Heating Pad needed!

So my first mini goal.... turns out to be a MAJOR goal! Had Matthew (boyfriend) drop me off so I can pick up trash and only brought two trash bags and they filled up within an hour. Quickly into this hour it starts to rain! I was planning on doing this yesterday when it was nice out but life got in the way, more on that in a minute. There is so much garbage at this place that I think it will take me an entire year to clean up. Now that I have started I can't stop. I will be going there once a week till EVERY piece of garbage is in its place. This is something I am going to have Odin join in with too. He will hate it I am sure... but hating things as a child builds character. I am going to see about getting something that would help me pick things out of trees and off the ground with out having to bend over because my back is killing me. After a few weeks of committing to this I am going to call the township and see if they will give me trash bags to help me clean this area up. I have pictures posted on facebook of my adventure today.

Shortly after getting back from trash picking, Matthew and I went to the gym. I went there with a goal running 2.2 miles and did it. That was just under 21 mins. I really tried to focus on my style of running and am not quite sure what or how to fix what I do wrong. I am hoping to go to the book store tomorrow during my lunch hour and browse/purchase a book on running. I don't even know if that exists! I know I also need to invest in better shoes and clothes but for right now I am ok with what I already own, an old pair of walking shoes and crappy tee shirts and sweat paints. I did ok today, did not have the best breakfast... coffee and french fries but I did ok.

Yesterday I did not make it to the gym nor trash picking. Odin had a birthday party from 11 to 12:30 and even though it is his father's weekend with him, I had to take him. I live an hour away so that means I had to leave at 9:45 to get him there by 11 and we were still ten minutes late. It was fun to see Odin interact with other kids in his class and how he is with girls! Made me laugh! His dad was running late and did not show up to pick him up till 4, which put me back to Bethlehem at 5:00 and it was dark. I can handle the rain and the cold but I am not comfortable going to pick up trash in the dark. Kind of ghetto and dangerous. So at that point during my drive home I was ok with just heading to the gym. Then I get home to find Matthew dressed and hair all done and ready to go eat a nice dinner at Carrabas. At that point I was like F the gym! We went and had a nice dinner just the two of us! Not the greatest restaurant for vegetarians but was very nice. I did get some exercise with Odin. Leg presses and running up and down the road playing football. That did make me realize, running outside is WAY harder then running on the treadmill. SOOOoooo.... my goal for tomorrow, don't laugh is to wake up and run a little outside! Ok I laughed! I hate waking up period! BUT I AM GOING TO DO IT and I am going to gym with Matthew after work too. Maybe I will do some weight training at gym maybe run I don't know yet. One other goal for tomorrow is to find out more information on my 5k in March that I want to run!

Obviously no smokes today and feeling good! I have to focus a bit on work tomorrow as I did not go to work on Friday.... yet I did learn (at a bar) that you need to qualify for the Boston marathon by running two other marathons, so forget that! I only want to finish a marathon, not win a Marathon. Anyway I am heading off for a walk between football games (GOSH I hate the Colts). Oh for anyone reading this who does not know who I am, Hello I am Trish!