Exhausting...

I'm not sure what was more exhausting, my 9 minute/mile pace on my 4.48 mile run or taking Sully with me to our Lenten Service tonight.

The run started good but was hard the whole way. Some runs do that. Some runs just feel great for no reason...I like those. My legs felt pretty good the entire run, I was just tired and lacking energy. To make matters worse I had 3 garbage trucks pass me while running. Do you know how hard it is to hold your breath while running? Its hard...but better than smelling the stench of the garbage trucks. I think I'll take tomorrow off from running, perhaps lift some weights, and then hit the road again on Friday. There's a 5K in town on Saturday that I'd like to do and then I need to get another long run in on Sunday. Craig will be out of town so I'm already dreading this long run. Long runs can get very lonely when you know you're out there all by yourself. Craig and I don't run at the same pace but it is still very nice to know he's there...way behind me ;) (Love you babe)

So its Wednesday and that means church. I had been looking forward to it all week. I've noticed such a dramatic difference in the way I feel since my talk with Pastor last Saturday. I'm really excited to keep up my worship and learning in order to make positive changes in my life and attitude. We were all going to go but plans changed a bit. Craig reminded me how rambunctious the kids are in the evening and questioned how well they would behave. I decided that I still wanted to go and would take Sully with me. He knows how to behave the best and can usually entertain himself for the most part...tonight was not the most part.

Although he wasn't overly loud or disruptive I was still not able to pay attention. He kept asking me for this, that, or something else. He wanted to know what the black cloth was on the cross (if someone knows please tell me). He wanted to know why the organist was playing the piano instead of the organ. He wanted to know what the stained-glass windows around the ceiling were. If it was there, he was asking about it. He did perk up when the speaker mention Issiah. Sully has a classmate named Issiah and of course thought they were talking about him!

Then on the way home we talked about why it was important for us to go to church...that we go there to learn about God and Jesus. Sully wanted to know who they were so I did my best to explain. We talked about God creating EVERYTHING and Jesus being God's son. Sully wanted to know where they were and I said Heaven and explained that Heaven was way up in the sky with the stars. Then he wanted to know why Jesus was way up there and how he got down. I said it was so Jesus could watch over us all and bless us and heal us and that it was like magic and he would just appear. Then he wanted to know where Jesus' bed was, I assume in Heaven, right? Well that's the story Sully got.

It is hard enough to learn and absorb all of this as I go, but to have to explain it in terms that a 4 year old can understand is quite challenging. It is good though, he'll learn as much as I can teach him and know the importance of knowing the Lord.