plan b ..

so my evening didn't go as i had hoped .. which means that i had to move to plan b .. which means that i ate a handful of oreos and then ran .. and then my mind went crazy and wouldn't stop .. so i kept running until all my thoughts had thought themselves out ..

we got back from montreal last night about 9 or so .. we were barely able to make it thru the gate when the kids threw open their car doors and scampered up the hill to granny's .. it had .. after all been 5 whole days since they had seen her last .. they stayed .. didn't want to come home .." bring me some clothes" i was told .. ok .. i said .. how about a night gown and some fresh undies to go with those clothes .. great mom .. 

i took my running shoes to montreal .. thought it might be fun to run the streets in the early morning .. hahaha .. didn't happen ... didn't even make it onto the treadmill .. we walked every corner of that city .. up and down every hill .. and that in itself is a funny thing to see .. jeff takes about 16 steps for every 2 the kids and i take .. i am trying to keep cash from picking up miscellaneous items from the street .. nuts .. bolts .. washers .. anything that might be useful for him .. he crams his pockets full of these items .. and then when his pockets are full he will ask me to hold onto his "treasures" for him .. and then there is ellie .. she is window shopping the whole time .. "oh mom" .. she exclaims at every window that has some spectacular french fashion in it .. i want that .. when you are 25 i tell her .. and that .. oh .. what a beautiful dress .. and those shoes ..

while this is going on cash is in the middle of the street .. he has found a coke lid with letters inside it .. these are his favorite .. ellie has her face plastered to the glass window of a super fancy store and jeff is no where to be seen .. 

ellie come on i holler .. cash .. drop that lid .. and get out of the street .. jeff where are you .. 

entertaining at least .. is all i can say .. 

so my point is my feet where tired from scouring the city of montreal .. so i didn't run .. and then there was the ridiculously amazing food and wine .. there was no way i could run .. so full of food i could hardly move .. so full of wine i for sure could not have run straight .. i just knew that when i got back home that it was going to be like starting over ..

but it wasn't .. i think the super rich and delicious food and wine was just what i needed .. a boost to my training program you could call it .. i churned out 4 miles tonight like i WAS a "marathon runner" ..

also have a new obstacle to watch out for at night when i run .. besides the pot holes and those swarms of bugs that fly into my mouth and make me choke and those other bugs that dive bomb and hit me in the eye and blind me ..

snakes ... lots of snakes .. not the little green grass snake kind .. not the big big black kind that eat rodents .. but the dark brown stripy kind that i really don't care for .. not that i like the other kind .. but i really don't like the brown stripy kind ..

they come out at night and lay on the still hot road .. so i kinda hop and jump back and forth from side to side while running down the road .. geezzz .. that's all i need to step on a snake and get bit .. or worse .. trip over a snake and fall and then have the snake attack me while i am lying on the ground trying to recover from tripping ..

oh man .. great run i had ..

tomorrow pictures .. of montreal .. not snakes