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<\/a><\/p>\nOur pots are really starting to pop! Yay!<\/em><\/p>\n Being able to leisurely bike to and from work without rushing has been great.\u00a0 I can come home, eat some dinner, take Wyatt for a walk, maybe go train a client for an hour and then still have the rest of my night to read, spend time with Shain, work on homework, etc.\u00a0 It is awesome.<\/p>\n One of the best parts of this is having my weekends back.\u00a0 The grad class I am currently in for the summer is online, so even though it is much more work,\u00a0 I can do it on my own time and do not have to give up an entire Saturday.\u00a0 And now that I do not work on Sundays anymore, it has turned back into the day Shain and I get to spend time together and do fun things again.<\/p>\n This past weekend was perfection.\u00a0\u00a0 Friday night Shain and I went to a friend’s new house and had a BBQ with some of my old high school pals who I barely see anymore, it made me miss them so much.\u00a0 We just grilled out, had some drinks, nothing crazy but it was super fun.\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday,\u00a0 we woke up early like we do (even though we had nowhere to be) and I was able to get all my cleaning\/laundry done, take Wyatt on a\u00a0 nice long walk down the river, with of course a stop at my local coffee shop; all of this before 9am!!\u00a0 It’s the little things, right?\u00a0 Later that morning I headed out to Utica for a baby shower for my good friend Jess, she is getting so big!\u00a0 Yet still managing to look adorable of course.\u00a0 Cannot wait to meet this little girl.\u00a0 It was so great to see her and catch up with her awesome family, who I adore.<\/p>\n Later that night, Shain and I headed out to Prairiefest which is a big hometown festival in Oswego, always a good time.\u00a0 We wandered around,\u00a0 listened to some music and then met some of his friends at the Tap House to watch the Hawks game (bummer) and stumbled on home \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 I love that we can pretty much walk everywhere we need to go in Oswego.<\/p>\n Sunday was the best part of the whole weekend for many reasons.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 First, I did a 5k with my Dad and Step-mom which just makes me happy to share running with people I love.\u00a0 Second, I FINALLY BROKE 21 MINUTES!!\u00a0 I have been stuck in the 21’s for 2 years in my 5k’s and I ran a 20:20 this week!!\u00a0 I seriously wanted to scream, it made me so happy.\u00a0 I am improving, getting faster, getting better. It gives me such a huge confidence boost that I really CAN be a strong runner. \u00a0 If I can sustain this time in my next couple 5ks, who knows I may even be able to break 20 minutes one day.\u00a0 That would be insane.\u00a0 Despite the PR, it was not fast enough to catch the first overall girl who finished in 19:28, holy fast!\u00a0 I was honored to even be able to keep her in my eyesight the whole race.<\/p>\n I have good genes right?<\/em><\/p>\n Right after the 5k,\u00a0 we all walked down to the Oswego Family Diner and had a good old hearty breakfast.\u00a0 So yummy.\u00a0 Naturally we made the usual stops at the Farmer’s Market and Antique shop.\u00a0 It was so fun to spend the morning with them in the little town we love so much.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n