Tricia says RELAX

Here it is again... The end of another weekend. They sure do go fast don't they? This one was even a long weekend! Even though it seems too short, it was still good.

I had Friday off from work in honor of the Fourth of July. It was a great, really relaxing day. I kept to my 5k training schedule and ran on the treadmill at home. I really enjoyed working out in the privacy of my home. I was able to sing and dance along with the music... Mostly during the cool down but it was still fun. Becky brought Pierce over and we swam and had lunch and read magazines on the porch. It was really nice.

Friday night Joe and I took a trip to Target and went out to dinner. Going out to eat while dieting is tough. The restaurant we went to had a "healthy" menu that listed the calories and fat and carbs in the dishes but I was still on my i-phone trying to find the nutrition info on the rest of the menu items. Thank goodness for technology! After a little bit of stress we were able to pick dinners and still stick to our diets. We did agree that we wouldn't be going out to dinner anymore without lots of advanced planning.

Saturday was our work day. We had to get the house clean and do all of our chores so that we could play today. But yesterday wasn't all work. We went to a friend's house for a 4th of July BBQ. We had a ton of fun. And there were lots of options on the buffet so that we were able to make good choices. There were also two huge platters of cupcakes that were very tempting but I didn't indulge. You are all aware of my love of cupcakes so you know how tough it was! Our friend's neighbors are all very into fireworks so we had quite a show from his front yard.

Today was our relax day. We don't work on Sundays, only fun and relaxing. We went to my mom's for breakfast to hang out with Peyton, who spent the weekend with my mom. After that we had to make a very quick trip to The Wal-Mart to exchange some picture frames, then we headed back here to get in the pool. That's where we parked it for the rest of the afternoon. Now we just finished up dinner and got a bunch of food prepped for the week so we're on the wind down for the rest of the night.

I'm looking forward to moving on to the next round of 5k training this week. It's a little intimidating but I feel confident that I can do it! I hope you all have a great week!