September Coffee Date- IT’S TIME!!!
It’s September! We all know what that means… Pumpkin Palooza has started. You DO remember Pumpkin Palooza from last year, don’t you? It starts September 1st and runs through Thanksgiving. Get out your fall decorations and all your pumpkin recipes. It’s time! Sit down with your beverage of choice in your favorite pumpkin mug (surely you have one) and let’s join Coco and Deborah for the ultimate coffee date! If we were having coffee (or earl grey tea) together, I would tell you that after I got back from taking my son to school, I couldn’t even look at his empty room for a couple days. The pain wasn’t quite as sharp as last year (he’s now a sophomore) but it sure didn’t get a whole lot easier to say goodbye. But then… I reclaimed my favorite pillow, which he had “borrowed” for the summer, and then the next day I moved my weights and yoga mat into his room, aka my “home gym”. Yes, I guess I can get used to this! FURTHERMORE… College football starts this weekend! The first Baylor game is Saturday night. I’m really excited and have planned a dinner of pizza and beer. Yep, definitely the best time of the year. If we were sipping together out of our pumpkin mugs, I would tell you that I recently finished this book: The premise is, every adult in the world suddenly and mysteriously receives a box with a string in it. The length of the string indicates how long each person will live. The world is quickly divided into “short-stringers,” “long-stringers” and those who choose not to look at their string at all. Despite the preposterous premise, I enjoyed this book, and there were some surprising twists at the end. Another book I just finished is this one: Yes, I’ve been trying out Galloways Run-Walk-Run method. I’ve been using run 4 minutes/walk 30 seconds intervals and it’s been working well for me, especially because I’m STILL dealing with some hamstring pain (will it ever go away???). I’m going to do a more detailed review of the book soon, but I can tell you this: doing run/walk intervals is about 1000% better than not running at all and- surprisingly- my overall mile pace using these run/walk intervals is FASTER than my pace for continuous running. Huh! I definitely didn’t expect that. How about you- are you ready for all things pumpkin, or is it too early? – You can join Pumpkin Palooza at any time- we welcome latecomers! Do you watch college football? What’s your team? If you could know when you were going to die, would you want to find out? – I wouldn’t.