I'd say running is my best stress reliever. No matter how long or far I go, the majority of the time I end feeling accomplished. I love the burning feeling in my lungs, and it makes me feel happy to be doing something good for my body.
All that to say, today was a good run day. I do have bad runs, where after five minutes I'm wheezing and wishing I were dead. Or when, twentyish minutes into a scheduled nine-mile run, I have to go to the bathroom so bad I'm forced to take cover lest I have an embarrassing accident. But today, I got to mile three and thought, I think I'll run another. Then mile four came and went, and I decided I was closer to five than four and might as well keep going. As I said, it was a good run day.
Then I got home and checked the mail, where I found a card from a good friend. I was momentarily confused when I pulled a Chili's gift card out of the envelope, but then I remembered that tomorrow is my birthday!!!!!! (That's six exclamation points worth of excited, people!)
If nothing else, twenty-five is a good number to be at because my car insurance went down $70 this month! They know what's up. Before, when I was a young twenty-four-year-old, I was reckless and stupid on the road.
Now, at the ripe age of twenty-five, I'm sophisticated and smart. Seventy dollars worth of smart, apparently.
That's been my day so far--sleeping in, running, and my first birthday gift of 2011. I'd call it a good day. Tonight Jordan is taking me somewhere. It apparently could take anywhere from one to six hours, it does not involve eating, and it's something he's described as "not a clever idea" and "something you may not like." I'd say he's done a good job getting me to set a low expectation, so we'll see how it goes.
So, I started this post with the intention of posting some pictures from Erin's July 2 wedding. Clearly my thoughts are elsewhere; however, I still do want to post a few. I honestly can't think of a good transition between running, birthdays, and weddings, so I guess I'll just jump right in. I apologize for any awkwardness or transitional confusion.
Last weekend I was in Illinois for my dear friend Erin's wedding. After four years, Alan finally proposed, and they got married! Yay! This was my first time being a bridesmaid, and I will say that though I absolutely loved being part of their special day, it's more fun being the bride--I think because you get to boss everyone around.
But I was happy to be bossed around by Erin and happy to do what I could to make her day perfect. It was a fun weekend, and I had a blast with all my girls.
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| Erin and I on Thursday, June 30. Yes, we are wearing "bride" and "maid" shirts. |
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| The girls went out to lunch after we got our nails done. |
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| Erin with her mom |
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| Got the veil on! |
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| Justine (my maid of honor and friend who sent the Chili's card) and I at the reception |
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| Tossing the bouquet! |
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| Me with Erin and Alan! |
Ooo I like her style a lot! Those are such cute bridesmaids dresses.
And please, you totally ARE a runner. Maybe not competitively, but you run therefore are a runner. I'd insist on this even before the 2 halves, but include those & there's no denying it. Happy birthday, you runner you!
does her shirt actually say bridezilla? and why is there a boy lying on the floor during the tossing of the bouquet? that looks really weird...
Lauren--thanks! I suppose I am more of a runner than most, in any case :)
Audra--yes, her shirt says "Bridezilla." And yes there's a boy lying down, which does in fact look very strange and questionable. However, he is either the photographer or videographer, and I doubt he was getting up the dresses as much as it looks like ;)
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