Distractions

The holiday season is almost here and lots of busy-ness abounds in our household! Kyle and I did another 5K this past weekend, which we really didn't train for, as we were both pretty burnt out from the triathlon four weeks ago. Even so, we both did pretty darn well and Kyle even won an award for being 2nd in his age division for males!! I got my best time ever out of the three 5K's I've attempted: 33 minutes. Now for all you runners out there, I reallize this time may sound suck-tastic, but for me this is noteworthy, since I consider myself a "jogger". My average mile was about 10:50 which beats the pants off my usual 12 min miles... I think maybe Kyle and I have found a new love in athletic competitions. It's fun to challenge ourselves and a great confidence builder to boot!

We went to a couple halloween parties this past weekend - last night dressed as Rasta-people, which is funny considering I'm a very pale skin tone (i'll post pics as soon as I get some). Earlier in the week I camped out with most of my co-workers for a work related fundraising day in the Ocala National Forest. It was fun bonding with everyone - the night before we went out on a flatboat with flashlights to look for gators, hung out by the fire, enjoyed adult beverages and got really silly... we all slept for those precious few hours in our tents huddled around the fire, so it was close quarters. I was the first of us to turn in at 3 am, while most stayed up 'til 5:30 am!! The next groggy day at the fundraising event, I ended up winning soo much stuff from raffles - a new dvd player, a gift certificate to a jeweler, a new ceiling fan, a couple nice plants for the yard and a bath salts and a candle. I almost felt guilty b/c I won back wayy more than I gave to charity!!

We are getting the house ready since we are hosting Thanksgiving at our place this year. Most all of Kyle's family is coming down for this - his sister and bro-in-law from MD, other sister with her fiance and son from AZ, parents from VA and possibly his grandparents from Tennessee. It's exciting that everyone is making the trip down to spend with us!!

Oh and I did go to see "Marie Antoinette" a few weekends ago with a co-worker. It was awesome - very Sophia Coppola and the music rocked. I already bought the soundtrack using an i-tunes gift certificate that I scored for my bday..