My hand feels weird

Ah yes, the most exciting news of my year so far and I haven't even blogged about it yet. (but thanks to Mouse for prompting me too)

I'M GETTING MARRIED!

I'm still getting used to the whole 'engaged' thing and I'm not one of those people who announce it from the rooftops, so perhaps that's the reason why it has taken me nearly 2 weeks to blog about.

February 2nd started out as any normal Saturday....the sun was out and the city was bustling. I went for a late morning run while Todd went to the coffee shop. We walked downtown for a late lunch and then went to Pike Place Market, walked around for a bit and headed down to the Waterfront Park on Elliot Bay. He led me to a nice quiet spot and asked me to marry him.

I was so caught by surprise that the first thing I managed to say was "Are you serious?" A little voice inside my head was telling me "for goodness sakes make sure you tell him 'yes'!"

And so I said yes. I immediately called my parents (who didn't answer), so I called my brother who told us to go buy a disposable camera since neither of us had our cameras with us. The nearest store just happened to be Pirates Plunder, and even though I begged to get an eye patch, we just bought the camera and went back to the park for some snapshots.





With planning for a wedding sure to keep me preoccupied for the next seven months, I'm not sure if I'll have time to train for/run the Eugene Marathon. I know I'll definitely need something to ease my stress, but I don't think I'll be able to focus as much as desired on months-long training. Besides, I only get to be engaged once so I want to savor that as much as possible. I can always run Eugene another year.

Split second decision

I told myself that come Feb 1st, I would start training for a half marathon (MAYBE a full marathon). And prior to ten mintues ago, I'd put about zero thought into what race I would aim for. So being that today is Feb 1st, I said "hey girl, you make a decision. You make a decision before you leave work today. Or else..."

Not sure what the 'or else' entails, but I obeyed my own orders and have decided...DUM DUM DUM....

Eugene, here I come!

May 4th. That's a good three months away, so if I'm really feeling ambitious and confident that my legs will not fail me, perhaps I'll aim for the full marathon. No promises though, that's not something I can decide before I leave work today. Because I'm leaving now, so everyone have a great weekend!