I hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day with family and friends! We had a pretty good day over here. Wes was still dealing with pain from his kidney stone, so it was a little bit slower start to the morning.
OK by me I had plenty I needed to get done anyways.
We headed to the track around 11:00 am to start our workouts.
I started with a 2 mile warm up and could tell right away it was going to be a pretty tough workout. It was about 85 degrees at the start and it’s always a few degrees hotter on the track that what my car says.
The workout today was 5 x 1000 with 400 meter recovery in between each.
I started off a little too quickly, especially with the increased heat. I messed up the watch on the first 1000 meters so I don’t have an time for that but the other four looked something like this: 4:40, 4:42, 4:48, 4:49.
I don’t know if it was the heat but I completely forgot to take any pictures of my times. Oh well!
I was pretty worn out after the 5th one. I took a little bit too cool off and drink some water before finishing it up with a 2 mile cool down.
I sure started this week off with a bang in terms of running.
We spent most of the day relaxing and packing. I have stacks of boxes throughout the house that I need to make somewhat presentable before people come for the weekend.
We also started going through a bunch of stuff and figuring out what we would keep and what we needed to get rid of.
Anyone want some light reading?
In other news…
Michael challenged me yesterday to talk about the positives of living in Erie. Sure, for the most part you will find that both of us are pretty negative about Erie. Besides the weather it seems like the past 4 years have just brought us one bad situation after another.
I finally decided I would take the challenge and try to focus on the positive of the past 4 years.
Friends
We have made some great friends while we were here and it will be hard to say goodbye. Running has brought us closer to many people and they have been there for us throughout the whole 4 years. Even though it will be hard to part ways, I know that we will meet some more great people where we are going!
Snow Driving Skills
Even though I hate the snow, I have to say I am much more comfortable driving in it. I remember living in North Carolina and being terrified to drive every time it snowed. Now it is more of a nuisance than anything else. Hey, it’s a positive!
Beautiful Wine Vineyards/Country Back Roads
Wes and I have found some beautiful areas to run in while living in Erie. We are VERY close to the New York state line where there are some beautiful wine vineyards. Some of our favorite places to run are out there. Beautiful country roads, very few cars, and the feeling that you could run for hours. I will miss them.
Growth
I have grown a lot since we moved here. It hasn’t been easy, but if you knew me 4 years ago you would have never thought I would be capable of moving 10 hours away from everything I knew. Love makes us do crazy things, and even though it has been challenging it has made me stronger!
Wegmans
If you have ever lived near a Wegmans you will understand. It is one of the best grocery stores we have ever lived near and they have everything you can imagine. We will miss it!
Have you ever lived somewhere you didn’t like?
What did you do for Memorial Day?.
I moved to St. Louis for my undergrad, and at first, I didn’t really like it. Coming from the east coast, the midwest felt very different and took a while to adjust. However, the more I got to know the city, the more I liked it and when I left, I was pretty sad to leave!
Yeah we have found some positives, but I know both of us are looking forward to a new start! 🙂
Thanks for sharing, Sara – I wasn’t being totally literal in my ‘challenge’, but really appreciate it. And I think the process will help in the long run – because I think there is a difference between never wanting to go back, and not having good memories.
I think that over time one of the things you mention – growth – will become key. I think you can dismiss many external things (except Wegmans, which I agree totally rocks!), and just keep the items intrinsic to you and Wes.
But right now I think that the key is that pretty soon you will be able to have those philosophical discussion in a place you’d much rather live 🙂
Ha I know, I just thought it would be a fun challenge and something I Needed to do! The last few days we have left here I do need to be focusing on the positives!
Yes yes yes to living near a Wegman’s! They don’t have them in California and one of my favorite things about being back is having a Wegman’s nearby – I would go every week if I could convince my husband that it makes more sense than going to the Pricechopper right down the street from us… haha 🙂
Isn’t it the best!? I really am going to miss it!!
OH my gosh, when I first moved to Raleigh, I HATED it because I had just broken up with the guy I moved her for and it was a total disaster. Fast forward a few years. I like it okay, and I really really like the friends I’ve made here. What a difference a few years makes!
That’s funny because I would give ANYTHING to move back to Raleigh right now!! 🙂 It is amazing what a different friends and a few years can make!
I feel like every place I’ve lived there have been positives and negatives. The place is not as relevant as the life events that occurred during the time I’ve lived somewhere, I think. I have some of my best and worst memories living in the same places. I also haven’t ever moved out of the northeast so that could be a factor as well!
Sometimes I hate where I live and sometimes I love it, and I have a feeling it would be a similar story regardless of the “where”.
So true Michele! We have had a lot of hard things happen the past 4 years and that probably has put a damper on some of our views of where we are now!
I’ve always been lucky to be pretty happy with where I live! East Lansing did bother me in college because I would be catcalled all the time when running at night.
I have to laugh that you put driving in the snow on your list. As a Michigander, I sometimes struggle to understand why snow is so hard for southern drivers, I guess I take being comfortable driving on snow/ice for granted!
Haha well thankfully I will no longer be one of those southerns who don’t know how to drive in the snow 🙂
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So far every city we’ve lived it we have liked, for the most part : )
this makes us wish we had a track near by that we could go to, we miss running sprits on a track.
Track is a great thing! Hopefully I will be able to find one where we move.
Great post! And I LOVE WEGMANS! I’ve only ever shopped at Wegmans so I can’t imagine life without it haha! 🙂
I live 10 minutes away from a Wegman’s! Love what they offer, but can’t stand the crowds. Good for you for focusing on the positives