Day 29

And then it rained…Yes, folks I was unable to go to the track today because not only did it rain, it was a freaking monsoon this morning.  There were thunder, lightening, cats, dogs and bad drivers. No umbrella was going to do me any good in that mess so I decided to run on the treadmill. I couldn’t possibly take two days off in a row. That would not be acceptable. I haven’t taken two days off in a row off since I started 29 days ago.

So I got up at 5:30 am and stayed lying in the bed thinking about random things until 6. I then went downstairs and let the dogs out. No, that was NOT a typo. I did say DOGS meaning plural.  Yesterday my dear friends, my beautiful daughter decided to rescue a boxer who had been stuck at the pet store for almost 5 months. She was no longer as cute and cuddly as the 2 month olds so she was having a hard time getting adopted. I don’t know why because she was half the price of the other puppies. For some reason, the older they get, the less expensive they are. Anyway, the little lady below has now joined our family. Her name is Jane.

I know this blog is supposed to be about me running but as I said before eventually Sara (my first dog) would be my running partner. I now have two future running partners because I can’t very well take one running and not the other. I already like Jane even after I told my daughter that I wouldn’t. I kind of knew that Sara would eventually need a friend as she is so energetic and tires us all out before she goes down for a nap so I didn’t mind Jane coming home with us too much.

We brought Jane home to meet Sara who is one full month younger than Jane and at least 10 lbs lighter. Can I tell you that Sarah beat the hell out of Jane when she met her. I had to pull Sara off of Jane several times during their first encounter. I then called the pet store and told them what happened and they said to leave them alone and let them work it out. I told them okay, but if I ended up with one dead dog, they were giving me another one. The gentleman on the phone laughed and told me the girls would be fine.

After a few minutes of Sara and Jane nipping at each other and playing tug of war with some toys, they settled down. They were tired and needed a drink. Sara went to the water dish and Jane followed. Sara allowed Jane to drink from the dish and I knew that they were going to be okay. They are now pretty good friends even though every now and then Sara has to show her dominance by nipping at Jane and correcting her if she tries to jump on me. Sara is NOT trying to have Jane jump on me at all.  She’s a feisty little thing. I’m so blessed to have a big house and a large backyard to keep both dogs. They are quite cool. I enjoyed playing with them both this morning. I worked on training Jane to sit and when she wouldn’t Sara would get annoyed and nip at her. They are a pair. I will say that Sara is definitely a little more intelligent than Jane. Jane is smart but she doesn’t pick up on stuff as quickly as Sara does. Sara is helping to train Jane, which is good. The two of them gave me a workout yesterday so that day off was technically not a day off.

And now back to my run on the treadmill. Isn’t that why you’re here? Ok, so I ran/walked 2.11 miles without losing my sanity down in that basement. I had the music loud and focused on just running. I did not allow my mind to wander about what was going on upstairs in the house or the work on my desk. I just focused on the music and those little dots on the treadmill monitor that indicated how far into my walk/run I was.

The good thing about doing my two mile walk/run in my basement is that afterwards I can really get down on the floor and stretch. I really stretched my muscles and did a few leg lifts to finish off my workout. I came out of that basement a sweaty mess but I felt good. I hope it doesn’t rain tomorrow because I’d like to go to the track if I can. If not I can run/walk on my treadmill. Today I realized today that the basement is not so bad.

Until tomorrow…

Ms. P.