Thursday Oct 27

I went through Pace's close yesterday and took out the 18 month clothes and put in 24 month/2t. It made me really sad knowing that we're done with the baby sizes already. I just can't believe it. But like my friend said today, it has to end sometime.

I bought fresh COD fillets today from downtown Wiesbaden. I battered it with Japanese Bread crumbs and parmesian cheese and topped it with walnuts, and had green beans and Black Quinoa on the side. Seriously, it was the best fish I had in a long time.

Today Pace said 'yummy' for the first time while he was eating Baklava.

Tuesday Oct 25

Favorite saying of the day:
Luna: "Mom, come wipe my butt!" I go in and tell her to touch her toes as normal. Then she says, "It looks like a cucumber. It looks like Larry" (from Veggie Tales). Hahaha.

Thursday, Oct 20th

I saved Luna half of my pretzel today from my walk with Pace while she was in kindergarten. When i gave it to her she said, "Are you really my mom"?. I said, "Yes, I'm your mom!" Then she said, "You're my best'. ugh. love it.

"Bye mom, love you mom, have a good day".

"Bye mom. Love you mom. Have a good day"! This is what Elee says to me everyday after he gives me a huge hug and kiss goodbye.... before running with his one size too big back pack to the bus stop. Can I push a 'freeze in time' button? He is so sweet. This just melts my heart.

I DID IT!!!! 1/2 MARATHON KOLN, GERMANY

I did it! I finished the race! I set out to just finish the race without getting injured. The first mile or two was difficult. Runners stumbling over and trying to pass each other to get into a pace. It was virtually impossible to get into a groove at first with so many people running. After the first two miles I was feeling good and got into about a 9 minute-mile pace. Then came time that I had to pee. It would've been a lot better had I not had to wait in a line to use the porta-potty. Next time, I'm gonna go on the side of the street. After the stop, it was hard to get back into pace. But eventually I settled into a 9-10 minute -mile pace. The runner in me wanted to push it to my max. I ran the last three miles around an 7:30- 8 minute pace. I just kept wanting to go faster and faster. I felt great. My cheerleaders were there at two places along the run. Elee and Josiah ran along side me for about a 100 meters. It was so cute. At the end of the race, the family wasn't there. I was supposed to meet them back at the hotel. I picked up my shirt, and grabbed a coca cola and Kolsch beer. Nothing like drinking a beer after running a half marathon. It really made me feel like I was in Germany. I came in 285 overall for my age group. I think there might've been about 10,000 runners there? My time was 2 hours and 8 minutes.

We went to Dusseldorf for Lunch/dinner after the race. Very cool walking area with lots of places to eat really good food. They are famous for their Altbier. So we had to get that of course.

My foot still bothers me, but today, my whole body is sore so I'm not noticing it too much.