A Sad Friday

I know I have been an absolutely terrible blogger this week. 5 days and no updates?! I'm sure you were all sitting on the edge of your seats just waiting for this blog post (just kidding). But I have had a very good reason for my sabbatical...

My parents were in Omaha for the week!  

It was so wonderful to have them around and I attempted to completely unplugged myself from the online world and just enjoy our time together. This is the only picture we took together during their visit.

I also took some much needed time off from running. Last weekend I started experiencing some major pain in the ball of my right foot. Because it hurt to walk on that foot I started over compensating and walking on the outside of my foot, which caused ankle problems and by Wednesday of this week the pain had migrated up to my knee as well. So I got in a good run on Monday and decided to take it easy the rest of the week. I really think its paid off because the pain is under control and I plan to try and squeeze in a slow, comfortable run this afternoon to assess the damage and decide what distance I want to run on my long run coming up this weekend.

To give you an idea of what all happened this week, here's a quick list:

• dinner at Roja (my favorite Mexican restaurant downtown)
• long walks downtown exploring the Old Market
• lunch at Louie M's Burger Lust (yum!)
• walk on the Keystone Trail
• appetizers and drinks at Rock Bottom (see picture)
• coffee, a cinnamon bun, and a cupcake at Aromas
• dinner in Council Bluffs, Iowa at Dixie Quicks
• a walk on the Wabash Trail 
• a quick tour of Dundee and dinner at Dundee Dell
• lots of ice cream all week
• and plenty of Colby quality time for my parents while I had to work

It was such a great week and I was so so so so sad to watch them leave this morning after breakfast at Bruggers. Thankfully its not too long before I see them again in June on my trip home for my college roommate's wedding and then I'll be moving home before you know it in August!

Hope everyone has a great Friday!