Day 4,229—Start of a Break or Happy Birthday Sarah—

 

Sarah’s birthday is today, and we celebrated over the weekend. She wanted to go to the Garden Glow on Saturday night, which was fun, but it was incredibly crowded. Our six-year-old daughter loved dancing when music was playing but was miserable afterward. We took her to the Shaw House to walk around. It was a line, and you’re supposed to stay in the group, but she was not having it. She was so mad at me that I didn’t let her run in front of everyone. I told her she was going to have to hold my hand, but she broke free, insisting that she held “mama’s” hand.

I felt pressure to get a long run in on Saturday morning, but afterward, I felt like I was pushing myself too hard because the pain in my leg and hip came back so quickly. I am going to attempt to focus on recovery all week, starting with today’s easy two miles. I went over to where the new Starbucks was first because I wanted to take a picture of all the construction. It has taken six months to be constructed, but I feel like half of that was spent on the inside. I was trying to be grateful that there is something here that doesn’t look ugly, like the parking lot. But that was my parking lot that I would run around like a track when I didn’t want to run anywhere. I would dream of opening a private library there one day, so it is a change, but everything changes, so what’s the big deal? But it is a big deal, so there is that.