My last couple of days have been filled with running, family, and Italy excitement! Its been hot (still, off ourselves, it’s summer!) and humid, so I wear my ridiculously long hair like this when I run:

Why am I showing hou this? Because PW told me I look like the Indian from The Indian in the Cupboard. I couldn’t start my run for five minutes after that because I was laughing so hard!

Also, is dude stoked out our front stairs for two days. Is it butterfly? Looks like its still part caterpillar if you ask me.

Yesterday I hit up a one year olds birthday party. My cousin made all the food, inspired by pinterest. It was a-ma-zing. Check this out:

Bruschetta, individual monkey bread, baked potato dip, pizza bites. I also ate my weight in mozzarella/prosciutto.

The cake was the best part though, it was seriously a piece of artwork:

I leave for Italy TOMORROW! So here is my weeks worth of workouts for this week–I was trying to cram in as much as possible.

Monday- off

Tuesday- 60 min

Wednesday- 35 min

Thursday- 45 minutes

Friday- 70 min

Saturday- 30 min

Sunday- 90 minutes

For a total of 36.5 miles for the week.

I do PLAN on running while in Italy. A couple of kids going are on the cross country team so I told them if they wanted to run I’d go with them. I’m a little sketched about running by myself so I will probably only make the effort if I am not alone! I will be gone 9 days, but two of them are travel days. It works out to eight days of minimal running plus maximum walking (Rome, Sorrento, Capri etc.)

Off to a family dinner tonight, and then all that stands between me and Italia is a haircut, a run, and a really long flight!