The dog days of summer.

Matt has been on my case for a long time to "take a weekend off" from running.  This seemed like the perfect weekend to do so, because we had some friends from college in town, and it would be a weekend of drinking, eating junk food, and relaxing.  It was also going to be HOT.  


I still did my "long run" on Saturday, but i did the bare minimum, and basically it sucked incredibly hard.  I had too many beers friday night, and not enough sleep, and those seven miles at a 9:30 pace seemed embarrassingly impossible with a hangover.  The last two miles i abandoned the group and slowed down, but luckily a few other people liked my idea and joined me.  :)  Charlyn was out on the path too, but apparently i missed her because i was so busy trying not to throw up on my compression socks.  (which were already stained with beer, because in the first mile, i managed to kick a full tallboy someone had left in the middle of the bike path.  Thanks hooligans - i love reeking of beer at 6am.)  Needless to say, lesson learned.  Time to get serious about marathon training!

Then came the real fun:


We took Waffles, and her new BFF Ellie (our friends golden doodle) To the Montrose dog beach!  If you have no interest in 8 million pictures of my dog, you should probably just go ahead and leave now.

Ellie is ready for fun in the sun!

Waffles rocketing through the water

Waffles prefers running to swimming, just like me!

Waffles does not fetch.

Sooooo tired from the beach!

After the beach, we cooked out on the porch, and the dogs napped a lot.  Looking at the pictures i realized that waffles is still really petite for a seven month old basenji!  I feel like she hasn't grown at all!  And then matt and i did a seven week/seven month comparison:

They grow up so fast!!

This weekend was also the first week of my 20-week veggie box!  I get a box of veggies every saturday from a farm up near rockford.  This week we got a POUND of spinach, THREE heads of lettuce, chard, radishes, baby greens, garlic scapes, and oh so much more.  What does one do with an entire pound of spinach?  

I love the veggie box, because now i don't have to worry as much about groceries and meal planning - the farm does it for me.  It's also fun to try new vegetables (there is more than one kind of radish??)  Let the healthy eating summer begin!