5K Runners!!

Tide Guy and I ran in a 5K on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25, 2009. He can easily run the 5K race, but once we arrived, he wished he had signed up for the 10k. My goal months ago was to complete the race. I recently decided I wanted to run the complete race without having to walk any. And I did it. I was so proud of myself. It isn't that I'm not athletic, but rather that I am not a runner. My time was just over 40 minutes and Tide Guy finished just over 28 minutes. Now, we've both set goals to run the 10K next year.

Three of my friends also completed the race. We are awesome. I was fine before the race, but just a few moments before the start gun, I looked at my friend and said, "What am I doing here?" Yes, I had a little moment there! But, I did it. I could have run further, but possibly only a mile. I could not have run faster.

We had so much fun. I was totally excited and felt great after the race. I guess that is what is called a "runner's high". Afterwards, we went to Lowe's and Home Depot because they gave a discount to military for Memorial Day. We bought a few things for the house. We finally got home around 2 and I was wiped out. The runner's high hit a low!

In house news, more of the cabinets and cabinet trim were installed yesterday. The black distressed hood looks amazing beside the cherry cabinets. We also told the cabinet man to build us a small island.

After seeing the snake at the new house Friday, Tide Guy and I had one waiting on us when we got home Saturday night. Tide Guy killed his first snake while I hid in the house. Monday afternoon, we walked to Mom's for a cook out and found one in their yard. So, Tide Guy killed another snake. That is three snakes in four days for me!

Tide Gal & Tide Guy