Tuesday, May 24, 2011

We have a runner....

Well, as I was preparing to write my blog this evening and talking to my sweet husband about the BL finale, my sister came tearing in with Hurley... my hamster. He tried to break out. He has been chewing his cage since he was a little baby - but lately he's gone ape shit on it - so much so, that I recently purchased an aquarium to put him in! I have been putting off moving him though until I can finagle some sort of lid for it. Abby has been very worried and taped his cage with about 3 packs of scotch tape (hoping he'd hate the taste and just stop.) See the effectiveness of her plan in the pic below...

We got him all moved into his new home - life is good. Interesting thought though - is he bad for trying to escape? Not settling for what he was given? Seems silly to translate such a deep thought into a hamster trying to escape, but its true. He wasn't happy where he was. He wanted to explore and LIVE, but he was confined so he did what he could do to change his situation. :) Now he has a new pad and we know we need to get him out of his cage a lot more to roll around and play.

How do we do that in our lives? I know PLENTY of people who were dealt their cards and they are happy to play them. Others want to trade them in for better cards. They are willing to risk failure, willing to put it all on the table and dive head first into a better life, even if they could lose it all. I like a gamble myself and will continue to strive for a better hand!

On a different note, I had an AWESOME run this evening. I ran 3.5 miles in 34.20 which felt great! I really pushed it because I was feeling good. :) Last night I did strength training at the gym. I also ran 4 miles Sunday through the Geneva State park - that was a great one too. I also signed up for another 5K this weekend. my goal is to run this one in 27 mins. Then, next weekend I'll do the warrior dash. LOTS of fun workout stuff coming up and I can't wait.

I have to head to bed - I have a very early morning - thanks for reading!

1 comment:

  1. Awesome! I signed up for the half marathon in October, and a 5k I usually run in September. Tried to sign up for the Warrior Dash in October last night as well, but their page was having an issue. So I'll retry tonight. I need to find some races that are a little sooner though!

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