This year we celebrated Mother's Day a little different. My Tinkerbell half marathon is normally in January, but this year it was moved to May.
I met up with Cass and Michelle at the Expo on Saturday afternoon. All smiles! None of us really trained for this race, so we are in this for a good time. :) Hahaha.
We had a big pre-Mother's Day dinner at Cheesecake Factory. I went against everything I know to be true about eating the night before a big race. (Of course my biggest regret was that I forgot to order my raspberry lemonade! What was a thinking?!) I ordered some veggie lettuce wraps and a small dish of plain bowtie pasta. I sampled the fried mac and cheese before my meal and had strawberry shortcake for dessert. It's running suicide. Luke got an Oreo cheesecake for them to try. The boys thought it was ok, so they all had a few bites. It was so rich it didn't get finished.
I woke up throughout the night with the worst stomach ache and slept terrible. I definitely had my doubts about making it through 13.1 miles with my gut full of Cheesecake Factory morsels.
My alarm was set for 3:45am, which came way too early. Our hotel was close, so I walked to the park with Cassie, Michelle and Michelle's husband who was also running the race. We met around 4:30am in front of their hotel.
Race started...and ended. I made it. Luke and the kids walked to mile 11, which was close to the hotel. It was so good to see their faces and I collected kisses from everyone. My legs were burning!!
Wiggy lost a top beaver that morning too, while I was running. Luke sent me a photo.
After the race I walked back to the hotel, where I met the family. I showered and got cleaned up. We checked out and went in search of food. I was pretty hungry. We tried to eat at the Broken Yolk but the wait was crazy. I was kind of craving a bean and cheese burrito, so Luke found a Del Taco. He and the kids were amazed that's what I wanted for Mother's Day lunch and I told them I didn't care. Tubbs was pretty concerned and thought I wasn't having a special Mother's Day. We decided daddy would make my favorite dinner of fried chicken and garlic green beans later that night.
When we got home, Wiggy was able to give me the gift she made me at school and I talked her into rubbing my feet for 30 seconds. :)
While Luke and the kids made dinner they told me to lay down and relax....which is really difficult for me. (Especially when someone is telling me to do it!) :) So I read and napped a little.
While I rested, they tried to make me a strawberry cake too, but they burned it. They tried again and we got some cupcakes this time around.
Happy Mother's Day to me and to my mother and mother-in-law. It was a special day!
That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....
So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.
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