Bella's Surgery

On Monday we took Bella in to get her spayed. It was her 5 month birthday to the day. What a birthday present huh? But it had to be done. If she is anything like her momma she will get out one day and get impregnated by one of the neighbor dogs and we will be in trouble!

When we took her in they gave us all these additional options like an IV bag, laser surgery, extra monitoring, etc. Besides racking up the bill with each additional option, I was feeling guilty and getting more scared by the minute. Isn't this a routine surgery that they perform all the time?

We chose not to get any of the extras and I worried all day, but her surgery went fine. They sent her home with a cute little bandanna around her neck and glazed over eyes.

The first picture is the night we got her home, she looked so pathetic. The next day she kept licking her stitches so we had to go to Petco and buy her a cone. The fourth picture is today (three days later) and she acts like nothing ever happened. We love Bella, she is so sweet, and it is such a relief that everything went well.

Crazy Top of of Utah Fun

The Top of Utah was probably an idiotic thing to do with such little training but it was definitely worth it. I think I have to give most of the credit to Carrie for helping to push me along. We picked road marks and set goals along the way which helped to break down the large distance into smaller distances.

We had a blast, there is nothing like getting up early in the morning and going for a long run with beautiful scenery. The feeling of accomplishing something like running 13.1 miles is an awesome feeling.

Now I have run pretty much every length of race that there is. I have run a few 5ks, two 10ks, one 15k, one half marathon and one full marathon. My goal is to run many more. Running is a bug that is hard not to catch!

Thanks Carrie for being there for me. I am looking forward to the 10k in two weeks!

Misinformed!

Apparently I was misinformed about the day of the Top of Utah Half Marathon. I thought it was September 20th, the same day as the marathon, but as my smart friend Carrie just pointed out, it is NEXT Saturday! The 23rd! I can't believe it! I am nowhere near in the condition I should be to run a race like that next week. I would have been mad if I would have missed it, but now I am just freaking out!
Oh well, can't back out now. At least I recruited Carrie to run it with me so I am not alone. It will be fun to run together like old times. Hopefully we both don't die. :)
If I don't make it, I love you all. :) JK