mommy, wow! i'm a big kid now!

i thought yoga was supposed to help your balance?
this morning (and all of today, actually) was wonderful! i woke up super early (for me) to meet lori at denny's for our free grand slam breakfasts. i got there around 7, about 15 minutes early, and it worked out really well because there was a 15-20 minute wait. i don't think i've ever seen so many people at any restaurant - not even when there's been an hour and a half wait. to their credit, the experience was a great one. the turnover was very quick considering the circumstances, the food was good and hot, and the service was good as well. truthfully, i expected them to just give us our food and our bill and never check back, but i was pleasantly surprised when we were checked on several times, our coffee was refilled and we got more creamers and ketchup very expediently. all in all, thumbs up denny's!
 
however, back to the recurrent theme of "i gots no skillz" (i should create a new blog page to chronicle my fails at life), i bit the dust in the denny's parking lot. actually, it may have been the arby's parking lot, as they are joined. boom, right on my left knee. ouch. i was a big girl and went straight to work. for that, i am proud of myself. especially since my boss said i should go home (yeah, i'm pretty sure she was kidding). mommy, wow! i'm a big kid now!
 
last night i went to the gym and did some running and walking and then an hour of what should have been balance-control-enhancing yoga. perhaps i used all my balance on the mat and none was left over this morning? in any case, it was good and fun and i felt pretty spectacular afterwards, except my stomach felt like it was going into labor about a mile into my run and continued to feel like labor pains through yoga and when i got home. i don't know what my deal is these days with the excruciating stomach pains after running, but i wish it would all stop. i like running. i like walking, weights, yoga, classes, and even the elliptical sometimes. i'm not a huge fan of going into mysterious false-labor every time i go to the gym, though. :(
 
that's about it for now. i'm going to take my battered knee and my bruised pride to tanning and then i'm gonna work it out at the gym. i'm tempted to go to yoga tomorrow, thus breaking my strongly-enforced "no exercise on volleyball-eve" rule, but i'm not sure yet. i feel like i need to get all my gym time in before the cruise. on the other hand, we're playing our potentially most formidable team on thursday at volleyball, so i should really reserve my energy. i guess we'll just have to wait and see...

Here we go Steelers, here we go!

who wants to go to denny's for free breakfast on tuesday?! i'm dead serious. i don't look free food in the mouth (haha, actually, i DO)... if you were watching the superbowl (here we go steelers, here we go!), you may have seen the commercial for denny's proclaiming "a free grand slam for everyone in america" on tuesday from 6 am to i think 10 am. i'm totally down. i'm thinking go to the gym around 6, then head to denny's on the way to work. yay!

it's been a good weekend so far... yesterday i met the momster at ross park mall and yes, i bought some things. :) i bought a pink camelbak water bottle, a pair of shorts, and a pair of jeans. my mom bought me a pair of running shorts, too. the shorts were totally necessary, as the only shorts i had for the cruise were either gym shorts or shorts that are at least 2 sizes too big. the jeans were a good deal at $10.99 and a size smaller than i've been wearing (and yes, they fit!)... the camelbak is just really neat. i know, it's just a water bottle, but it's pretty cool - you have to bite down on it to suck the water up. it's taken me some time to get used to!

today was strangely productive for being superbowl sunday. i went to the gym, went grocery shopping, got gas for cobe, attempted to tan but hollywood tans was mysteriously closed at 3 pm, went to the library, made dinner, washed dishes, did laundry, cleaned up the house, took the trash and recycling to the curb, finished reading twilight and got a shower - all before 8 pm. that's a lot for me on a sunday! giant eagle was awesome today - they were having their version of a tailgate party with lots of free samples! i practically ate lunch there after the gym, haha. since i had been talking to lori on friday about doughnuts, i was suddenly hungry for one, so i got a glazed do-do from giant eagle. i'm about ready to eat it in a few minutes.

i heard dick's and jc penney are going to be open after the game if the steelers win... part of me is totally considering going. we're going into the 4th quarter now and the steelers are up 20 - 7. let's hope it stays that way!

here we go!