Last Friday, the 27th of September, was my 27th birthday. 27 on the 27th! I just recently found out that means it’s my GOLDEN YEAR!! How cool does that sound? It supposedly means it’ll be my best year and I hope that turns out to be true. It has at least started out that way. I had the best birthday weekend ever, surrounded by so many friends and family.
It started off with an awesome breakfast, post workout, from my wonderful husband Jeremy. He brought me my favorite bagel and drink from Panera. A couple hours later was lunch with the best team in the world, at Trinity’s dining hall. The team gave me a GIANT birthday card (the biggest I’ve ever gotten), a cute stuffed puppy, and a big bag of sour patch kids. They are a great group of kids.
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| Asiago bagel and caramel frozen drink...yum! |
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| TUXC lunch...sooooooo happy! |
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| Biggest birthday card EVA! |
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| My cute puppy and the kindest words in the world |
In the evening time we planned a dinner at one of my favorite places, Sushi Zushi, and then moved the party over to our house. It was also a pretty diverse group, united only by being beautiful, awesome people. It ranged from middle school best friend, college roommates, running community friends, family, work friends, and even a college running rival who has become one of my bff’s. There was tons of yummy food, great drinks, and lots of fun!
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| Sushi Zushi group...so good |
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| We made a cake for some awesome friends that came over...I think I'll keep my day job :) |
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| Party peeps! |
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| They forced me to get on the table |
The weekend capped off with a trip over to my parents. The food was delicious, the company was spectacular, and I even got to try out some stick shift driving! GAH! It went as well as expected….no one died (except for Jer’s car’s engine a couple times), so I consider that a win.
Now what kind of running blog would this be if I didn’t mention running? Well guys, I haven’t done a lot of it the last six weeks. In fact, today marks exactly six weeks of ZERO running for me. I was experiencing some slight discomfort in my lower right shin and turns out it was a stress fracture. It’s my first serious running injury EVER.
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| It's the little black dot on the inside right leg |
The news hit me hard, but honestly these last six weeks have gone by faster than I thought they would. I miss it more than words can describe, but I’ve been working hard to make sure I’m not too far behind once I’m on the road again. I’ve been averaging a little under two hours a day of cross training for the last month. It includes aqua jogging, biking, and, with the recent clearance, using the elliptical. I’m seeing the doctor early next week and judging by how the last visit went he should be giving me clearance to run again. Woot!
So even though my golden year started off with me not being able to do one of the things i’m most passionate about, I’ve realized how lucky I am to be surrounded by an amazing husband, loving friends, and an irreplaceable family.
PS: Jer's gonna post an update soon....I promise!
