Just about 23 weeks!

Well, tomorrow I'm officially 23 weeks -- 17ish to go! I seem to have doubled in size in the past week or two. Little girl is kicking 24/7 which is quite a new thing -- just Tuesday I was only feeling little kicks every once in awhile and now it is all the time. Even waking me up at night!

I'm still trying to run about 8-10 miles a week (okay this week I only made it to seven, but for being five months pregnant I guess that's not bad.) Aside from being MUCH slower than I was pre-pregnancy, and the need to use the bathroom every 30 minutes or so, it is still pretty comfortable. My friend Debbie was kind enough to run the Marine Corps Marathon 10K with me last weekend -- at a much slower pace that she probably would have liked! -- click HERE for photos. I did the Baltimore half marathon at 5 months pregnant -- 40 minutes slower than my best time, but it was a lot of fun! I am not even thinking about speed right now, it's just good to get the blood pumping and get some fresh air. I think I'm going to sign up for the Indy marathon next November -- and hopefully my dad will too! -- it's a good goal to get back into the longer distances and gives me 8 months to recover from the whole birth thing. Wonder how training will be with a little one, though -- will I be able to sneak away Saturday mornings for those long runs?

My hair finally seems to be back to normal after a couple months of it falling out in clumps. Not sure what that was about. I also get pretty tired by the end of a day of teaching, but no real pregnancy complaints aside from those at the moment.

On another note, Jamie and I are just ready for the election to be over. I'm sick nervously watching the poll numbers and praying that Obama keeps his lead. I am hopeful that Obama will win, and I know the polls look pretty steady, but I'd feel a lot better if they looked even better -- after these last two elections, both of which I was just left with my jaw hanging open, nothing surprises me anymore.

Anyhow - till next time...