I'm climbing into bed, but wanted to check in for the day.  It felt like a long one!  I left work a little later than I had hoped, so when I got home I only had about 45 minutes to relax chase Aidyn before I had to head back out to the gym. 

When I made my appointment a few weeks ago, I asked Sara my trainer to make it a good one.  Yup, she did.  I can already tell my arms and tush are going to be sore tomorrow.  She knows I'm running a lot, so she gave me a lot of leg exercises to help strengthen.  My legs were burning today!  I'm excited to get back to the gym and go through the whole workout again.  I also got on a bike at the gym and rode 6 miles before my appointment.  I love the bikes at my gym.  They have TV screens and you can do different levels and different races and courses, but my favorite is a "video game" level.  You peddle through this fantasy world collecting different color coins and then go find a dragon of the same color.  Some colors are worth more points than others and the higher point dragons usually can be found at the top of big hills, so you have to work harder to get yourself up the hills and get the higher points.  Anyway, for me, I find biking not very fun and this is how I survive it.  The time goes by really fast.  

After the gym, I ran home to relax chase Aidyn some more before we headed back out because Aidyn did not have a proper Irish shirt for tomorrow's holiday AND it's the start of the basketball tourney so she also needed a new KU Jayhawk shirt.  Luckily, here in Lawrence you can combine the two into one shirt.  Problem solved.  Lawrence does a big St. Patty's Day parade every year, so Aidyn is playing hooky from school to hang with Daddy and Grammy and Grampy for the day. 

After we grabbed a quick bite to eat, we headed to the KU women's basketball game.  They won and Aidyn had a good time hanging out with and climbing all over Bruce (Grampy).  After the game, they all headed out to get a bite of ice cream, but I was about done for the day and came home to once and for all put my feet up and catch up on some America's Next Top Model (you have your guilty pleasures, I have mine...don't judge). 

Time to sleep.  A lot going on tomorrow, but probably not much working out.  :(

Have a safe and fun St. Patty's Day and good luck to everyone on your March Madness brackets!