Dear P, You are turning FOUR tomorrow. I’ve said it a million times these past few weeks, but somehow it still doesn’t feel real. My baby is going to be four. I love this photo of you because it just absolutely captures your spirit right now. You let me take your photo, but you had to do it your own way. Your personality is shining through each day and there’s just so much that we love and admire about you. You love to make others laugh and are constantly trying to find ways to take a little dig at your Dad to make him smile. You are so clever and…

I feel kind of out of it today. My run was off this morning–I couldn’t even run my whole 5km. I walked a bit and finished it, but I just wasn’t feeling it. Chair guy wasn’t there at least, so that’s a plus. I felt pretty motivated this morning and went out and got some yard work done… but the kids kept fighting and I swear I had to shut off my lawnmower at LEAST five times to break up a spat. By lunch I was exhausted and threw on a movie for the kids so I could just have a minute. I didn’t feel like doing much after lunch,…

A good friend sent me an article tonight. She knows I’m a runner and that I often take advantage of the beautiful lake trails near where we live. She wanted to give me a heads up about something she had read and found concerning. The article was about my city–not my immediate area thank goodness, but not crazy far away either. The police put out a bulletin alerting the public that there had been three recent incidents involving female runners being grabbed from behind and touched inappropriately by a man on the trails. The women had been approached from behind by a male who touched them then sped away on…

I went to the dentist today. That in and of itself is not remarkable, except that all things are strange and bizarre in COVID times. I was supposed to go for my 9 month cleaning / check-up in early April, but it was cancelled when everything shut down. Honestly, I was not sad about it. I dutifully go to the dentist as required, but it’s not my favourite. I had a bad experience at a different dentist a few years back and it’s sort of soured me for life. Lemme tell you, drilling for a cavity with not enough freezing in your mouth is not recommended. I’ve recently noticed some…

It wasn’t hot today. I mean it was hot, but it wasn’t I-can’t-even-stand-to-be-outside hot, so it was BEAUTIFUL. I got up early and slipped out for a run before M left for work. I haven’t run in almost a week and I was definitely feeling it today. My legs felt so tired and sluggish and I really had to push to finish. I DID finish though, so I’m proud of that. This morning I took the kids out for a little photo shoot. I try to get updated photos of them each summer, and I am SO happy with how they turned out!! They were so cooperative today–and I definitely…