Daniel's Birthday

Today Daniel celebrated his 29th birthday. It's the week before finals, so unfortunately we didn't have too much fun. We had chicken taco's for dinner and German chocolate cake with vanilla ice-cream.

It's Spider Season

The thing I hate the most about living in the south, are the icky bugs and spiders. There is just no avoiding them, and I hate it. This little guy was outside out front door. The keys are for size comparison, just encase you were wondering.

Training at Shelby Farms

I decided to run a half marathon. I have been training since January, and my race is April 30th. It's the Nashville Country Music 1/2 marathon. When Daniel's dad came down in December to run the St Jude Marathon, I thought to myself 'I could probably do that'. But more than that, I wanted to accomplish something. Not being able to have children makes me feel like a failure sometimes, and I wanted to do something to say to myself that I could accomplish something. So this is what I chose.

It hasn't all been fun. I basically started from scratch. I should have given myself more time to train, but my goal is to finish in the given time (4 hours), not to win.

Shelby Farms is where I love to run. They have several different trails, but I just discovered this new one. It starts in the farms, and leaves the grounds. It is an old railroad that they turned into a path. It is 7.5 miles out, so to the end and back is 15 miles. But of course you don't have to go to the end. The path is always busy with runners, bikers, roller-skaters, and people out for a walk.

The weird part is, is that it goes past the prison. It's a very nice looking prison, but it's still a little weird. Daniel comes with me and rides his bike while I run/walk.

It was a hot day, as you can tell by the buffalo chilaxing in the water.