The stupid wind has been messing with my photo shoots. This last Friday everything finally lined up perfectly and I ended up doing two photo shoots. I was shocked I didn’t come home burnt to a crisp, but I didn’t escape the bug bites from the two different locations I primarily shot in.
Monie has never had anyone do her pictures. I didn’t know this when I told her, “This week, you and me are going out and getting some pictures of you.”  When we got out there she admitted she didn’t get anything done in high school because she was an ‘awkward teen’.   She had so much fun and is such a beauty!
The other photo shoot is a surprise until the end of the month so I can’t talk about it or post any pictures.

On Sunday I managed to hit the trails.  I love this picture because if you look real close you can see the opening up of the American River Canyon in the far off distance. I know where I am running to.  It’s getting easier to navigate those trails, but i’m still not ready to go by myself yet.  Rattlesnakes freak me out.
Dan signed me up for the Coloma River Run for my birthday present from the girls. It was the bestest gift!   Lester, Ben and Victoria will be there with me as well. This is a Team Getty Run for me. I have signed up for 3 of Getty’s runs!  Poor Kate said she’s not ready for this trail run, but she’s an amazing rock star and I can’t wait to see her and her team out there too!
I am finally going to be able to use the head lamp the girls got me for Christmas when I do the twilight run!  This year is full of really good runs with some amazing people!

The Hockey Wives have been juicing a lot and I want to give it a try, but I have no clue if I could actually do it. GAG!   I have switched my eating habits drastically.  Yesterday after the trail run I was hungry, but the draw of a soda and hamburger from In and Out was squashed when I remembered that I have stopped eating fast food. “No. I need a place that serves a salad.”    It’s been well over 7 days (but 7 since I started counting) since I have eaten fast food.  Now for quitting smoking and drinking soda.  Today is day 1 of no soda and it fucking sucks a bag of dicks, but I am hell bent on changing things that will make the goals that I have set for my future much easier to achieve.