Cat & Mouse

Are there any cat lovers out there? I usually am, except mornings like today. We have 2 cats that are low maintenance and for the most part great additions to the family.  However, it's not so wonderful to wake up to a cat meowing loud enough for the whole household to wake up at 6 a.m. Only this wasn't her usual I'm hungry meowing, or pet me meowing. It was a closed mouth meowing. Which can only mean one thing. She brought in a new play toy. Two choices... a bird or a mouse. I'll take a bird any day. Today, however, her play toy of choice was a mouse. That's what I get for leaving the unscreened window open over night. Of course she takes it to the girls' room, it's usually the messiest room with the most obstacles(toys), so therefore a great place to play 'cat & mouse'. Yes, my cat still brings her toys in half-alive. She wants you to witness her brilliance in catching her prey. Can you feel my anxiety? I've had too many mice get away from her to know that this situation doesn't always end well. It's not fun to look for mice that are still on the move, lifting up clothes, looking in shoes, toy boxes and purses to find a little grey rodent. Believe me, not my idea of fun. So I enlisted my husband to get it, and he wanted to let our cat finish the job but I insisted that he take care of business. Today was a good day. He caught it right away. Princess was disappointed that her fun was over for the morning, but now I can carry on without wondering when a mouse might run across my path today. I'll be wearing the running shoes in this house, thank you very much, not no stinkin' mouse... : )

So big week this week.  My #3 marathon.  Park City Marathon is Saturday! I'm looking forward to it. Excitement is building... Does this elevation chart scare anyone?  Mostly uphill til mile 16ish?  I haven't done as many hill workouts as I had planned.  Not going to lie, a little nervous.  I'm going in with the attitude that I can do this, I will finish it, it will be great weather, and I'm going to have fun.  Not expecting a PR of any sorts.  Good attitude, right?  Fun, it's all about fun...

It's also my daughter's birthday weekend, so really the focus is on her.  We're going to stay up in Park City for three days and have a blast for the last weekend of the summer and dedicate it to my soon to be 9 year old!  She's pretty excited as are the rest of us to have a weekend up there.  My race will only take a few hours, I'll shake it off, good or bad, and then play, play, play!

I will be catching up my food journal today.  I will admit right now that I am not an example to be followed.   I made lots of mistakes last week with my eating and will have to dissect it in another post.  My trainer will also be going over it on Wednesday during our extra long session, so I'll give you my POV and his this week.

Don't forget my giveaway here!  You only have til tomorrow night at midnight!

Have a great day & I hope you don't run across any stray mice today! : )