I have done well this week as far as excersing goes. I was having a hard time getting motivated on Friday. I called my sister and she said that she had all ready excercised that day. Well I can't have her out do me, so I hit the treadmill. Today I went for a 4 mile walk. It doesn't seem like much considering that I want to do 26 miles in 3 1/2 months, and that doesn't seem like a lot of time left. What I like about the Sun River marathon is that they don't have a time limit. I just want to finish. I'm doing 17 minute miles when I push it, so it will only take me 7 1/2 hours. Kind of depressing thinking about it that way. The race is 2-13 mile loops. So when they are doing the awards ceremony for the winners I will at least be on my second loop. The side benefit to all this is that I lave lost 1 pound this week.

Being steady has always been a weakness of mine. I didn't exercise the day after I wrote last. But I did do well the last 3 days. I have my training calender filled in, if I look at it one day at a time it really is doable. All I have to do tomorrow is exercise for 45 minutes. To keep on my training schedule I plan on just focussing on one day at a time. Since I have a game plan that will get me to the marathon I will just have to follow it. My end goal is to be healthier. I'm at 235 pounds now, which is past any point I would have dreamed I would let myself go. I want to be healthier, that is my goal.

Paula was home sick today. Dean is leaving to go to Washington for work in the morning. I called in so Paula wouldn't have to be home and alone tomorrow. It seem like just before any vacation I go on I have to call in, which will leave me short hours to cover the vacation. Spring break is at the end of the month and we are heading to Utah. It will be nice to be there.

Next weekend we are going to go to Kennewick to say goodby to Vaughan. He joined the navy and will be going to bootcamp March 25. Secretly I'm laughing inside. It will probably be a rude awakening for him. No more late night gaming sessions and sleeping in and thinking only of himself. To his credit though, he is very smart and will probably do very well. When he is done in 6 years he will come out with a career in computers. I hope that he stays safe and he will adapt quickly.