Books: Just finishing Spartan Up and started The One and Only, which was included in the June Pop Sugar Must Have Box. More on the rest of the box contents soon!
Running Path: Here, there and everywhere. I’m completely off of any kind of plan until NYCM training fires up in July and it feels great! Almost all of my runs are part trail and part road.
Non-Running Workout: Hitting the weights. Hard. Because the showdown is less than a month away. So hard, I needed a spotter on the bench press the other day and didn’t have one. My bad.
Drink: Iced coffee with a little almond milk and a scoop of Chocolate Protein Powder in it. It’s all about the muscles.
Excitement: Although I miss Thing 1 who is with grandparents in Hilton Head this week, I’m looking forward to quality, one-on-one time with Thing 2.
Garden Item: Weeds. I pull, I hoe, I do everything short of Round-Up. But my garden plot still looks shabby. Here’s a before and after. The only noticeable change is the shadow that crept up because I’d been out there all freaking day. There are a couple of tomato blossoms, so hopefully I’ll have something to show for my toil soon.
TV: The Bachelorette. Although last week’s show was a total waste of time. An hour-long repeat of highlights before they moved on to Diane Sawyer’s interview of Hillary Clinton.
Indulgence: I’m not a huge mint patty fan, really I’m not. But the Caveman met an old college cronie the other day who came bearing these from See’s. Holy deliciousness.
Pet Peeve: Unexpected rudeness. The road into our subdivision is being paved. It’s a narrow one-lane each way affair but you turn in off of a busy 45 mph road with no turning lane. So coming home from skating with the kids last week, I turned in and one of the lanes was roped off, freshly paved. The paving guy was still standing there. One of my neighbors was coming out as I was going in so we were pretty much grill to grill. Since our tiny road is a quiet, 15 mph affair, I assumed she’d back up and let me in. Yeah, not so much. She sat there shrugging her shoulders. I contemplated driving on the grass. I entertained going into the fresh pavement. I stared in disbelief. Especially because there’d never in a million years be a soul behind her and, AND the road behind her opened into a generous circle where the mail boxes are so she could’ve done a 3-pt turnabout there if she pleased. But no, she sat there staring and shrugging. I stared in disbelief. She expected me to back up and around the corner onto a 45mph road in the heat of rush hour. That’s what I ended up doing. Because my driving skills are nothing short of superior and I have nerves of steel, I carried out this maneuver successfully. But forgive me Lord I am still SO angry. At her rudeness and stupidity. I find myself wanting to say something to her the next time I see her. I need to let it go. The Caveman says I should’ve gotten out and talked to her. What would you have done? Would you say something?
Mood: Kind of mixed. Relieved that a very busy weekend is behind me. Not thrilled to be single parenting this week. Excited to have fun with Thing 2 this week, but missing Thing 1.
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Go eat a box of those mint patties in her front yard and then toss the box on her lawn! ; ) I would be annoyed, too. The thing about it is that people treat each other so differently with that metal in between them.
We are in our final week of school, final week of evening practices and I am single parenting as well. So ready to shift gears!
Ugh, road rage is bad enough but when it’s someone you know in your own neighborhood… I don’t know what I would have done. Sounds like a great balance of running and weights these days. I’m loving a slower pace of life as things wrap up this next month before the baby… and then life will not be slow paced again for quite some time!
This reminds me, I really need to make some iced coffee!
If I was in your road situation, I would have laid into the horn until she moved. That’s ridiculous. Also, I have no problem channelling my road rage at some one :).
I would have definitely gotten out and said something. Backing out onto a 45mph road is way too dangerous for her to just sit there like an idiot. That bachelorette episode was such a waste of time. Why do they do that to us?!
I know exactly where the confrontation was having been to your pad :)…but geezopeets, that’s ridiculous she wouldn’t move. Don’t you just love the entitleist?
Enjoy your along time with thing2…gosh these years go by so fast!
We need to catch up. Miss you!!
You are a better woman than I. I would have sat in the showdown.
Not too long ago, I was at ShopRite unloading my several bags of groceries. A man pulled up, rolled down his window and told me to “hurry up so I can park.” So you know what I did? Sat in my car updating my facebook with a lesson about rudeness. He eventually figured out I wasn’t moving. It was worth getting the finger for. I am never mean, but I won’t back down!
YUM on the peppermint patties! They look delicious. I love when I get a chance to have one-on-one time with one of my kids…it is always so much fun! :)-Ashley
That exact thing happened to me last week when I was taking Matthew to football camp. The pool is being rebuilt at BGHS and the road was half blocked. There was no signage, and a football dad (the worst kind, IMHO) in his massive SUV heading towards me came at me yelling and gesturing. I did the shoulder shrug. Where was I supposed to go, into the construction fence? He hit the gas and made a big deal about driving onto the grass to get around me. What is wrong with people? Thanks for comiserating with me!
I need more books! I read so much in the summer. I am currently enjoying my last week off until I go back to work for a month. It has gone by quickly!
Dang – you really are hitting the weights heavy!! I saw your picture on IG the other day and it is just as impressive to see it again here.
I’m pretty sure I would have waited that lady out – she could have backed up much safer than you did – super RUDE!!!!
I LOVE that you are such a strong weight-lifter on top of being such a great runner! It is so rare to find anyone with that combination (e.g. look at all those whisper-thin Kenyans!) You are a woman of incredible talents!
Oh wow you’ve got a ‘special’ neighbour there. She must be a terrible driver if she couldn’t manage a little reversing. It might be a neighbourly thing for you to leave a flyer on an intensive driving training course in her letterbox.
Holy rudeness, I would have DEFINITELY said something. As in, rolled down my window and shouted at the woman “I CAN’T back up! YOU move!”
I really think that there are just WAY too many drivers who can’t see beyond their ignorant little bubbles and that’s why they must drive so terribly. But I also live in Atlanta so there’s that…
I am finally working on Gone Girl, but will be reading One and Only next too.
I hope you didn’t hurt yourself without a spotter and I’m glad you for sure didn’t get hurt while backing up onto that road. I’d have done the same thing as you, given in and vented about it on the blog. And I’d not be likely to say much to the neighbor after that. On that note I can’t believe the paver didn’t step up. I’ll assume the paver was a man ….
I LOVE Emily Giffin. I can’t wait to read that!!!
I love See’s lollipops – they’re the best!
I can’t wait to see those guns! You’re going to beat him this time!
When I was young I would have gotten out of the car and talked to the person, now not so much – stupid goes bone deep
OMG how rude…I am so glad you are ok! I’m always looking for a new book to read, I’ll have to check this out!
totally laughing at the bachelorette comment. WASTE of time. They need to get to the good part already. LOL!
People can be so weird! Hopefully, she felt bad about it later, realizing what a nitwit she had been. And it’s especially odd since she’s your neighbor – it’s not like you’ll never see her again!