Friday Mishmash

It must be the weather, but weirdly, I'm not very hungry.  That does not happen very often, so I'm actually taking advantage of it and - are you ready for this?  Not eating.  I know - brilliant!!!  Once again, I amaze and astound myself.  Might as well ride this wave for as long as it lasts, because I know it won't last long, lol!

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A while ago, Jeff won a free Road ID bracelet, which I promptly stole (side note:  there seems to be a bit of a theft theme in our marriage).  Anyway, I finally ordered it - that whole "not running" thing kinda put a damper on my enthusiasm over getting a new one for a while, but I managed to rally myself.  They have a new Wrist ID Slim, which is really neat - it's a smaller stainless steel engraved plate on a rubber bracelet.  The cool thing?  It will also fit on most of the support bracelets out there (like the Livestrong one that Janell sent me a while ago).  Road ID also sells additional colors for just a dollar each, so you can match every outfit, should you so desire...and you KNOW I am all over that!!!  I'm thinking that when I finally get back to running, I will treat myself to some extra colors, just for fun.

 

 I have a yellow and a maroon band, but I need - NEED - a purple and a lime green one!

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A few people asked in the comments from Wednesday's post what I wore to my hot yoga classes.  You would think the answer would be "as little as possible" but I found out that less is not necessarily better when it comes to hot yoga...on Monday, I wore my knee-length yoga pants and a sleeveless top, which worked fine when I did regular yoga classes.  Well, having such bare legs made some poses more difficult - there are weird configurations where you're wrapping one leg around another (arms, too) and the sweat made everything slip and slide.  So last night (do you like how I slipped that tidbit that in - I went to yoga AGAIN - twice in one week - go me!) I wore a pair of my Nike running capris and a Champion C9 (Target brand) top, and I was much more comfortable...while I could not imagine running in this heat in capris, they worked great for hot yoga.  I took a quick picture on my way out the door - hair scraped back into a pony tail, no make up - hey, it's not very flattering, but it worked!

This is a racer-back top, which felt really good in the heat.   Plus I liked the loose body.  And of course the color was fun! :)

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So swimming.  There is not NEARLY the amount of fun things you can get for swimming as you can for running.  Even the few swimming t-shirts I've seen just didn't feel right for me - I'm not a competitive swimmer, but I am proud of myself for taking the plunge (I know, that was bad).  A few weeks ago I was messing around on the Running Chics website and found this:

 It's me!  Not sure what I love more, the swim cap, the goggles, or the fact that she's swimming with her head out of the water!

Here's a picture my friend Terry took of me when I wore the shirt to our weekly lunch on Wednesday:

I love this shirt - I'm a Swimming Chic!

During our lunch, Terry also got a picture of me and my "halo"  - do you see it?

After I dried my hair and threw on a headband (summer hairstyling - it's getting lazier by the day!), I noticed a ring of short hairs sticking up at the top of my head...and flashed back to when I first started swimming, Coach Joni mentioned something about how a swim cap will cause hair breakage...and there it is.  Luckily, if I actually just style my hair it won't be noticeable.  But I feel kind of "official" now as a real-deal swimmer.  I know, I'm weird.

Hope you all have a great weekend, and come on in, Tropical Storm Don - Texas is waiting for you!!!