Finally Friday!

I'm so happy that Friday is here! The last couple of weeks J has had to work a lot at night, and I've missed him so much! I'm so excited that the weekend is here, and we get to spend two full days together.

When we get off work today, we are going to head to my hometown, which is only about an hour away. My mom and her husband are moving this weekend, and while I'm really excited for them, it's also a little bittersweet. The house that we are moving her out of is the house that I grew up in. We moved there when I was 3 years old! I have so many memories in that house (mostly good, some bad)! I try not to get attached to material things, but I am a really sentimental person, so knowing I'll never go to that house again is kind of hard. They actually had to be out of that house this past Tuesday, so I had my last moments there last weekend. I've tried to just not think about it too much, but I think it's going to hit me tonight when we go home to a new/different house.

I honestly thought that my kids would know that house as Grandma and Grandpa's someday. When my mom and dad got divorced my mom did everything she could to hold onto the house, and it wasn't easy. When she got remarried this past summer, she and her new husband decided that they wanted something that could be their own, without all the memories from the past. Which I totally understand...I know I would feel the same way. I'm just so happy that my mom is happy, and that makes sacrifices such as this a lot easier! I think her new husband is great, and he fits in really well with our family...this is really the happiest our entire family has been in years. It was kind of a quick decision for them to get married, and it kind of came out of the blue for everyone, but after the initial shock we were all so excited.

It was last May when we were still in Thailand that I first heard about Clark (her husband now.) I skyped her from Thailand about once a week to talk. One particular week she told me that she had been at my Grandma's one night and when she left to drive home, my Grandma called her and told her to come back, that she wanted to show her something. When my mom got back to the house, my grandma played a message off the voicemail. It was my mom's boyfriend from high school (Clark). He basically said that he had thought about her off and on since they broke up in high school, and if she wanted to talk to him that he would love to talk to her, and he left his number. She called him that night! At first she told me she didn't think it was going to turn into anything, but the next couple of weeks when I would call all she would talk about was Clark! Finally, one day I sarcastically asked "you guys aren't thinking about getting married are you?" To which she replied "well, actually we are." And two months later (two weeks after we got back to the states), they made it happen.

Anyway...back to the point, we'll be moving for the next few days, so if you think of it say a prayer that I keep it together, and that I can focus on the sweet part of the move and not the bitter part!

Speaking of prayer...another thing to pray for is our run this weekend. We're scheduled to get in a 9 miler on Saturday. That will be the longest we've done in a few months. I'm actually looking forward to it except for two things: it's supposed to be about 25 degrees, and I've developed a blister on the inside of my foot. The 25 degrees shouldn't be a big deal, as long as there is no wind. Please no wind!!! As for the blister - this is my first blister ever...so I'm not handling it very well. I'm not really sure what to do other than put a blister bandaid on it. I'm thinking about getting insoles to see if that will help the rubbing, but I'm not sure I'll be able to get them until after our run tomorrow. I'm really worried b/c if it hurts on a 4 mile run, it's certain to hurt on a 9 mile run. Also, disappointing is the fact that I just got my new running shoes right after Christmas! What to do...what to do?

So that's all for the weekend plans. I just can't wait to spend time with J! 5 o'clock can't come soon enough! I hope all of you have a great weekend. I'm going to do my best to be disciplined with my eating this weekend. It's always hardest at home, but I really just have to do this. I'll report back on my progress either way. I don't want to have to tell you guys that I dropped the ball!