My Second 5K

Today I did my second 5K! I was nervous going into it because I haven't been training, I didn't register until this morning, and this was a bigger race than my first one. Thankfully, the weather was very comfortable, it almost felt like fall, and the rain held off until after the race. I didn't get a good look at the course map before the race, I won't make the mistake again. Almost all of the second miles was up hill! I wasn't ready for that. I was feeling pretty happy just to finish the race, then I noticed that I had taken just over 2 minutes off my time! I decided to stick around for the awards ceremony and to my surprise I finished 3rd in my age group! There may have only been four of us, but I'm still happy. I was about to jog almost all of the first mile, that is also an accomplishment for me. I really need to start training again, I enjoy this too much to only run once a month.

I hope everyone has had a great Labor Day weekend!

Mrs. Yeo

Time for an update

So, as of yesterday we have been married two months! While it is all very exciting, I have to admit that very little has changed.  In those two months we've laughed, loved, and ate a lot.  We have both been testing ourselves in the kitchen and have served each other under-cooked raw chicken. We've put away most of the wedding gifts, still no place to safely store the china. And for the most part I remember to use my new last name when asked.

 Now that I am back to work we are getting use to a routine again.  Unfortunately, we do not share the same days off each week. I have normal weekends, while Pete is off on Wednesday and Thursday. That kinda sucks, because my work schedule is pretty much the complete opposite of Pete's. I wake up on week days at 4:15 and I am out the door by 5, Pete doesn't have to be at work until 10 or 11. I get a break in the middle of the day and then work again from 1 to 4ish, Pete doesn't get home some nights until almost 10. Needless to say, some days we may only get a glimpse of each other as one of us is running out the door for work.  On nights that it is possible, we do try to sit down and have dinner together, but I usually go to bed right after.

In other news, I am very excited because next Saturday football season starts! Auburn has their first game next Saturday and I absolutely can't wait to watch it. I make no attempt to guess what this season will hold, but I will watch every game and will be wearing orange and navy every Saturday for the next few weeks. So, WAR DAMN EAGLE! Let the fun begin!

I have completely stopped running again, and I haven't been able to do another 5K. This really upsets me, but I have no one to blame but myself. I hope that once we are a few more weeks into the school year and I get better adjusted to my earlier work schedule I will find some energy and start running again. I also have been fighting a cold for the past week, the joys of working with children.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Mrs. Yeo

5k Results

The official results from my first 5k. I was just over 7 minutes behind the first place finisher.

I did it!

Well, it has been a busy week. Wednesday I started back to work. It was a day full of meetings. We also decided Wednesday night that Pete would go out of town for work, starting Friday. So, I decided to register for a 5k. On Friday morning I left for work at 5:20 and then at 8 Pete left to go out of town. He will be back this coming Wednesday, the first day of school. This is only his second business trip, and I'm still getting use to having a husband that travels. That is why I decided to do my first 5k this weekend.

So, this morning I woke up just a little later than I would on a work day and got ready for my race. It was a great experience! I ended up finishing in about 38 minutes. I am so proud of myself for finally doing this! I NEVER thought I would be able to complete a 5k, and now that I have I just want to keep going!

So, now I have a few more days until Pete comes home, and I'm still trying to get back in the swing of a work schedule. My schedule is a little different earlier than it was last year, so I'm guess that it will take me a few weeks to get use to things. I am happy to be back to work though, and to have a daily schedule.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Mrs. Yeo

time for an update

I haven't posted anything in a while, so I thought I would do a quick update. As of last Monday, we have officially been husband and wife for a month! My employer has officially changed my name and all of that good stuff. We really haven't done too much recently. We did have a first for us though, last Thursday night the dinner I cooked made Pete sick. I knew it would happen and it sucked just as much as I thought it would. Saturday, we had our shower/reception to celebrate with the extended family and friends that couldn't make it to the wedding. We had a decent turn out and received a lot of amazing stuff. We used some of our gift cards to buy a Soda Stream, which is turning out to be really awesome! A bonus to have this celebration a month after the wedding was that we received a canvas print of one of our wedding pictures, a framed honeymoon picture, and a calendar made out of our honeymoon pictures! We also got some AMAZING Kenneth Cole Reaction towels. I know they are pricey, but they are like wrapping up in a cloud! Because we had a good bit of people not show up to the shower, and we bought way too many mason jars to be use as cups/favors, we now have about 50 pint size mason jars just sitting in our very small kitchen. I'm constantly looking to pintrest for something to do with them, because I do not can anything.

Wednesday marks the beginning of the school year for me, I go back to work at 6:45 AM. That means, as of 6:46 AM Wednesday  I will start my countdown to the end of the school year! I am a 185 day employee, so I will not see my students until August 7. I just hope that this year is a little easier than last year, but we'll see what happens.

Tomorrow, I am keeping my nephews for a larger portion of the day. They are 5 and 22 months old. I do not exactly have a house that is ready for children. Don't get me wrong, we don't have breakable and expensive stuff everywhere, we just don't have a lot of toys and activities for children. I'm both excited and nervous about this. My hope is that the weather isn't terribly hot or raining and we can spend a good bit of time at the local park.

I hope everyone has a good week!

Mrs. Yeo

Five on Friday

Its that time again. Along with not posting a lot this week, I also have not done my training. In the mix of rain, heat, and trying to get our lawn taken care of it just didn't happen. Tuesday, we thought we had our lawn mower fixed; so while my husband used the weed eater, I cut the grass. About a quarter of the way through the lawn mower blew up. And that is just the kind of week it has been around here. So, here is my Five on Friday.

1. Royal Baby Watch- Yes, I am one of those crazy people that can't wait for this baby to be born. My grandmother loved Princess Diana, and her love of the royals rubbed off on me.

2. Food(again)- I have no idea why but all I want to do is eat, this is really not a good thing!

3. Disney- I know I just spent a week there for our honeymoon, but I'm already dying to go back! I absolutely love Disney World, it is easily my favorite place to go. I don't care how old you are Disney World is magical, and it is always such a good time. I really could not have imagined a better place for our honeymoon. Pete and I both love Disney movies, and really all things Disney, so it was so special to start our married life there!

4. Going back to work- My summer break is almost over and this week has been spent getting some things back in order to go back to work. I'm not looking forward to waking up super early again, and dealing with some of the adults, but for the most part I do miss the kids and I look forward to seeing them again.

5. Rain- There have been 2 days it hasn't rained in the last week, maybe week and half.  Let me be more specific when I say rain, it has poured, knocked the power out kind of rain. I've told Pete that if this keep up we're are going to have to move to Florida. I can deal with the rain every day if we're closer to the ocean.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Mrs. Yeo

Weekend Recap

Oh hey, look, its Monday again.

I hope everyone had a good weekend, it is hard to consider Saturday and Sunday a weekend at this point because Pete works. His "weekend" starts tonight. But, here is a recap of I guess my weekend.

On Friday, Pete was actually working close to home so instead of getting home at 9:30/10 he was actually home at a decent time. There couldn't have been a better day for it because one of our dogs had been sick all day, I was over it.

Saturday was 100% boring. I really didn't do anything other than dishes while Pete was at work. But, the sound on our television went out. So, when Pete got home that meant he had to take the no longer working TV out of the living room and switch it with the one that wasn't being used in the spare room. Then, before bed I made the mac n cheese for our fried mac n cheese that we were going to have with dinner last night.

Yesterday was kinda a day from hell. I got up when Pete left for work to start work on the mac n cheese again. It had been in the refrigerator over night, next it had to be shaped into the balls and put in the freezer for a few hours. I made myself breakfast and started towels when one of our dogs really started crying. This time he was horribly sick, I guess our dogs just wanted to take turns. So, I took care and cleaned up after him all day. I was also about to spare 30 minutes to go for my run, of course it started raining while I was out. When Pete got home we started cooking dinner. The fried mac n cheese was an absolute pain in the ass and not worth the trouble.

Now here we are on Monday, which means an exciting day of cleaning, paying bills and grocery shopping. I lead a very exciting life.

Here is my C210K check in from yesterday. I didn't do as long of a cool down as I normally do, I usually do just a little more than 5 minutes.

 Week 2 Day 3

Have a great Monday yall!

Mrs. Yeo