junkdrawers: baseball and running and cowboys

Short post today, busy day ahead of me. First off, I already did my Couch25K run for the day. It was 78 degrees and it seemed like a good time to just get it done with. Shortly after heading into out, after my first leg of running, I saw a deer. He was crossing the road and was very interested in me. He stopped and posed (of course because I didn't have a camera) and was very curious about what I was doing. He didn't even notice the gray mini van waiting for him to cross. I kept running towards him, then he realized I wasn't nearly as interesting as he first thought, and trotted off. I was happy for the nice little distraction as I was puffing through another 60 second leg of running. I did the entire workout! Ran when I was supposed to, no stops for stretching, tying my shoes or because I was out of breath. I'm proud of my muffin-top self.

We spend a lot of time at baseball fields. Our son, Ryan is playing in a very competitive league which means we have 4-7 games/week. We love baseball and especially watching him play. Hubby and I both love the game. I sometimes wonder how we will spend our summers when he is too old for the league. This year has been relentlessly hot and humid. I always pack a cooler to keep us from the unhealthy and expensive concession stand. Usually there are carrots and granola bars packed but since this game started at 8pm, I skipped it.

We always sit behind the left center field fence. It's a good seat...we like it, sometimes I think we are the Waverly Bleacher Bums. However, when Ryan needs a Gatorade, one of us has to hike over to the dugout, last night....I volunteered. After giving him the drink, I decided to walk around the entire field. I came to the parking lot and lo and behold...there was a picture I HAD to take. It was glorious. Fine. A nice reminder of what wonderful things Nebraska has to offer. I quickly snapped one shot (omg it was so blurry - camera phone) and then he MOVED!! I wanted to cry. So then I pretended to be talking on the phone and I walked away, but not tooooo far. Then he went back to his 'pose' and then 'CLICK' I got it. I was very pleased with my paparazzi style photography, and then I ran away. What if someone saw me? Well, it was worth it.