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I made it back from TX in one piece. I’m so happy to be back home with my family. And DVR. And pantry. You don’t know what you got until 24-hour access to your pantry is gone. I even came back to a clean (and dusted) house with clean floors. What the what? You have no idea how excited that makes me.

I could get used to this going away and coming back thing.

While I was away, Ms. Fancy Pants decided she likes to drink out of a bowl instead of her sippy bottle.

Such a diva. I suppose she’s going to want her lettuce wrapped in bacon next.

I’m probably going to start a weekly (or more like, when I remember) post about her because it was bound to happen at some point. I can’t keep adorable, begging bunny pictures like this to myself.

Anyway, I always make it a point to play the lottery when I’m on travel because it seems like people from out of state always win the Florida lottery and piss me off, so I wanna be the jerk that wins from out of state too. But unfortunately, that didn’t happen and now I need to go to work.

Before I go, I want to say Happy (belated) Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there (especially mine) and a special Happy Mother’s Day to my favorite running mama Michelle. She had her baby yesterday. <3 Go check out her new 9lb chunky monkey that she had sans drugs. Not by choice, of course. Cuz she loves drugs.

1. I bought a pedometer.

They say (who are they?) that you’re supposed to take 10,000 steps a day. I didn’t think that sounded like a big deal at first, but hot damn, that is a lot of steps. I average about 2,500 steps a day just walking around work and the house (no exercise). I’ve been wearing this thing for a week and I’ve gotten over 10k once – the day I ran five freakin’ miles. Even the days I ran three miles, I didn’t get 10k. WTF? Ten thousand steps is approximately six miles. Who walks that much on a normal basis? I really need to get out of my desk job.

Usually I don’t put the pedometer on until I leave the house in the morning to allow for a margin of error, but that’s not more than a few hundred steps that I’m not counting. So now, I feel like a lazy piece of poo because of a $20 piece of plastic. Now I’m obsessed with taking more steps. Instead of standing in front of the microwave while I heat up my lunch, I walk in circles around the kitchen at work like an idiot. Or I’ll walk to the bathroom even though I don’t have to go. You will not win, pedometer!

Now, I just need to figure out a way to wear it so I don’t look like a 1990′s drug dealer.

2. It’s time to make a goal.

I’m going to Texas for three weeks, which means three weeks without Crossfit. *sniff* I’ll still do Crossfit-type workouts in the hotel room but I’m limited to what exercises I can do. Plus, my motivation to work out in a small room is non-existent when I can can lay on the bed and practice eating cookies instead.

So I thought I would make a running goal. I’m going to run at least one mile every day. Or I should say, most days because every day sounds hard. I guess running that much is a goal in itself, but I also want to see how fast I can get that one mile. I’ll start with a baseline (which will probably be around a 9 minute mile) and see what I can work up to. It would be cool if I could do a full mile somewhere in the seven minute range but that sounds fast and hard. And that’s what she said.

3. Reason #1 I will never be able to eat oats in a jar.

4. If you like me on Facebook or follow me on the Twitter, you may have seen me gush about this already but I just have to say it here too: the Color Me Rad race is awesome. All their race photos sell for $4.00 or less. I wish more races would take note.

Of course, I had to support them with those prices.

5. Get these. Eat them. Immediately.

6. I plastered this one all over FB and Twitter too, but I just can’t help but share the adorable again.

I’m gonna miss that girl.

Have a good weekend and I’ll talk to you again from Texas.

Besides the leisurely color run on Saturday, I haven’t been doing much running at all, nor have I felt like it. I think about running a lot, but when it comes to actually putting one foot in front of the other, that’s not happening. Total burnout going on over here.

I would say I average three sweet, non-consecutive miles a week. Some of those my Crossfit trainer makes me do, so don’t think they are even voluntary miles, and that’s only when I can’t talk him into letting me do the stair stepper or jump rope instead. So it makes total sense that I would sign up for the Fredericksburg Wildflower 10k.

When I heard the first 200 registrants were getting a free jar of jelly, I just couldn’t pass up the chance that I’d be one of those lucky 200.

I have big plans for me and that jar of jelly. Big plans.

The race is in two weeks so I thought I should probably run more than 2 consecutive miles at some point between now and then. That happened last night. It went pretty well, but man I felt like I was at the gym forever.

It also makes sense that I really want to run the Deckers Creek Trail Half Marathon with Melissa on June 1 too, right? I don’t want to do any of the training to prepare for it, but I’d really like to run that race. I like anything described as “downhill.” Then again, I also like anything described as “covered in frosting.” So until I can find a race that’s covered in frosting, I’ll settle for downhill.

In my head, I want to run so much but my heart hasn’t been in it. So I guess what I’m saying is, my goal for the 10k is to not do this.

Is it cool to talk about last weekend even though it’s Wednesday? I’m gonna go with yes. Yes it is. So, I was super productive last weekend! Not only did I finish my taxes and drop off a bunch of stuff to Goodwill, I got a little shopping done for my upcoming business trip. I’m determined not to be unprepared. I always bring things I think I need but don’t (fluffy bunny slippers) and then end up leaving things that I don’t think I need but do (nail clippers). So I’m taking steps to not be a terrible traveler.

1.  First up, two new pairs of shoes from Target.

I don’t love either of those but I do love them more than walking around a military base all day in heels, which is all I have as far as work shoes. I’m thinking those should match any outfit I can come up with so hopefully I’ll only need to bring those, a pair of flip flops, and my sneakers. Also, let’s note that those are my first ever pair of ballet flats which I’ve avoided like the plague until now because 1) I don’t find them to be particularly cute or stylish like everyone else on the planet and 2) hubs hates ballet flats on women. (Aww, I’m such a husband pleaser.)

2. I bought a real book.

I was pretty sure once I met my Nook, I would never buy another book again. That is, until my last business trip when I was stuck in a room that didn’t allow electronics while everyone else went on half hour smoke breaks.

Michelle recommended Matched and whatever she recommends, I read. The girl’s got a 99% success rate with me. Matched is a trilogy, so I’m sure I’ll get sucked into it on my trip. As you can see, Pants already likes it as well.

3. A travel laundry bag.

I’m already excited that I won’t be putting my laundry into five Wal-Mart bags just to get it to the laundry room. Plus, I inevitably see a co-worker in the hotel hallway and have to talk to them while my faded, holey, 10-year-old underwear is hanging out of the bag. As I type this, I realize I could just bring a reusable grocery bag. Dammit.

5. Ok, this isn’t for travel. This is my outfit for Color Me Rad this weekend.

It’s not anything special and the tank top is a little sheer for my taste but I needed something white and this was what I could find on the cheap. It was only $8.00, so I’m surprised it’s not already falling apart. I’ll probably throw it away after the race anyway, unless it turns into some super sweet tie-dye tank.

What’s the one thing you never leave home without when you travel?