A breath of fresh air

I played volleyball for about 40 minutes.  When the action was slow I'd do lunges or jump in place.  The other girls playing thought my extra movement was due to excitement.  Mostly I just wanted more of a work out.

Later, I jumped rope with my neighbor.  3 minutes sessions five times with a minute rest in between.  I did my first cross-over ever, but couldn't continue to keep jumping.  I think I'll work on the cross-over and try the double unders again in the future.

Vince woke up at 5:30.  After I nursed him, I stayed awake and did a circuit workout: hip abductors each side, plank, squats, abs--leg extension side to side, shoulders--bent over rows, back--alternating superman, and tricep extensions each side.  One minute each; 3 times.

Will and I went on a five mile bike ride.  It took just over thirty minutes.

After we rode over our turn around bridge, I suddenly stopped!  I was so shocked and excited to see giraffes.  I couldn't wait for Will to notice them.  I knew the path went by the zoo, but I didn't think we'd ever see anything.

When we got home, I told Will to tell Daddy what we saw.  He said, "Ducks!"  They were fun, too.  I guess to a 3 year old, who has penguins, deer, Slimmy--the worm, kittens as friends that he interacts with everyday, seeing a giraffe isn't that big of a deal.

Piper twisted her ankle during volleyball Tuesday night.  So we didn't run together Thursday morning.  But, she thought she could run Saturday morning if we did a flat route.

I wasn't expecting much.  I thought we'd be walking a lot.  But, our pace was pretty normal.  Piper said her ankle was fine.

My favorite part of the run was jumping a fence.  We cut through a church's parking lot.  Turned out their grounds were fenced in.  The fun of hoping the fence was increased by the darkness and the cemetery as the backdrop.