November 6th, (Sunday)

Last week was such a crazy week. Josiah had some troubles at school which I won't get into on here. I battled a migraine the entire week just thinking and trying to process so many things mentally. It was a very taxing week. Elee got sick and had to stay home from school Thursday. They called me at 8am saying that he puked on the bus. I felt so bad for him. So I picked him up and brought him home, then took Luna to kindergarten a little late. Josiah and Elee had no school on Friday so we had a long weekend too. It was beautiful weather. Yesterday we went on a hike in the forest, and today we went to church & to a playground afterwards to enjoy being outside.

Richie finally bought my jogging stroller! It was the one that I wanted too! I checked all the reviews and it was consistent with being the best jogging stroller for serious runners. It's the 2011 BOB Ironman. Richie was hesitant, maybe I should say very hesitant, to buy the stroller because of the price. And even Richie ordered it for me. Yes, he ordered it (he got up one night from bed to buy the stroller for me). The cool thing was I was able to call Babies R Us and they refunded the shipping (they were having a shipping deal) and also after much finagling I was able to get 15% refunded (since I haven't been receiving the coupons in the mail).

I ran with the jogging stroller last Monday for the first time! It was great! I ran just about 5 miles with it and my time didn't change too much. I think because people saw me running with it, it made me want to run even faster. Running is probably the only time I ever get that competitive spirit. ;) I brought along the camera to take some pictures of one of the areas I run along, along the Rhine River. It was a beautiful fall day and the leaves were perfect golden color. I feel so blessed to live where we do.