Moved

I've started my new blog, you can find me here:  http://thisisntwhatiwasexpecting.blogspot.com/  I may not be posting as much as I would like while we are settling in but I am wanted to let you all know where I landed.  I really hope to see some familiar faces!

♥ - Amber

done and thank you

I thought I would need the week in the car to think about what I wanted to do with this little internet space of mine but the truth is that I already know.  I am done.

I need to stop talking about my marriage, it's problems, my problems, his problems.  It just needs to stop.  I don't know what's going to happen, I really don't but no one ever really knows. 

I am not sure if I will start a new blog at some point, perhaps.  It has been a great way to meet some amazing people but I am not sure how much I want to put out there.

I know sharing my struggles has helped some of you and I am so glad that I've been able to do that, if you need anything please reach out, I will still keep my randomarmywife@gmail.com address and twitter @randomarmywife.  I am not sure how long I will keep that twitter handle since I wont be one for much longer. 

I hope to continue the wonderful relationships I've created here, I will be following along your blogs.  When I get back to MA I will inactivate this (so take your screen shots now if you want to blackmail me!).

Thank you so much for all of the love and support of these last 6ish years.  I wish everyone the best of luck. 

♥ - Amber

I'll be right back

Move is in full swing. 

We were packed up this morning and we will live among boxes until Wednesday morning when we are picked up.  We will hit the road as soon as we clear housing on Wednesday and never look back.

Yuma has not been good to us.  Time to start over, again.

I'll be back, hopefully without too many stories from the road.

I plan on listening to a lot of The Beatles to help the drive along.  Abbey Road is always good for the heart.

♥ - Amber

Weekly Update

Weekly miles

Sunday - 2.13 miles

Monday - 3.23 miles

Tuesday - 3.15 miles

Wednesday - rest

Thursday - 3.14 miles

October total - 72.39

Friday - rest

Saturday - 2.1

Weekly total 13.75 miles

 

I got my 70 in for October, total craziness for this girl who wasn't even a runner at the start or August.  I didn't get a long run in this week and that does bother me but with the move and everything I am not going to give myself a hard time.  I have been scrubbing and cleaning like a crazy lady and that takes a lot out of you.  My 3.14 mile run on Thursday had a 9 minute pace and as soon as I stopped my back seized up, I am a firm believer of listening to your body.

I really hope I am able to run while we are on the road, even if it's a hotel treadmill.  I know a week off wont kill me but it is so much harder to start back up after.  I've also noticed my runs getting much faster, I can't help it - I get out there with so much on my mind I can't slow my legs down.  Today my quick 2 mile run was an 8:46 minute pace.  And I drank a lot last night!  

Speaking of last night, as I said in my earlier post we had Doc's going away party and guess what was a BIG topic of conversation?  My, seemingly rapid, transformation.  I honestly will never get tired of these two sentences: "You didn't look bad before but you look GREAT now!"  & "It's nuts, I always see you out there running!"  So that's me, I guess I am kind of a local celebrity around these parts (I'm kidding but it's fun to know people notice).

I'm still holding steady around 126-128lbs.  Here is me from Halloween, I asked Doc to snap a few pics while we carved pumpkins and from last night before his party.

Flattest ass ever! Also, this is mid "If you don't clean out that pumpkin you wont help decorate it!"

 

 

 

I am not sure what kind of updates I will have next week, we hit the road on Wednesday, send me happy running vibes so I can get out there!

♥ - Amber

the good wife?

Doc had his going away party last night.  It was just with the guys that he has been close with and not at all formal.  It was nice for him to have one last get together with guys who have done the same crazy shit that he has, I don't know when he will get to swap war stories like that again.

They did their little "Did you know Doc could dance..." speeches and all that fun stuff then it was time for him to talk.  He told them what a trooper I've been.  How I have taken care of him since day one and how hard he has made it for me.  He went on for about 5 minutes about me, I cried of course but I not really for the right reasons.

What he was saying was true, he's not the man I married any more, he never will be again.  That is really sad but what really got me, and kind of pissed me off is that it took this - a semi-public setting for him to acknowledge to me, all that I have done for him.  Once in a while it would be nice to be appreciated at home when there isn't a captive audience. 

I am not prefect, I know that.  I have not followed the prefect TBI wife handbook, I make mistakes.  I know I could be doing a better job with a lot of things but I kind of stopped caring, why should I when he doesn't?  The little pat on the back last night was night but how about a little less talking about how appreciative he is and a little more acting like it.

I hope this is a funk brought on by the stress of the move and some other stuff going on in my life, the holidays will be no fun if all I do is focus on the bad.

♥ - Amber