Working Late & Rain

I woke a couple times through the night surprised that I had so much time left to sleep. That was quite nice. I woke for good just after 530am. As expected, I was a little groggy after almost 11 hours of sleep. After brushing my teeth I headed downstairs with running clothes in hand to get my morning routine underway. After splashing in some eye drops I freed Frankie and headed outside for a romp. Frankie was quick to take care of business. She didn’t seem to care for the damp, cool weather. Back inside I completed my sit-ups and eventually my push-ups – 55 of each. Frankie was full of energy and harassed me through the entire workout. Actually, I was happy to see it after finding her lacking any energy at all the day before. Between 555am and 620am I sipped coffee, meditated, and stretched. I took Frankie out for a second session before delivering her to Mindy’s side. It was 625am before I had her upstairs. Mindy was already in the shower. She asked that I put Frankie in the soaking tub. Downstairs I quickly readied for a run hitting the road a minute or two before 640am. I wasn’t raining but there was an incredible amount of moisture hanging in air, and although it was only in the mid 50’s it felt one heck of a lot warmer with the humidity. I ran the four miles without a problem. Mindy had my eggs all but ready. Jacob was up but seemingly in a daze ready to head back to school after one day of rest. Sounded better- looked better. He actually had his hair managed nicely. I even complimented him on it. Mindy left around 730am and I soon headed up for a shower. I wasn’t too excited about going to work. Another dose of the gray, wet weather wasn’t helping. The kids and I were bus stop ready early – 745am. Bella got Frankie ready with her new collar and leash. With the few minutes I had before heading out, I scrawled out a check for boat storage. They bill me semi-annually. I was happy to have that out of the way. It had been setting for about 3 weeks. Oops! Out we went. I asked Kenny and the girls if they were excited to have Chrissy home later that night. Kenny corrected me, telling me that Chrissy got home last night. Oh? The kids boarded the bus and Frankie and I headed home. I took Frankie out for one more romp. She pee’d. Like most days, she went right for her pen when we got inside. Already knows the fire drill. I headed off to work at 810am. Work was very busy. I didn’t get a real break of any sort, and long story short, didn’t get out of the office until almost 7pm. It was a long day to be sure. The weather was crappy. It rained on and off most of the day. But it’s not like I was couped up inside on a gorgeous day. I kept Mindy up to date on my running behind. She shared that we’d be having beef noodles again. Jacob was at soccer practice. She and Bella had already eaten. She warmed a plate for me as soon as I got home. I was ravenously hungry and woofed down a number of Conn’s potato chips while waiting. Bad, I know. I couldn’t finish everything on my plate, but pretty darn close. My belly was full. All that food coupled with a long hard work day left me very sleepy. I plopped down on the floor with the puppy. I heard Jacob come in from soccer practice. Mindy made him a plate of beef & noodles too. Chrissy visited briefly while I napped on the floor too. Brought Woody & Molly. Crazy in our house for a few minutes. I resisted the urge to sneak off to bed early again, but eventually fell asleep on the sofa and most likely well ahead of 10pm.