I didn't sleep in the hospital last night. It's true. No one gets any rest in the hospital. Scott and I both decided that since Freddie's care is so good, we would both sleep at home. As it turned out, it worked out best for all of us. Freddie was able to sleep last night too.

I woke up early to run. Scott went ahead to the hospital. I only had to run 5 miles and the weather was perfect. Sunny, cool, slightly humid. Only I couldn't concentrate. I kept thinking "oh, halfway done..." but I felt like I was measuring the distance in inches instead of miles. I cut the run short by about a half a mile. I'm a couple of miles ahead for the week, but today's was supposed to be at marathon pace. It wasn't.

Concentration and focus are so important. I was worried that Freddie's epidural would come out today and I couldn't focus on my run. Tomorrow I'm supposed to run 11 miles. I don't think I'm going to skip it (though the epidural WILL come out tomorrow), but it's a good thing that I'm supposed to run it slow.

Sometimes I Feel Like a Childless Mother

All three kids gone to camp. Boo Hoo! LOL. What will I do for 3 1/2 weeks? Will I ever get this huge smile off of my face?

I'm really working the lodging thing for NYC. I have a couple of backup reservations at the Helmsley and the Millenium UN. They're expensive so if we have to, we'll leave Sunday evening after the marathon. Not my first choice, but the practical one considering the Helmsley is $345/night and that's cheap for the weekend. I'm working on getting something from Priceline, but so far, no luck. I think my mouse experience in March left me leery of bidding for a 3 star NY property, so I'll just keep trying. I'm in no hurry to book the airfare because we've got a credit with Delta that we'll use. So, now that I know I'm going to NY, I'm really excited. I don't know if I had trouble falling asleep last night because I was excited for getting into the marathon or because all the kids were leaving today. I wish I could bring the whole family to New York. Unfortunately, there is this thing called school (and we would need two rooms -- yikes!!). I love to have a project and finding a nice hotel room at a reasonable rate is my new one. I'm vigilant and have total faith in my "skills" (as my kids would say).

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Not so good on the run today. After dropping off the kids and waving goodbye to the bus and trying (and failing) to look appropriately sad to see them go, I went to the gym for a 30 minute tempo run on the treadmill. I was dismayed when I saw "Out of Order" signs on three out of four of the Cybex treadmills, and a slow walker, er, shuffler on the fourth one. That left me with a Landice which I don't like. I warmed up for a mile then set the darn thing for 8:20 pace. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. After about 10 minutes, I needed to walk. Two minutes later, I kicked it back up but only to 8:30. I lasted five more minutes. Total workout: 3.5 miles. Better than nothing.

Just for fun, here's a picture of the view from our seats at the Reds game last night. We used the vouchers we got running The Redlegs Run For Home a couple of weeks ago.