A bonfire with the family

What a beautiful night! We are burning down our giant pile of brush and junk. No really it is giant. Our chicken, Brownie is still out bug hunting; but the rest of the girls and Gordon have gone to bed. I am sitting by the fire typing on my computer, oh the joys of modern technology. What a nice evening to just be home with the family.

It was a busy Friday and Saturday though. Yesterday, for my long run 17 miles it was 75 degrees wish I could have enjoyed the 55 degrees. Was not well hydrated and got dehydrated around mile 7. That did not make for a very fun run. It was warmer than I expected and sunny. I went home to see some of the signs of dehydration. 1. Thristy feeling (knew that one) 2. not sweating as much, noticed that too. 3. Stomach cramps and a few other symptoms. Funny thing is I am always preaching to people about heat and humidity being a problem with this. I guess I should listen to my own speech.

I managed to finish 17 of the 18 scheduled but would not want to do that again. Knee did good that was the one of the pluses of the run. Also, Rod came along but we didn't hook up until mile 4 cause he had a flat tire and he went a different way than me.

The van battery died and I had a root canal. I managed to get a jump from someone and snuck in just in time.

Saturday: Andrew and Josh had morning football games and that was fun. We all had our sweats and sweatshirts on cheering on the Knights. Hard to believe it was 20 degrees cooler from yesterday. Andrew did well; but their team lost 14-24. Joshua team spanked the other team 36-6. Then we came out to a dead battery on the car. Off to Walmart for a new battery. Then we ran a few errand and came home for a great afternoon and evening.

Tomorrow is Jerod's first Hoop Mountain Basketball game. So we are off and running again. So I will enjoy sitting here doing a little school prep with my family by the fire. I will try to get some pictures posted of football and basketball when I actually take them.

Hope your weekend is wonderful.