Week end-ed.

What are you up to this weekend?

My sister is coming into town to run her first marathon this Sunday in Atlantic City.  I'm so ridiculously proud of her!

Tonight, we'll slurp down ginormous bowls of Mom's famous lasagna soup and then cuddle up on the couch and watch silly romantic comedies.

Tomorrow we'll drive down to AC in time to catch some college football (go UM!) and fill up on a huge pasta dinner before waking up early for the main event Sunday morning.  My running sneakers are packed just in case she needs a running buddy along the 26.2 mile route.

I hope your weekend is filled with good food, people you love and something to cheer about!

Overwhelm-ed? Sweat it out.

Let’s take a moment to talk about how silly we can be sometimes.

Yesterday afternoon I left work late, feeling overwhelmed and frustrated.  I contemplated going home and throwing myself a grand pity party (I am in event planning, after all).  Luckily, however, the bus route I take passes directly in front of the gym I belong to (this was a strategic decision on my part) and so I hopped off the bus and decided I was going to put all of the negative energy buzzing around in my body towards running the hardest 30 minutes I could.  Man, I have never felt so good on a treadmill before!  With every surge in the music, I pushed the up button on the speed monitor.  I left feeling like I could take on the world.

It’s amazing what a little sweat can do.  And that’s all it took to put things in perspective.  If all I needed was a hard run to wash my “problems” away, they probably weren’t really worth worrying about in the first place.