Finally, I’m home. Kenza and I headed to Indiana to visit my family and celebrate my Mom’s retirement.
It was a long week full of home-cooked meals, amusement park food, party food, car food, bacon, fudge and cake. It also involved no running (bad Susan) but plenty of family visiting, fireworks and swimming in the old Esther Williams pool.
Even Rikki enjoyed a swim. Really.
But Rikki did not enjoy the fireworks.
It was fun. The drive home was long. Now I’m tired. Ten pounds heavier. And more than anything, finally, motivated to run.
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It’s great to see that you’ve got your “running mojo” back.
I am so happy you’re back. I missed you. It looks like you had a great time and thanks for the beautiful photos as well.
Welcome back.
Glad you’re back – Been slow reading without the blog updates
Damn, I missed you. A girl’s gotta warn us before you head out of town! I was about ready to call the po-leese!
Wait. You retired before your mom???
Welcome home.
Nice comment on the cake. Are you ready to follow the advice given to your mom? Welcome Home.
Susan! You’re alive!!
That cake made me all kinds of hungry. Any left?
Time to enjoy life..
DANG RIGHT
We’ve missed you!!! Runner Susan is back, in more ways than one!
Glad you had a good time. Here’s to more good runs!
That pic of the chicken (rooster?) with fireworks is hilarious!
Welcome back! Glad you had a good time!
welcome home sooze. we missed you!
Welcome home to a new Runner Susan, with more motivation to run! A much needed break can provide for great runs!
Love the pics!
Glad to see you back bloggin’. Even better to hear you’re back to running.
Stay tuned…
Call off the dogs! You’re back! Man, you’ve been missed.
That’s a beautiful cake. I’ve never seen one that creative. Makes me want to go out and get one just for the heck of it, but I don’t think the local Tom Thumb has one of those next to their their collection of Barney and Spiderman cakes.
I’M WITH FLATMAN….you need to let us know, young lady, when you’re going out, with whom, and when you’ll be back.
we should share a roadtrip up to indy sometime as my mom’s fambly is from there, too. i have that I-30 to LR then I40 to west memphis 55 north to 57 near cairo and then 57 up to 70 and 70 over to indy down pat! i’d be much more willing to go visit my cousins if i had runner susan to coax me through it. we could take turns trailing the other as one runs and the other paces in the car!
kenza has one bitchin’ tan, man!
did you save us some frostin?
yeah… i missed you!
welcome back. sounds like you took a MUCH needed break from all things running. burn out! (and can i have some cake please?)
Great pictures. Our dog didn’t like the fireworks either. Okay, now get back to running.
I can’t even tell you how many bratwursts and beers I ate this past week… And I STILL really want to run to the corner to buy some ice cream!
Need a vacation from the vacation? Welcome home.
Good to see you back.
Everyone needs a break sometime. What’s important is that you are back and raring to go. 10 lbs can’t compete with that kind of resolve.
Glad you are back and rested. I hope to see you at “kick your booty camp soon”.
Retirement, what a wonderful word. Here we use to say: music for my ears.
Esther Williams gave me swimming lesson at ‘the club’ when I was really little. Really!
Sounds like a fun vacation.
Aren’t trips back home the best?! What a gorgeous cake. Loved all the photos. Don’t worry, fudge fat is the easiest to lose with just a little running.
Sounds like a blast – and looks like it too! Glad that you had fun. Consider it a well-deserved rest after running SD. It’s always good to take some time off, and spoil your body a little! Glad to have you back!
There is nothing better than going home.
Like everyone else has said, welcome back, great pics now get your tush out and go run.
Enjoy the day and have fun running again! You do have that 15K coming up.
What a lovely time that looks like. And I’m glad you’ve got your mojo back. Have fun, Susan.
You are an amazing photographer. I’ve meant to offer that for some time.
Welcome back Susan! Sounds like you had a much needed vacation!
Oh wow! I love all the pictures! The sparkler ones are awesome!
You’ve been running for a long time now so staying motivated can be challenging:
Here’s some tips:
1. Mix it up, wear odd sox, try running the reverse of your regular runs, run at differnt times of the day, wear spandex, belch when you pass people and make grunting noises like a tennis player.
2. Set new goals, try to do even splits which are not quite your fastest pace, run with a group and aim to stay with people you choose, aim for a different distance races or find one that has several races over 2 days or more
Very cute pictures. I’m glad you had fun!
Welcome Back!
that cake is amazing and inspiring! I have to show my boyfriend, who’s a chef!!!