Some like it hot

But not me.
At least not for running. If I could just get my lazy butt out there sooner!! Summer is here and I can't keep waiting this long to be ready. However, I am getting a rather nice suntan. Oh, wait...that's bad, right?

Well, school is out in 2 days, so then I'll HAVE TO get out no later than 7:30am. Swim team practice starts tonight for the girls.
Next week they are swimming every morning M-F from 8:30-10:00.
This will continue all summer (except August) and every Saturday are swim meets that last roughly 6 hours.
I signed up to be the swim team's board treasurer. If I don't get a financial report written up by this friday, I'm toast!! Well, not canned- it would just look very bad because I'm missing the next meeting. A trip to Solvang with my husband sounds better.

Today I ran Westville Trail.

I almost stopped on the crazy *&^^%* bleepin hill.
The sun was pressing on me so much that I felt like a pancake on a hot griddle getting smushed by a spatula.
yeah, really.
But I found the energy (barely) to keep it going.

On the last hill (downhill) I could see my street. For the first time I actually included it in my route. I thought "I still have to run up my hill."
Before today I never saw it that way. It was always something I got to do...like a reward. I cross the big fat white finish line, do some stretches, and mentally prepare for the mad dash up to my house. Then I look out across the valley with one arm raised and thank God for everything.

At today's finish line, I found a quarter. It seemed like God was telling me..."It's still a reward, Kathy."

I guess I was just grumpy from the heat. I was sweating like a waterfall.

With a renewed spirit, I sprinted up the hill. I turned around and starred at the green hills and dark brown trees dotting the landscape. I filled my lungs with fresh clean air in long deep gulps...and thanked Him once again.

song on ipod- "Last day on Earth" by Steven Curtis Chapman
favorite line- Before I breath the air of Heaven let me live it with the band, until you're the only one that remains... after my last day.
I assume "the band" is a reference to the Church. Others who also love you Lord. I especially like how he phrases the transition from living here to living there, with God.