Cold Days

Outside

Love waking up and this note is on the kitchen counter.
My little ladies are outdoor survivalists.
Good thing we live on a farm.

Mud Sweat and Tears= Life Lesson for Me

Mud Sweat and Tears

A team of 6 of us decided to go for it and enter the MST.

It was a fantastic day.

Weather was perfectly overcast and not blazing hot.

Everyone was in great spirits and ready to go!!

We were in the 2nd heat and got off running at 9:30.

It wasn't as crazy hard as i had thought it would be but it was still tough.

Fun tough.

The obstacles were kind of lumped together, which was great for spectators but a bit blah for the participants.

I'd rather run a kilometre then do an obstacle, than run 2 kms and have 4 obstacles together.

but it worked.

I love the look on these girl faces, determined!!

This was tougher than it looked!

And here were go up the 2 km Misery Mile.
Aptly named I might add.

This is where I began to have trouble.

I started to feel icky.

After I reached the top, which was a bit painfully slow for my usual abilities we started to head down again through some switch-backs.

I should have clued in at this point.

But by the time I reached the next obstacle and had to stop and wait, a rope over water to pull yourself along, I felt the full brunt of what was going on.

I was going into hypoglycaemic shock, probably adrenaline induced, though ill never know for sure.

Even though I ate breakfast and thought I had it under control I was taken down, hard.
Felt drunk as a skunk, nauseas, shaky and sweaty, dizzy and stupid.
So down I went.
My pulse was just fine and barley elevated but my head was spinning and one of my pupils were not responding.
 Not good!!
Water wasn't enough and I didn't have any Glucogel.
Finally they called a medic and 10 minutes later he arrived with 5-alive and a banana.
Once that set in, about 10 more minutes, I was able to slowly walk to the ATV.

Then I got fuming mad!!
I got embarrassed and really sad.
I was all over the board.
I felt alone up there and even a bit scared, its a horrible feeling.

After I got down the mountain and I found  hubby and the kids, all I wanted to do was go home.
Everyone else was celebrating and I was too rough to even care.

I stayed in bed for hours with the most pounding headache and stomach ache.
I slept for a few hours and woke up hung over like.
But better.
And I was starving.

The sweetest thing ever was a cardboard medal my kids made for me because I didn't receive one.
Even though I got a big DNF (did not finish) in this race they were still proud.
SO I realized I should be too.
So instead of getting angry I saw it as a life lesson.
My girls now know that I tried my best and that I need to always take care of my self.

So guess what I'm doing next week?
I'm going to run it again and prove I can get it done, for my own sake.
Even though the obstacles will be gone, the misery mile will still be there.

Nauti-Sue

We Bought a Boat!!
It was a long hard process.
We looked at no less than 30 boats, it was starting to get a bit tedious!!
Our efforts fianlly paid of!!
Can't wait for our first day out on our "Nauti-Sue"

San Diego Zoo

We made it to San Diego Zoo.
Have to admit that i am not a fan of zoos.

It had its usually suspects and more than enough shopping to put any mall to shame.
Girls had fun but weren't really impressed.
They noticed how sad most of the animals looked.

USS Midway

We made it to San Diego.
We were able to hit up most of the touristy things in town.
Dad's pick was the USS Midway.
Not the girls first choice but it was definitely interesting.

It in a museum and grand proportions.
Hard to believe it once floated out in the middle of the ocean during wars.

The girls were interested in hearing about wartimes etc.

Lots of history and nostalgia to enjoy!!

Girls got to man the deck and sit in the captains seat.