will never guess what I did on Tuesday evening. On our daily after-dinner walk to the park, I broke into a jog. Yep, for the first time in my entire life--- I went running.* I know this comes as an earth-shattering shock to anyone who knows me well, but I swear it is true. And no one was even chasing me with a knife and I wasn’t participating in an organized sport. I didn’t last long and the whole time my body was saying “what is this?”, “what are we doing?”, “who do you think you are?”, “what’s the plan here?” etc. I survived, though, and I even ran again on Wednesday while Kolby was playing golf with his dad. It’s all part of my new healthy lifestyle… a concept that has been foreign to me for the past 21 months (aka since I got married and no longer had to worry about fitting into my wedding dress). It all came about when returning from a Labor Day weekend of Olympic-level overeating coincided with the unpacking of our scale. And the fact that we’re in a new place and a new house and can start our new life here however we want. Why not get back in shape and pay more attention to what I eat? We’ll see how it goes….
Speaking of our new house, it is SO CLOSE to so many people and so many places. Here are some drive times, for example:
My parents’ house: 22 minutes
Kolby’s parents’ house: 12 minutes
Brad & Remy’s house: 24 minutes
Tommy & Alayne’s house: 28 minutes
Katie’s house: 22 minutes
Brittany and Andrew’s house: 14 minutes
My office: 17 minutes (28 minutes during rush-hour)
Schools where Kolby will substitute teach: 3 minutes, 6 minutes
Grocery Store: 3 minutes
*OK, maybe the term “running” is a bit strong. Kolby and Maya were basically able to continue walking beside me. And the path to the park and around it is probably less than 2 miles total, and I walked a lot of it. But as I’ve said before, Webbs don’t run… so I’m calling whatever it is that I did this week astounding progress. You have to start somewhere, right?
2 comments:
You RAN??? Jesus must be coming back soon. Seriously, that food was awesome last weekend, but I felt pretty motivated to work out when I got back home, too. Maybe I should lay down on the couch until the feeling passes...
Yay, Emily! You ran! Good job!
Did you know that if you ran more than 1/4 a mile, you get a bowl of ice cream for reward? It's true and it's always what keeps my feet moving.
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