If any of you are wondering about the residuals of yesterday disastrous run, I’m still very, very cold. Tomorrow, I am going to take it easy (but still run, of course!).
This morning I ran 1.08 miles in 11 minutes. It was a 10:22 pace. It was 79* 80% humidity at the time I ran, so I am content with that time. There’s NO WAY I could do that for very long, though! HA!
Moving on:
Today is Thursday and in one of my running groups we do TBT pics. I thought I would share with y’all the pic I posted on the page today.
#1 Daughter and #1 Son are about 20 months apart. When I was 6 months pregnant with #1 Son, we made a trip to visit my parents. #1 Daughter was (I think) 15 months old at the time.
We went to an Animal Safari park thing. You drove though the park to see the animals and they also offered rides and petting zoo…you know, touristy stuff.
Seeing as it was around lunch time, we grabbed some hot dogs and hopped into the car for the drive through of the park. It was a warmish day so we had the car windows down to get some airflow through the car and so we could see the animals better.
We reached the Giraffe area. Those giraffe’s were not shy! They came right up to the car and peered through the windows. It was interesting to say the least!
Well, #1 Daughter had just been nibbling at her hot dog. Not seriously eating it. To be honest, she just wasn’t interested in it at all. All of a sudden, this giraffe sticks its head and very long neck into the car! It grabs #1 Daughter’s hot dog and eats it! Right in front of her! With its head still in the car!!! HA!
Of course, that’s when #1 Daughter decided that she really DID want that hot dog after all and that she was very hungry. Figures. That was all the food we had in the car. #poorparentalplanning
Do you know that #1 Daughter actually remembers that!?! She was such a little thing but I guess having a giraffe eat her lunch made an impression on her.
Well, to appease a hungry little girl, we promised her she could have an elephant ride when we finished driving through the park. (We also rolled up the windows! HA!) We got back to the place where they did the elephant rides and waited in line.
#1 Daughter was being very patient. She was excited to ride on an elephant! It’s not every day you get to do that! Finally, it was her turn. She needed an adult to ride with her.
Grandma and Grandpa both bowed out. No way they were going to sit on an elephant! Same with MFH (My Favorite Husband).
What!?!
Yup. You got it. The only adult left was me. All of these very UN-pregnant people refused to sit on an elephant. I climbed on the back of that enormous creature. They handed #1 Daughter to me and we were off.
The elephant ride was uneventful. They had some sort of fancy padded seat thing so you didn’t feel the ridge of the elephants back. It was a gentle rocking back and forth feel to the ride. Soothing, really.
We finished the ride. They took pics. Somebody hoisted me off the crazy thing and we headed for home.
Here’s the pic.
