Planes, Trains, and Running Shoes

1. Goodbye Texas - Tonight's my last night in Texas. It's been a good trip but has definitely had its ups and downs. The ups? New cowboy boots from Dad, IHOP breakfasts with my sister and my best friend, ping pong tournaments late into the night, manicures with the little sister, and some quality tri training. The downs? Scorpions, spiders and constant mosquito bites, painfully hot weather to run/bike in, missing out on seeing some friends and a few other things. But tomorrow I'm off to Des Moines for the amazing wedding festivities of my friends' Justin and Laura and will be reunited with all of my DC loves for the weekend.

I thought this picture was appropriate given that I'm going to a wedding!

2. BRIC Workouts - I did my first bric workout today with a 3 mile bike ride followed by a mile and a half swim. It was awful really tough. I haven't swum all week and probably won't be able to swim in Iowa and a 3 mile bike ride that killed me like that makes me really hesitant about my capabilities to bike 10.5 miles after swimming. And then running a 5k. This tri thing is playing my mind like a fiddle.

3. Packing - I'm usually pretty awesome at packing just the right amount of clothes for a trip and fitting it all into a carry on bag. While I managed to pack 4 weeks worth of clothes and stuff into 1 small carry on suitcase, somehow, I'm borrowing a small duffle bag from my sister to get everything back. I don't understand it. The only things I've bought since I've been gone are 2 books, a pair of dress shoes for the wedding, a pair of bike shorts, and a pair of cowboy boots (which I'm wearing on the plane tomorrow) yet none of it is fitting into my bag. I just don't understand it. And I always pack the same way so it's not a matter of how I'm packing. I hate being a crazy bag lady and carrying a million things through the airport but that will be me tomorrow and again next week. *Sigh*