“Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired.”
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian

So, remember how I said a while back that I was training for a marathon? Well, I took a big hiatus. And then I panicked and switched to the half-marathon as there was NO way I was going to make the full. After Noah left for Saskatoon in May, I had to stop running because I couldn’t leave the girls by themselves. Well, I could, but I don’t think that would be a very good idea and I’d rather they not be taken away because of my abandoning them.

Now that we’re all living in the same city again, I can ditch the three of them and run to my heart’s delight.

I looked up a 10-week half-marathon training schedule and I start tomorrow. I was going to start today, but since the marathon is on a Sunday and I am planning to do my long runs on Sundays, I need Mondays as a rest day. Plus, it lets me put it off another day. I really love running, but I really love procrastinating even more.

Since we no longer live in Regina and I can no longer run my favorite route around Wascana Lake, I had to find something else. Until I find somewhere better, I’m planning runs around my house using mapmyrun.com. It’s WONDERFUL.

Now I just have to figure out how to get my mind to convince my body that it’s never tired.

I thought you all should know that I took the camera to the pool this past week and DIDN’T FORGET IT THERE.

I know you’re all proud of me.

Prior to this trip to the pool, Liliana had been GLUED to me every time we went in there. I didn’t blame her, as she couldn’t touch the bottom.

This last trip, though, I bought her some little water wings. I also discovered that she COULD touch the bottom at the very beginning of the shallow end.

She was pretty proud of herself. She kept trying to go after Kaylie, but would find that she couldn’t get a grip on the bottom anymore, and she’d go back to where she could stand.

We’d bought a bunch of little water guns for Kaylie’s birthday party last weekend, and the girls had them in the pool as well. Liliana hasn’t yet discovered that hers can SQUIRT WATER because she refuses to let go of it for me to teach her.

Kaylie finally found her goggles and spent most of her pool time under water.

I haven’t had her in swim lessons since we moved here, as I don’t really see a point if she’s completely independent in the water anyway.

We’re going to miss our pool when we move.

Liliana and I went to Saskatoon yesterday so that I could have a job interview. It ended up being not so much an interview as a when can you start, what days would you like to work, what would you like to be paid kind of thing.

I’m pretty stoked about it.

I left Liliana in Saskatoon with Noah for the weekend. Kaylie was at a sleepover at her friend’s place. This meant that I had Friday night FREE.

After having it just us three girls for the last couple weeks, my free night was AWESOME.

I stayed up late and slept in until 10am.

WONDERFULNESS.

I was up before Kaylie was due to be home.

Kaylie got hit in the face with a book by her friend right before she was dropped off. I figured she’d develop a shiner as the day went on, but so far it’s just a bit swollen.

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Kaylie’s soccer team is in a tournament this weekend. They lost their first game early this afternoon, but won their second game 8-O. Kaylie was in net for the second half, but got pretty bored as the ball was on the other end of the field the majority of the time.

Kaylie and I got to spend this evening just the two of us. After her game at 5, we made popcorn, and watched Flicka 2. It kind of took me back to the time in our lives, pre-Noah and pre-Liliana when it was just the two of us. It wasn’t so bad. (Don’t tell the other two.)

Her last game is at 8am tomorrow morning. Whomever scheduled that game is going to get a beating. I don’t think I’ve EVER had to be anywhere that early on a Sunday before. She and I are heading to Saskatoon to pick up Liliana and see Noah for Father’s Day right after her team photos at noon.

Apparently I like to fit as much into a weekend as I can.

Meet Erica. ^ She’s staying with us for a month. She just finished her first year of college in Quebec and decided she wanted to do “nothing” for a whole entire month. Except, of course, hang out with her nieces.

^ Super sister soccer fan.

Warmin’ up. ^

^ Liliana decided that singing into her “microphone” was much more enjoyable than just watching her big sister play soccer. This kid cracks me up.

^ Yes, she still insists that upside down is right side up. I give birth to strange children.

^ She either looks really upset or really excited. I’m not sure.

She is my (Type A) child. I sometimes wonder.

And that’s all I have time for.

Have a lovely Friday.

I also made my first pie on Nonday. Noah wanted one so I figured I’d attempt it for him. He says it’s good so I guess I’ll just take his word for it! Coconut cream. Yummmm!