It's the Little Things

It doesn't take much to make me happy. Give me a nap, a quiet house, a trip to Jamaica (that's not much, is it?) and I'm perfectly content. It also makes me happy when I pull into the garage and see packages on my front porch. So imagine how I felt yesterday when I left work early because I was feeling like crap and came home to this!

OPI Texas Collection and Nicole by OPI Justin Bieber Collection

(sorry the pic is blurry, I was shaking with excitement)

Thank you, thank you, thank you OPI!!! I admit, I have a slight obsession with nail polish and love painting my nails. So being able to review* OPI is a little piece of Heaven for me. Needless to say, this cheered me up immensely...and over stimulated me. I couldn't decide what color to try first! After a hard debate and input from Andy, I went with "I have Bieber Fever", which I don't actually have but the dark purple was too cute to pass up. I always have my nails painted, but love to do a fun color especially before a race. So now I'm all set and ready to go for tomorrow. Now hopefully this cold is better by then and I have it in me to run my heart out.

A quick recap of week 3 of 4...I survived yet again. And actually, this week felt pretty easy considering I haven't felt well. Tuesday was 10 miles with 3 ladders at 6:58 and yesterday was 10 miles with 6 at marathon pace (8:10). I wasn't sure I'd be able to get in 10 miles yesterday with how I was feeling, let alone at race pace, but I shocked myself and ran the race pace miles slightly faster at an 8:06. Leg turnover felt great and I felt like I could, and should, be running faster. I was pooped after the run which was a combination of my 4:45am wake up call and being sick, but I was really happy I got that workout in. I was so stressed about possibly missing one of these key workouts. I was planning to lift today and do light cardio but opted for a complete rest day instead. I thought if it might help me feel better for the race tomorrow it was worth it.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!! It's going to be 67 degrees here today...makes me want to break out the flip flops!

*Reviews of previous OPI and Nicole by OPI collections are on my review page. Review of those pictured here coming soon!