Lots to catch up on

So I've been pretty delinquent at posting lately. It's been busy at work and home life is busy too. Here's the skinny on my training:

• Last Wednesday I ran 5 km in just over 30 min. Body felt good but breathing was tough. I did a long cool down walk afterwards and my legs weren't too sore.
• Last Thursday I ran just over 8km. I took my time and finished in an hour. I was mentally bored during the run so I started counting by two's. I didn't do a proper cool down and that became my downfall.
• Ever since the last run, my left calf muscle has been hurting. It hurts enough that I have to limp.
• On Sunday, I was really struggling on whether to run and hope my muscle loosens up or whether to take more time off. There's less than 3 weeks left for the run and I need to build myself back up to where I was before I got sick. This may not have been a tough decision for you but I was sure struggling. I was even psyched to do 15 km. Then I went up and down the stairs and decided against it. My calf muscle was really sore.
• Monday I started making phone calls and made a massage appointment for Wednesday (today) and a physio appointment for Friday. I'm not going to run but I'm sure putting the money into recuperating as quick as possible so I can start resuming my training as soon as possible!
• Today was my massage and I can actually walk normally now! I can feel myself still favouring my left leg but the massage definitely helped worked some kinks out. I'm going back Friday after work...just in case.
• Now my plan is to run on Saturday and Sunday. This will leave me only two weeks to catch up on training. I don't think I can totally catch up now so as long as I've run 15km (or more) before the race, I'm confident I can finish the rest on my own. I may have to sacrifice doing it within 2 hrs. 30 min. but I have to remind myself that this whole goal started as a "just to finish the race" goal; it's not a "time to finish the race in" goal.

This last couple of weeks, I've been reading up a lot on the priesthood since Connor will be turning 12 on May 14. (in our church, 12 year old boys can be eligable to receive the "first level" of priesthood authority). I have a greater respect and awe for those brethren who hold the priesthood now. They have the responsibility to try and always be worthy of exercising their priesthood power because they never know when they'll be called upon to use it. For example, if your child becomes very sick in the middle of the night, you better be ready to give a blessing if the situation calls for it. Anyways, to all those who hold the priesthood and honor it, I am in awe and am grateful to you.

Can you believe Connor will be a deacon soon? My heart is filled with joy when I think about it. He's been working hard at memorizing his Articles of Faith too in order to "graduate" from Primary (the children's Sunday school). Before you know it, he'll be leaving on a mission!

Speaking about missions, we just said farewell to a very special young woman who just left for her mission in Argentina. I can't believe it! When we first moved to Ottawa, I was her Beehive advisor (teacher for the 12-13 year olds). Now she's old enough to go on her mission!! I am so proud of her. She has always made good, solid decisions.

Hmmm, what else is going on? Oh yeah, last night I took Sheldon to see his favourite comedian, Russell Peters. It was my 12th anniversary gift to him. It was such a fun night. I laughed so much my cheeks hurt. He does a lot of cultural jokes. He is famous for his parenting bit but if you're sensitve to that kind of topic (ie don't believe in spanking or similar), don't watch this video. Oh and there's some language too so you've been warned. His understanding of all cultures and the accents he uses are spot on. So funny!