no time to run!

Yesterday I woke up with grand plans, I needed to go to the AAA to get my drivers license photo taken.  I needed to go to home depot to get paints and supplies and I needed to squeeze in a run.  I went to home depot first because it was the furthest away, bought paint, new brushes, pan liners, trip cups, roller pads, and looked at tools because...I love tools.  Then I headed over to the AAA branch near my house in hopes to get my drivers license picture taken.  I didn't check the time they opened before I got there, I arrived at 10 minutes to 10am.  They didn't open until 10 for photos.  I saw that there was about 8 people in line by the door.  (I don't understand why people line up at doors before stores open...but thats another gripe for another blog).  I sat in my car listening to the 'DVE morning show and laughing to myself.  10 o'clock came and went but they didn't open the doors and the line continued to grow.  By the time they unlocked the doors and turned on the "Open" sign in the window there were over 25 people waiting in line like lemmings to get inside.  I debated waiting through that disaster then opted to pull out and speed away from the store in disgust.  I got home unloaded the paint and headed upstairs. 

I have been telling Christine for weeks that I would paint the nursery.  We finally got around to picking colors last weekend.  I told her I would paint it in the next three weeks on my days off.  I had planned all along to do it yesterday because I wanted her to come home and be surprised that it was already done.  I started painting by 11am after taping and masking off the room and spreading out my drop cloths.  I had to work with two colors and alternate walls.  We chose a tan color called "Country Club" and a green that matches the rest of the bedspread etc called "Grape Leaves."  If you ask me that are just green and brown...but I am a crayola 10pack kinda guy you can have the fancy names!

I painted the green walls first because they had the most doors/window/vents to paint around so I knew they would take the longest.  I rocked out two coats on the walls by 230pm.  I needed some lunch so I quickly made a turkey burger  (not a recalled one) a homemade one with all the fixins.  I also had a banana and a handful of trail mix.  The plan was to then go back to the room and paint the first coat of brown "Country Club" then head downstairs and do a 3 mile run.  I finished the first coat and was allowing it to dry and sat down on the couch and decided I just didn't have it in my to hit the dreadmill.  I finished the second coat with about an hour and a half until Christine got home.  I ran around like an idiot putting the room back together, stashing things in closets running up and down the steps to the basement and the removed the masking tape and marveled at my handiwork.  Took a shower and started dinner.  Wife came home and said "whats that smell" as she rounded the corner she saw the nursery and almost died! She loved it!!  I was excited because as you can see I busted my @$$ getting it ready for her to see when she walked in the door. 

I woke up this morning at my normal 6am to go for a run and when I tried to get out of bed I was shocked to the incredible soreness in my buttcheeks and hammy's.  So I turned off my alarm climbed back in bed, snuggled with the wife for 5 minutes until she got up to shower and fell back asleep. 

I can always run tomorrow ;)