Author: Ariana Peters

Christian, homeschool mom, runner of 6 half marathons, PR 2:57 so far. Yes I am a slow runner. Small scale homesteading.

Ugh my stupid phone

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Well this was supposed to upload and post last night but my phone is on the verge of dying so i get to spend my lunch at Costco seeing what they can do for me for a phone plan and hopefully get a new one soon.

Yesterday was a good day i pickedup a pineapple at the store a few days ago and cut it up, so happy we are getting to fresh cheap fruit season!!! I am starting to have good delicious snacks.

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I met my trainer at the gym for a swim workout.

It was beautiful at lunch so i went out for a little walk before the rains hit at night. When i got back i put my legs up to try and drain some of the lactic acid that has built up

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I needed a quick dinner so i drove through subway. Then i ran out the door to my first trivia night from Meetup.com!

It was super fun!!!! I will definetly be going back.

 

How was your Wednesday?

Catchup

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Let see Saturday i worked 7 hours at the tulip festival then had a date. It went ok. He was nervous so i carried most of the conversation. The food was excellent!!!! But i will admit driving home i was hit with depression. Anytime a date doesn’t go well lately i just think about my ex and how effortless things were with him. I am getting better at putting him in the past but it has been a hard few months.
I decided i needed a day off from life so Sunday instead of going to my 2nd race this month (i was also physically, mentally and emotionally exhausted) so i skipped the race and laid on the couch with my dog all day.

On the less happy side my stomach has been bugging me again. What the heck is going on with my gut?! I am going to have to start cutting things out and see what fixes it.

How is your life going?

TGIF!!!!

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Happy Friday!!!!!!!

Sorry i didn’t post last night, i had a date and got home late. As soon as i got home i jumped into bed and passed out. The date was ok but there was just no chemistry.

Today work went by relatively quickly. I had a great lunch, so simple but so decedent

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I got home and relaxed for about 1.5 hours then bit the bullet and finally took my car to get the oil changed

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It started yelling at me last weekend so i just had to find the time and force myself to go. Mostly because the dealership i bought it from is about 45 min drive away, but my first oil change was free there so yea.
It just so happens that right around the corner is one of only 2 Del Tacos in i think the entire state of Oregon so yea, i went

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And now i am in a food comatose and going to bed.

Oh and Atremis got tacos for dinner lol. She was wary at first then inhaled them.

So apperently you are supposed to eat food when you work out

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Hi!!!! Work weeks half over!! Woot Woot!!

Yesterday i worked out in the AM then got to work and went straight into CPR/AED/first aid training  so i didn’t eat second breakfast. We broke for a half hour lunch where i shoved down my snack while i worked on my emails  then went back into training until 2pm. I had a snack of chips and a soda and powered through the next 2.5 hours of work because i was playing catchup. After work i got home let my dog out really fast then dashed off to book club. I got home at about 8:30pm and got ready for bed. I snacked a bit at book club so i just went to sleep.

I woke up just after 1am and felt really sick. I didn’t actually get sick but felt horrible. Under that i could feel the hunger a bit so i ate a kind bar and drank some water and was able to fall back asleep.  Apperently i severely underate yesterday. That is another lesson learned on this journey.  No matter how busy you are you MUST eat.

Has anything like this ever happened to you?

Bookclub from Meetup.com

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Last time i lived in Oregon i tried meetup.com. There was a country bar like 5 min from my apartment and there was a weekly meetup group there on the night they had free line dancing lessons. I RSVP’D one night and several other people had RSVP’D. I showed up and could not find them anywhere, i asked the waitress who asked the bartender but no one knew anything about it. I was there so i stayed got a drink or two and line danced but that was the extent of my meetup experience.

I decided to try again and signed up for a book club. I read the book and we met tonight and i LOVED it!!!! It was super fun and everyone was nice. I had a blast and am so glad i went. Annnnd the woman whose house it is at runs a meetup that i RSVP’D to next week!!! I think i may have found some groups :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:

How do you meet people and make friends?

The first rule of fight club….

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Happy Saturday!!!

Weekend 4 done at the tulip farm for me!! I don’t work tomorrow because i have a race.

But lets back up, i got my butt to the gym yesterday morning and did a little spin and swim

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Then i hit Starbucks thanks to my bestie Nicole and the birthday giftcard she sent me

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Yep thats a little bit of my Stitchfix dress you see.

I also got some blueberries to add to my oatmeal :mrgreen:

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The tulip festival was good day, busy but not crazy.

I came home and read a chapter of my book club book the watched a Netflix documentary on the barkely marathon. The first rule of the barkley marathon is you don’t talk about the barkley marathon…..oops i broke rule #1. This race is INSANE!!! In the i think 30 something years it has been run only 15 people have ever finished it………I WANT TO DO IT!!!!!! But not for a long time lol i have to learn how to navigate a trail map and all that cause there are NO ROUTE MARKERS and its in the Tennessee wilderness.

Card dinner

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And now its sleep time for my race tomorrow. Goodnight.

Google the Barkley marathon and let me know if you want to try it with me :mrgreen:

Thursday thoughts

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Ugh apperently this is another one that didn’t post. How annoying!!!!!

Hi all!!!!

Well this morning my body continued it’s battle with this sickness by trying to empty everything out of it, sorry if that’s TMI. So i skipped spin, i didn’t want to have to run for the bathroom midclass. My stomach is still bloated but slowly recovering.

When i got home from work i took Artemis for a walk and decided to run a mile. My stomach hurt a bit but we made it.

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Had a little dinner, yes i love carbs.

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No i didn’t eat the whole thing tonight lol.

The plan is to once again try to spin and swim a bit tomorrow before work. They will both be easy though, no major pushing myself.

How was your day?