Why don't you just drive there????

Holy Smokes! It's been a busy few days.....

Saturday was the "big day" for my brother and Juli. Everything turned out amazing and it was so fun to be a part of their special day. I love love loved seeing Wade all fancied up.Not too shabby for a small town country boy. His usual attire of wranglers and a sleeveless tee-shirt were nowhere to be seen. I gotta say the boy cleans up nicely. :) Keep your eyes off my man-candy ladies.

 

Sunday was a recovery day for me. I was whipped. Wade was whipped... we really needed a recovery day.... and some freaking Dairy Queen. (No worries, we behaved).

Monday... Oh Monday....

Back to work I went and afterwards it was BOOT CAMP BABY! Candice attempted to kill me once again (I'm still feeling the soreness in my legs). I am noticing that my slacking off has started to catch up with me. Boot camp was hard on this girl. I was OUT.OF.BREATH and HOT. AS. HELL... and by HOT I mean sweating like a pig and panting like a dog. We did plenty of burpies, mountain climbers, plank jacks, high knees, squat thrusts, jumping jacks, and other forms of torture. Next we followed up with some different down and backs. It was a good one, if you think that death by exercise is a health lifestyle choice.. I kid, I kid.. it wasn't THAT bad.. kinda.

ummmm.. whatev...

Later that after boot camp we did what most people in the valley did.... we watched it go up in smoke. No, I'm not being funny. I'm super serious right now. Our little beautiful valley has been on fire for the last 2 days and it's been horrible. So much destruction and so damn fast. I'm broken hearted for the homes that were lost but grateful for the lives saved because of the fast response times. Currently we are at 10% contained and our valley has lost 28000 acres, but not one life has been lost. That's a huge blessing.

Yesterday was a work day for me and then some more watching and praying. I wish these fires would stop. We need some rain and NO WIND.

Tonight I'm packing. I hope I bring all the right stuff. I AM SO EXCITED and SOOOO NERVOUS, but tomorrow afternoon I leave for my first Relay Race. I will be running in the Spokane to Sandpoint Relay. YES, I'm scared. YES, I'm worried... BUT I'm just scared and worried because the other 11 women that are on this team are super fast and super strong. I hope I do good. They have taken mercy on me and given me some easy legs. They must be able to see a poser coming their way! One of my legs is a night time run. Approximately 9:10 at night and it's a "glow" contest. I have purchased a BOAT LOAD of glow in the dark stuff. I hope hope hope it works out well. The leg is a short one 2.83 miles and I think I'll be able to handle having a ton of crud pinned to me and wrapped around me for that length of a run. I want to WIN the contest for our TEAM. DANG IT!!! I've never ran in the dark. I have to wear a running reflective vest and a head lamp. I keep thinking I'll be scared of the boogie man and run faster. BECAUSE I HATE THE DARK... but I'm gonna be a big kid and roll with it. :) It's tough being a grown up. I should be home Saturday and I'll update the blog with all my adventures. My total running is 9.98 miles. This is a 36 hour race.... but we should be done well before that. AND THIS IS MY AUGUST RACE. Plus, I think I get a metal to add to the collection. YAY....

Little pic I borrow from the actual website for the Spokane to Sandpoint.

Let it be known..... prior to my "running" the only time I was in Sandpoint ID was for dinner or to buy booze passing through. Hahahaha.. Time have changed, huh?

OH OH OH... big news.. I can't believe I didn't post... I weighed in at a reduced 153.8. I went down and I'll take it..... I really need to pay good attention if I'm gonna get into the 140s EVER IN MY LIFE.

So, there ya have it folks... Mandy's life summed up. Wish me luck this weekend... Lord knows I'll need it. I'm gonna do my best. Can't wait to share the adventure with you.

Question of the day??  Who's getting married first, Jen or Brad????

xoxo
M