How can it only be Thursday??

As you can surmise from my post title I'm wishing it was Friday. But it isn't. But here is what is happening on this crazy Thursday night..........

1. I got a running mentor today! And quite by accident. A girl that I work with is a fairly new runner (probably couple years or so) and I ask her running related stuff all the time and after I irritated her with lots of questions today, she offered to be my mentor. I think it will be cool because she is not so far removed from being a beginner that she cannot remember how hard it is and how clueless I pretty  much am. She has already set a goal for my time in the 5K I'm running this Saturday (35mins or under?!?!), which leads me to number 2.....

2. I'm running a 5K on Saturday. Crap. I can't run 3 miles yet. This could be a problem. I've ran 2 miles this week (outside no less) and thought my lungs were going to explode. My legs didn't feel that bad. I passed a few walkers outside and I was fearful that they would think something was wrong with me because of my labored mouth breathing. But I had my ear buds in and so it wasn't that much of a bother to me. I'm pretty much guessing I'll be doing a run/walk Saturday, which sucks, because I can get a little competitive. But this is a start, only the 2nd 5K I've ever done, so I'm going to cut myself some slack and try and enjoy the process. We'll see. Still don't know what to wear.

3. Product Review!!!!! I tried a new snack today:

I have my morning smoothie pretty early, so by 9:30/10am, I'm usually starving. I always take enough food to work for 3 people, so I always have 2nd breakfast. The Bora Bora bar had that honor today. It was gegan, of course, and really quite tasty. Bananas, chocolate, walnuts, yummy. A good ratio of chewy/crunchy, salty/sweet. Winner. Got me through to lunch. (which was a potato and pea curry with a dessert of banana topped with homemade peanut butter, raisins and toasted coconut, in case you were wondering) Too bad we don't live in one of those European countries where it's considered ok to take a little nappy nap in the middle of the day, cause I could have used one, let me tell you.

4. I'm tired and I'm going to bed in just a bit. I've had some issues with my sweet dog the last couple of months and it has been hard on the sleep patterns. He is almost 13 years old and has never had bathroom issues, but lately has been waking me up at night to take him out (2am, 3am, even 4am & I get up normally at 5). This is now happening multiple times each week. I'm exhausted by it, because I live in a loft, so I have to get dressed, take him out into the bright hallway, down 3 floors, out into the cold. Very hard to get back to sleep after that. The vet has suggested I halt food and water intake about 2 hours before bed and I feel guilty about taking his water away, but this girl needs some uninterrupted sleep!!!! I pray every night when we go to bed that he doesn't get up. So here's hoping the lion sleeps tonight........

I'll update after the race! Hope everyone has a great Friday!