9/22

Today's Plan: rest
I really wanted to run, but I haven't taken a day off since last Monday and I know I need to give my body a bit of a break. Monday is always a good day to take off since I generally do my longest run on Sunday. Plus, I am almost always tired from work on a Monday. It's a good day for rest and pizza.
I did take down my vegetable garden. After years of extensive farming with my dad, I think the smaller the garden the better. I have a table where I use window boxes for lettuce, peppers, etc. Unfortunately, it was not a good year in our corner of the world for vegetables. Except for pumpkins. My husband did great with pumpkins. So I had to take all the pots apart to store and put the table away for the winter.
I also started taking down my garden art. I have a lot, so it is not something I generally get done all at once. The farm sold perennials, which was my specialty while Dad did the veggies--not that I didn't have to pick my share of peas, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant and much more.  My father believed in diversity.That's how I got hooked on edamame. Quite a few perennials walked down the hill from the farm to my house and found good homes in my gardens. Some days I think they got out of control. I especially think that in the spring when I have to clean them all.
I know some of you are still stuck back on "pizza". Do serious runners eat pizza? I use running to control my weight, which means I eat pizza. And some other stuff that is not so good for me. For the most part I do tend to eat well, particularly during the day. But when I want to eat something, all the willpower I use to get myself out there with my sneakers tied just seems to melt away. Just another good excuse to put the sneakers on again.