Empty buses and half marathon training

It's a bit empty these days with the Federal government closed.  I'm not sure how noticeable it is in the rest of the country, but here in DC it is extra quiet.  I can't imagine how scary it must be to not be getting paid because bills are still due and food must still be bought, but I will say that the commute is nice.  The roads are a bit less crowded when the majority of workers are on a forced vacation.  Let's hope they pass the budget soon though.  And it is a bit difficult explaining ridiculous things like a government shutdown to my husband.  No matter how I explain it, it doesn't make sense to him...why? Because it's stupid and doesn't make sense in real life either.

As I mentioned before, Monday was the start of my half marathon training.  Except I didn't start because I was too busy at work.  I did start on Tuesday though.  I ran a short distance of 3 miles.  I'm not sure what it was but it was hard.  I've run three miles many times and I've run more than that on the weekends with my sister pushing the jogger, but something about running during lunch downtown made it hard.  I didn't stop to walk (although I really wanted to) but I did slow down a lot in my last mile, and not just because it was uphill.  I'm not sure what made the run so hard...the unexpected heat, lack of water, exhaustion? Could have been any of those.  I persevered though and finished.  Not sure how long it took me since I don't run with a watch, but I don't think it was too slow.  I am going again today.  And hopefully a coworker is joining me.

Talking about water, Evan loves my Camelback water bottle and can actually drink out of it.

The bottle's almost as big as him!  

Yesterday I needed to get some studying done, so Ivan took Evan on a long walk in the backpack.  It's funny because Evan must love that backpack because when he sees it on the floor he get really excited and yesterday (because he was tired) he cried until we put him in it.  Then he was super happy.  So, they went on a walk and Evan loved it.

I was glad to get a few minutes to study for my lab quiz.  I have a test next week so the study will have to be on all weekend.

And can I mention how excited I am that NCIS is back on.  And the Voice.  Last year at this time I was on maternity leave and life was a blur with lots of TV.  Now I can't even handle one TV show, but I'm determined to see NCIS, especially since one of the characters is leaving the show and being replaced with someone else.  I wish Parenthood would go on Amazon Prime so I could watch it for free!  I love that show too!

Ok, I'm falling asleep so toodles!

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Training for any races these days?

What's your favorite fall show?