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I set a mileage record on the treadmill!  Seven miles.  The most I had done prior to this was only 5.  I'm not a fan of the tread.  I got to the gym about 3 minutes after it opened, and it was already filled with all  old people who also had control of all the tvs.  A different news station was playing on every t.v.  Come on peeps!  How does watching news make your workout more enjoyable and go by quickly?  I was stuck daydreaming.  Which worked pretty well because I felt great!  I'm not sure what happened.  Just when I was about to finish the machine said, "belt stopping".  I had to wait and restart the whole thing just to run .07 miles.  Oh well, this accomplishment still made my week!

Oh dear.  Lowlight.  I don't know what I was thinking, but I went grocery shopping with BOTH children.  Just when I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, Lyla decides she has to go to the bathroom.  NOOOOOOO!!!  I have this monstrous oversized cart (which I needed to fit a car seat, a toddler, and food).  Now I have to fit this cart through the bathroom door and into a stall.

Then, as I'm trying to adjust the cart, Lyla decides to play in the disgusting, gross, germ filled, grocery store bathroom.  Aye, aye, aye.  I'm going shopping alone next week!

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  1. jthmasFebruary 26, 2011 at 5:02 PM

    Who has such jumbo shopping carts?? And get downloading those friends episodes on your new Blackberry, baby!! Oh, yeah!

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  2. OliviaFebruary 26, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    Those jumbo carts are at Meijer. Yeah, I'm going to have Matt download some episodes this weekend!!

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