The necessities...

So as I wrote yesterday, I have re-established my gym membership, so after I wrote my blog I proceed to go through my music library to pick out great workout music. I didn't find any... So Eric pulls out his many disks, let's just say there was a ton of music to choose from ( I means over 100 different disks!) and yet to no avail nothing that I wanted to listen to. So I paid for a few mp3 downloads. Then what do you know my mp3 player conks out. I run up to walmart in a panic, how can I possibly run with out the rhythm of music! As I am pulling into a parking space I receive the most wonderful phone call. "Denise I re-formatted your player" I begin to feel my chest swell with excitement. " Does it receive downloads?" I ask tentatively. " I'm testing... yes it works!" Yeah! My brother the hero! Saved me about 80 dollars, I didn't want to spend but heck it was going to be a necessity.

We leave for the gym about 2.5 hours later than planned but hey, we're still going. When we arrive I began to wonder how Tasha was going to react in the day care setting. You see it has always been my mom or I watching her. She has been to a daycare only once in Florida. But what did I have to worry about, She takes one glance around the room of toys and heads inside telling me to have a good run. I have to smile at her independence... I love it! So I head out. Later I find out that the child that I use to have to convince to speak to an adult that she knew, never did pick up a toy. The care worker just smiled and stated " she does love to talk, you work at Denny's huh?" Apparently my daughter is no longer shy, I hope some of the family secrets remain secret!

So onto the races. I jump on my first treadmill, out of order, onto the second and direct my mother to the one beside me. I put on my headed phones and begin my workout to the sounds of Leona Lewis, I notice beside me that my mom is struggling a bit and as I run through my first Two Min's she is having to stop and rest a bit. She then decides to head to the bikes.

Now I am even more determined when I see how much she is struggling to do this and see her determination that she really wants to but after 15 Min's has to give up for good.

My mom has been through a lot in her life and I was training for this, for her as much as I was doing it for myself. She is after all a cancer survivor. So onward we train and we will both be ready for this when Oct arrives, but even if she can't do the full 5k I know that she will try her hardest and she will be all the cheering squad I will need. And the is a definite necessity.