Good, Bad, Yummy 4/19-4/21

This weekend was...INSANE.

It was a great weekend, but the entire thing was on a strict time schedule 

which didn't leave much room for error (no room for error in some cases).

And the only way to describe how I feel today, TIRED.

Friday: 

Worked all day

Errands/packing for the weekend

Played a Game all night with J's friends for one friends Birthday

Saturday: 

10 mile Run with Hollie & Jen

Wedding Venue tour on Keuka Lake

Seneca 7 Packet pickup/pre-race briefing 

Pasta dinner with our relay team/goofing around all night

Sunday:

Seneca 7 Relay (Full recap of this to come tomorrow)

The Good

*Not working Friday night was a nice breath of fresh air.

*I actually got to relax Friday night and have a beer.

*They caught that monster of a terrorist. In a boat. (The jokes are endless.)

*Friday night I was sent this picture of my nephew in my mom's glasses. Priceless.

*Running with Hollie and Jen was great, nothing like running with 2 women who are insanely talented but the most down to earth people to spend time with...I wish we could run together more often.

*The Wedding Venue John and I toured Saturday was...amazing. I think we found a winner!

*Saturday night pasta dinner with out relay team was great. I knew all but 2 on the team, and by the end of the weekend I felt like I knew everyone for years. 

*Having an adorable nephew makes for great pre-race texts.

I got this text Sunday morning as a "good luck picture" of my Nephew from my sister.

*Seneca 7 falls under good category simply because I don't have an amazing category (I might have to make one). The race was one of the most fun things I have done in a long time, and I couldn't have asked for a better group of people to spend all weekend in close quarters with. We had a VERY fast team, which was incredibly inspirational...it took 7 runners (and 1 amazing chauffeur) 8 hours and 32 minutes to run 77.7 miles (6:34 average pace). 6th place out of 208 teams, BAM! I will write much more about all this tomorrow in a full recap, there is too much I don't want to leave out! 

The Bad

*I didn't get my run in as planned Friday afternoon, but I'm okay with it. But since it is a missed workout, we will file that under bad.

*The game we played Friday night for J's friends Birthday was... LONG. Let's just say it took 5+ hours and could have gone longer. It was fun but...yeah. 

*It snowed/hailed Saturday morning, who made Mother Nature mad?

*There were a few times yesterday things got stressful (we were going so fast, there were times it got difficult to get from checkpoint to checkpoint), it meant some sacrificing. We worked great as a team though which made us successful, but there were definitely some things on the course that made it hard! Stretching, warm-up/cool-down and proper fueling became challenging as the race went on and legs got closer together.

*My hamstring has a giant knot in it, that decided to show up halfway through the day yesterday (running fast, and multiple times and cramming in a van between probably didn't help)

*My stomach is NOT happy with me from this weekend (mainly yesterday), it was so confused as to what was going on. (run, ride in car, eat, cheer, repeat 3 times)

The Yummy

*Friday had some seriously yummy food bar stuff from Wegmans for dinner. 

*Double chocolate stout while playing the game Friday night...AMAZING.

*Sunday's relay was fueled by Bananas, brownies, cookies, and cheeseballs. It was amazing. 

For the record we had lots of healthy things too...but I will say, I DID eat 5 cheeseballs right before running a sub 20 5k on my second leg.

1lb. GONE after 77.7 miles and 7 runners.

 How was your weekend?

Any races/relays or fun things that you did?

What was your Good, Bad & Yummy for the weekend?

The Day I Became Aunt Laura

Yesterday was a life-changing day....I became an aunt...

12:01 AM missed call-MOM

12:01 AM missed call-MOM

12:03 AM missed call-MOM

12:04 AM missed call-MOM

12:05 AM missed call-MOM

12:05 AM mom finally calls John's phone...

"There is only one reason I would be calling you in the middle of the night.....Her water broke"

This is one of those moments I have been waiting for, but was so unprepared when it finally came.

I was walking in circles trying to get ready while still being half asleep.

I had only been asleep for ONE hour.

This is the point where I am thinking....Dear God this kid really better be coming.

The plan was to drive to my parents house (35 minutes) and ride with them to the hospital (another 1.5 hours), The entire ride to my parents house I was wide awake and excited. Clear skies, stars were out, and a Tim McGraw song came on.

"'Cause' someday when you're looking back on your life

At the memories, this is gonna be one of those nights"

I was tired but yet so awake the whole ride to the hospital. The 3 of us talking about random things trying to pass the time, but we were all in great moods.

Finally arrived at the hospital around 2:30, she still hadn't had the baby

(We told her to cross her legs until we could get there....)

We were told it could still be a while, so we grabbed a TON of coffee for all of us waiting. (Myself, my parents, my brother in law, his sister and her fiance, and brother in law's parents)

Of course mine is the Extra Large.....

The waiting continued as the night turned into early morning.

Finally around 6, my brother in law came out and told us she was at 10 cm and ready to go.

Baby boy decided to play a belated April Fools joke....

He was Breach.

They came and told us they were taking her to surgery. 

As much as I know this is common, it was still very nerve-wrecking, we were all on edge.

Finally we got this image sent to us (from my brother in law)

Look closely....FEET IN THE AIR!!!!

The hugs and tears started as we waited for more news.

My sister was in recovery from surgery and we had the chance to 

watch my newborn nephew get his first bath while he hung out in the nursery.

We knew it was going to be a while before we could see him with my sister

So off to breakfast we went, of course we got more caffeine too...

At this point were pushing 24+ hours of being up (minus my one hour sleep)

When we got back to the hospital, it was time to meet that little man...

Alden Alexander Hugg
7lb 6oz
20.75" long
Practically perfect in every way :)

Snuggler...

My sister and her wonderful miracle baby. 4 years, 4 rounds of IVF treatments, and she finally has a baby to call her own:)

I was overwhelmed holding that little man, I can't believe my nephew is finally here! There are so many things I can't wait to do with him and watch him grow up, beyond excited! Before I left I had some very serious conversations with him....

You are a Bills fan, you were born that way & will be raised that way. SHOUT!

You will love Syracuse Basketball, & help us beat Michigan on Saturday.

Aunt Laura will always spoil you.

If you want to learn ways to make your mommy mad, let me know!

You are the most loved little peanut in the world.

You have runner in your blood, embrace it.

You can be whatever you want to be in this world, and I will always help you.

You are the miracle baby in this family, we love you so much.

The rest of yesterday was kind of a blur. The ride home, then the drive from my parents to work. I was at work for maybe an hour and couldn't focus. By the time I got home, showered and sat down I realized I had been up for roughly 32 hours (minus 1 hour of sleep in the middle).
I was tired and getting cranky, little to no energy for workouts or anything else of the sort.
Hell, I couldn't even focus on making food, I almost burned myself!
I let myself take a nap, and then got up and relaxed for a while, and went to bed early.


Today I feel better, but not great. I can't go without sleep like I used to be able to in college.
Hopefully can get a workout in after work, but if I am not feeling well I won't do it.
Sometimes you need to let the body catch up.
When I was planning this week out, I knew I had to take it easy and refresh myself this week.
Adding 32 hour sleep deprivation in there that was unplanned,
rest and refreshing is what I need more than ever.
Don't get me wrong, I am beyond excited about my nephew, and his being born.
I was more than happy to be at the hospital for hours and spending time with my family.
I don't regret any of it, at all...not one second.



I hope everyone is having a great week!

What is your favorite part about having a niece/nephew?
Do you remember the day they were born?

How does your body respond to no sleep?
(for instance: I lose focus, get nauseous and light headed)