Last weekend was quite the weekend. I had Friday off thanks to my compress work schedule so I dropped off my hubby at work, went across the street to park and ran along the bike path by the river. It's one of my favorite places to run! I did 5 km, then went to towel off a bit and changed and went downtown to meet up with a friend. We had breakfast, did a bit of shopping and walked over to city hall so I can get my race kit. We had lunch then he was done work and lunch so I picked him up and we went home. I had enough time to get ready and went to pick up a friend and met two others at the Heart and Crown for supper. It was nice catching up, and had time to pay and not long after the power went out and stayed off for a long time.
Unfortunately 6 tornadoes hit Ottawa/Gatineau and surrounding areas. It was unbelievable to see how much destruction it left behind, but it's nice to see how many people helped one and other. That night Guy and I kept busy by playing cards by candle light
That picture was before we played cards, we put them off to the side so we could play. We went to bed early and the next morning we still didn't have power. A friend of ours offered for us to bring our stuff from the fridge and freezer to avoid things from going bad since we weren't sure how long till we would get power back. We had the opportunity to have breakfast at his place and charge our phones as well. We left at noon so hubby can get ready for hockey but it was cancelled since the ice wasn't ready. They did get power back at 11 am but it needed more time. We still went so we can have some lunch and hang out with the guys. I did walk over to the other side of the street to do a bit of shopping. Went to the book store and checked out the health food store. We got home a little after 6 pm and our power was back on which was nice. So many others around us did not though. My dad and a few friends only got power back late on Sunday night. My work is close by and still had no power so we were told to stay home on Monday. Most people in the government were told to stay home or work from home since there was so many traffic lights still out.
On Sunday morning though I got to do the army run with a close friend. We signed up for the 5 km, since we decided about a month or so before the race. Glad we were still able to sign up. It was a lot of fun and we ran the entire way!
From their website and my watch we made it in a little over 32 minutes. So proud of our run and it was the perfect weather! They fed us well at the end also
We did only eat most of the oatmeal they had for us. The rest we brought home. It was a great race for a good cause, and I love the shirts we got. They always have amazing shirts
So now our plan is to do the half marathon in May for the Ottawa Race. I have done many races but never the Ottawa race so I'm excited to finally go. Well we haven't signed up yet but I will soon. It's so great getting back on track with running. I have really missed doing races and running. I did run but only here and there for the past few years so it's nice getting back into it.
This weekend has been pretty great as well. I did do some overtime yesterday to get a little more caught up, I did however burn myself. Did a pretty good job to. I was cooking up a steak for myself for supper to eat with a salad and I put a bit to much oil apparently cause when I turned it over the oil went flying and hit part of my hand and arm. It burned for a long time! Better now but I do have some good burn marks. Today though my niece treated me to a free manicure at her new job, and also a free eye brow clean up and also removed my small mustache lol I do love purple so I picked a dark purple for my nails and I love it!
As usual, the weekend went by to fast, but we do have a nice long weekend coming up, and it will be nice spending time with family for Thanksgiving.
