{"id":2256,"date":"2012-01-20T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2012-01-20T11:33:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T18:33:44","slug":"ladybug-bellagio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/?p=2256","title":{"rendered":"Ladybug Bellagio"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }\n.flickr-yourcomment { }\n.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }\n.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/6500615173\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7016\/6500615173_44445d948b.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/6500615173\/\">Ladybug Bellagio<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/obnoxiousaries\/\">Random and Odd<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\n\tI\u2019m gearing up for my weekend. By gearing up I mean; drinking absurd amount of coffee, watching HGTV, and finally learning how to use the Photoshop program Lester got me for Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never used photoshop. I was given Photo Impact a million years ago by my dad and I wasn\u2019t the one who mastered the use of it.  I could change a few colors, but I figured if you can\u2019t get the shot you want without the use of photoshop for basic touch up, you suck.<br \/>\nMy friend, Tammy has shown me a bunch of really neat things you can do with the program and I have been wanting to give them a shot, but with 5,000 other things to do I just put it on the back burner.  <\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I went into the Garmin online program and I set my routes and goals. I am so excited to finally get a chance to use this thing as it was meant to be used\u2026and then it started raining.  NO, I am not complaining because I am giddy with excitement because I know that my trails are going to be all soggy and squishy!  That is my favorite part of being a trail runner is that moment when you\u2019re in the deep cut and you have to watch every single step you take. That\u2019s usually when Tabitha starts singing the Indiana Jones theme. <br \/>\nI thought that this weekend was my one year, but it\u2019s really the weekend in January and I am going to be out of town.  Who knows, maybe I can find a trail out there and get all muddy.  Lester asked, \u201cWhat if it\u2019s raining?\u201d when I mentioned getting out on the trails this weekend.  \u201cThen we get wet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Run a 5k in 2012 is going well. I haven\u2019t checked, but I think I actually bypassed my goal for 2012, but I don\u2019t want to count yet.  I\u2019m just enjoying everyone sharing their stories with me and each other. <br \/>\nMy transition to barefoot running is going so slow it\u2019s almost painful.  Since the last time I pushed it, I have been taking it even slower.  I want to bust out on a trail and see what I can do with them, but I don\u2019t want to hurt myself.<br \/>\nLast weekend I took them out for a quick 5 miles.  Lester\u2019s son said after watching me do some rock climbing without slipping at all, \u201cI wish they had them in my size.\u201d I had to laugh because his dad hates the look of them. <br \/>\nTabitha\u2019s is doing better with her calf.  She can now put some pressure on it and isn\u2019t hobbling like she was earlier in the week. I was so worried this was going to take her out of the game for awhile, but she\u2019s been taking it slow too and I think it\u2019s almost time that we get back into the gym and start training for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m doing good. I have been having weird days and I have to remind myself that it\u2019s okay to be weak every now and again.  It\u2019s just this uncertainty in my life.  There is only one person that can fix it and that\u2019s me, so I am going to take the steps to get more stable.<br \/>\nWell, there are about 3 more cups of coffee with my name on it and If it kicks in and stays kicked in I can find my  yoga pants for the class I am about to sign up for!  Yep\u2026you hear that right\u2026YOGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ladybug Bellagio, originally uploaded by Random and Odd. I\u2019m gearing up for my weekend. By gearing up I mean; drinking absurd amount of coffee, watching HGTV, and finally learning how to use the Photoshop program Lester got me for Christmas. I\u2019ve never used photoshop. I was given Photo Impact a million years ago by my dad and I wasn\u2019t the one who mastered the use of it. I could change a few colors, but I figured if you can\u2019t get the shot you want without the use of photoshop for basic touch up, you suck. My friend, Tammy has shown me a bunch of really neat things you can do with the program and I have been wanting to give them a shot, but with 5,000 other things to do I just put it on the back burner. Yesterday I went into the Garmin online program and I set my routes and goals. I am so excited to finally get a chance to use this thing as it was meant to be used\u2026and then it started raining. NO, I am not complaining because I am giddy with excitement because I know that my trails are going to be all soggy and squishy! That is my favorite part of being a trail runner is that moment when you\u2019re in the deep cut and you have to watch every single step you take. That\u2019s usually when Tabitha starts singing the Indiana Jones theme. I thought that this weekend was my one year, but it\u2019s really the weekend in January and I am going to be out of town. Who knows, maybe I can find a trail out there and get all muddy. Lester asked, \u201cWhat if it\u2019s raining?\u201d when I mentioned getting out on the trails this weekend. \u201cThen we get wet.\u201d Run a 5k in 2012 is going well. I haven\u2019t checked, but I think I actually bypassed my goal for 2012, but I don\u2019t want to count yet. I\u2019m just enjoying everyone sharing their stories with me and each other. My transition to barefoot running is going so slow it\u2019s almost painful. Since the last time I pushed it, I have been taking it even slower. I want to bust out on a trail and see what I can do with them, but I don\u2019t want to hurt myself. Last weekend I took them out for a quick 5 miles. Lester\u2019s son said after watching me do some rock climbing without slipping at all, \u201cI wish they had them in my size.\u201d I had to laugh because his dad hates the look of them. Tabitha\u2019s is doing better with her calf. She can now put some pressure on it and isn\u2019t hobbling like she was earlier in the week. I was so worried this was going to take her out of the game for awhile, but she\u2019s been taking it slow too and I think it\u2019s almost time that we get back into the gym and start training for the summer. I\u2019m doing good. I have been having weird days and I have to remind myself that it\u2019s okay to be weak every now and again. It\u2019s just this uncertainty in my life. There is only one person that can fix it and that\u2019s me, so I am going to take the steps to get more stable. Well, there are about 3 more cups of coffee with my name on it and If it kicks in and stays kicked in I can find my yoga pants for the class I am about to sign up for! Yep\u2026you hear that right\u2026YOGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/randomandodd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}