Poor little Sherman

I guess Sherman's injuries were too severe. He was pretty lifeless when I got home from the gym last night. I held him for a while and tried to help him drink some water, as I thought he might be dehydrated. He had eaten most of the cheese, so I put more cheese in his box as well, plus a few sunflower seeds.

An hour later, he was still in bad shape, so I held him again and pet him with my finger. At 10:45 p.m., Andrew pronounced him dead. I just hope that his scary last day was filled with at least a little comfort from our care and concern.

RIP, little Sherman.

I need professional help, obviously

There's something wrong with me.

This morning I discovered a baby mouse limping around in my dining room. The poor little guy had at least one broken leg if not more. I captured him, put him in a shoe box (thanks, new Sauconys!), and added a cracker, some shredded cheese, and a beer bottle cap of water.

I named him Sherman.

Poor little Sherman broke my heart. I actually was crying over him. Crying. Over a mouse. I'm a pathetic soul, aren't I?

So I'm sending healing vibes to Sherman today. Our goal is to rehabilitate him and set him free in the woods near our house. Get strong, little guy! Get lots of rest, drink your water, and eat some good protein-filled cheese. You can do it!!!!

Lunchtime Edit:
IronHubby said Sherman was hobbling around pretty well in his new home and might have nibbled on a bit of the cracker. Go Sherman go!!

One more thing...

Despite Maria's suggestion (trust me, I'd thought of it too!) to eat a Bobbie in celebration of my race, I assure you there will be no Bobbies in my near future. We got our Halloween costumes yesterday. Let's just say mine is very skimpy and pretty revealing. No sandwiches for me for a few weeks! ;)

A fantastic weekend!

I had such a great weekend! Friday I took off work to clean the house (which I need to do again because we babysat Brodie all weekend... two dogs plus four cats plus three adults equals a messy house!). Heather arrived around 2 p.m. so we could head down to DC for a Flyers/Capitals game... her first ever NHL game! She's an excellent roadtrip partner, so the ride down was loads of fun, even when we got stuck in a bit of traffic south of Baltimore.

The game was a blast, even though it was basically the Capitals vs. the Phantoms... lots of 4th stringers and rookies got lots of ice time. That's what pre-season is all about, right? A friend of my brother's (and mine) works for the Flyers and came over to say hi to us before the game. After the first period, I looked over at the press box to see if he was there, and I saw him pointing us out to someone who looked suspiciously like Chris Therien, former defenseman for the Flyers and current post-game analyst on tv. We waved at them and smiled, they waved back, and a minute later I got a text message, "That was Chris Therien waving at you!" Ahhh yeah.

After the game we got our first Chipotle (yum!!) and drove back to my house. Saturday morning we volunteered at a local 5K race as the water girls and got to see Matt J race it. Afterward we hit the local running store, went for a short run together, got lunch, and said our goodbyes. (Sniff!)

Sunday of course was my race, which you already know about if you read yesterday's post. IronHubby and I spent the afternoon at Eileen and Joe's flipping back and forth between the Eagles (boo) and the Phillies (yay!) and playing with our godchildren.

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend -- time spent with dear friends, beautiful fall weather, a successful race, and lots of games -- Flyers, Eagles, AND Phillies -- to watch and enjoy.

Delaware Distance Classic

This morning I ran the Delaware Distance Classic (15K), my last endurance race of the year. At the Philly Distance Run two weeks ago, I noted that I was at 1:22:02 at the 15K point, so I set my goal for today as 1:20 (approximately an 8:30 pace).

I received a great surprise before the start when I saw running friend Matt J in the parking lot... NOT dressed to run. He'd come from PA just to cheer for me and take pics! (Awwww!!) Once I get his pics and approve them (y'all KNOW I'm not a pretty runner!), I'll add them to this report.

I wore one-day-old shoes for this race, which is usually a big no-no, but I was confident in my Sauconys. They've never done me wrong. On Joe S's advice, I wore them all day yesterday and even did a short run in them with Heather, who was visiting. (I miss you already! Move here already, would ya??)

I know the suspense is killing all of you loyal readers, so I'll just get to the splits.

8:20 (a little too fast)
8:26 (much better)
8:24
8:14
16:53 (I always miss at least one mile marker in my races!)
8:29
8:27
8:11 (wow!)
2:30

Overall time = 1:17:58. 8:22 average pace, and second in my age group!! Woot!!!

OK, here are a few pics from Matt.

I love this one. Look at all the boys I'm beating. :)

















Check out the calves! Holy carp!













And now...

GO PHILLIES!!!!

GO EAGLES!!!!

Deja vu Monday edit: Stupid #%&< Eagles! :|

My girls

Just a recent pic of my girls -- Karen, Jennifer, Resha, and Eileen. Missing from the photo is Melanie. Hopefully we'll ALL get together soon so we can take a real group shot.

(Yes, I'm wearing the same outfit as in the previous entry's photo. I drove directly from the Flyers game to Jennifer's house for her dinner party.)

Here's IronHubby at the same party. Goofball!