1 year and 6 days...

It's been exactly 1 year and 6 days since I started running...again.

If you've read any of my early posts of this blog you'll know that I started running...again back in March of 2013. March 18th to be exact. Wheezing Gorilla 3.0.

One might think that I would make sure to celebrate my 1 year anniversary of running by...going out for a run of course!

Well you'd be wrong.

I spent my anniversary on vacation! No, I didn't go out of town or do anything that would prevent me from getting out and putting in a few miles. I just took the week off.

Oh, I had great plans mind you! The thought of running in the middle of the day after sleeping in was something I was looking forward to. But plans have a funny way of getting changed.

See My Woman has been asking me to get our living room painted for the last couple of years I'm embarrassed to admit. For some reason she wasn't impressed with the plain white paint that adorned the walls!

So I figured with the kids at the in-laws all week, (it happened to be their spring break too) I would have the house all to myself, and painting one room shouldn't take me more than a day right??

Uh, wrong.

You think I would've remembered how much work is involved with painting. I did, after all, paint every room in our first home, as well as the entire 2-story exterior. By the time Monday ended, I had completed only taping! This of course was after I moved everything out of the living room, took the kids to town, picked up paint and supplies, met My Woman for lunch, delivered the children to the in-laws, fixed the in-laws' computer, then met My Woman in town again to pick out more supplies, and then had dinner with My Woman. Only then was I ready to tape!

So bright and early the following morning I was slapping paint on the dreary white walls. Before My Woman got home from work (unfortunately she could not take vacation) I had finished the second and final coat. Thank goodness for paint and primer in one!

Now, at this point I figured I was home free and ready put the place back together just in time to watch the NCAA tournament! (It is after all, one of the main reasons I take this week off!)  But My Woman had other plans.

:)

Honestly it wasn't much. Just mounting new curtain hardware, replacing a few outlets and switches, and oh yeah...ripping out a custom-made built-in book case!

In the end, she was right (like usual) and the new living room setup looks much better without the book case. And after slapping more paint on the wall, patching in a carpet remnant,  and a close call with the satellite, March Madness occurred right on schedule.

Unfortunately my team didn't make it to the second weekend so I won't be too excited to watch the next few rounds...but the living room looks great!!

Despite my lack of running over my week on vacation, I still got out tonight. It was a bit on the chilly side (like 35 degrees chilly), so I threw on my Pro-Combat, laced up my Brooks and hit the pavement.

3.12 miles, 37:04.

Later