Birthday

Today is my birthday! For those who have already sent me birthday wishes, Thankyou! I love when people remember my birthday. I have a had a nice day so far. Jason took the girls to school this morning and I had a lesidurely morning mapping out my run. Then I headed out for my run. Since I had nothing to do I decided to try a new route today. I planned on running 9.5 miles but sometimes the best laid plans go awry. The thing with running is that you have to look at a map before you go and then remember the route. That can sometimes be tricky. I've fairly comfident in my ability to get home though so I just go for it. My run started out fine. the second to 6.5 miles were all up hill which was a bit difficult but it was an interesting run. I then somehow missed my turn and ended up lost. I asked a couple people and they would point me in a direction and would keep running. My last stop was a farmer. There was a farmer in a HUGE tractor like this one. He was tilling the land I guess...the tractor had something attached to it that looked like a giant rake. Anyway, he was on the edge of the field and I put my pointer finger up in they "you got a minute" sign. He gave me the nod and I jumped over the ditch between the road and the farm and asked him for directions. He gave a slight chuckle and gave me directions. It got me where I needed to be so I was happy. I continued on my run and found the park I was looking for but unfortunately I took the wrong path in the park. I ended up walking/hiking down a pretty steep rocky path and at that point decided to walk the rest of the way back to the tram. The park was peaceful and beautiful. Watson loved exploring and going in the stream next to the path. It was a nice run and being lost just added to the adventure.