Quiet

I have been quiet this week.  Distracted I suppose.  Off kilter with my goals in mind.  Did I mention distracted?
So I had a nice visit with a friend last weekend. She and her family recently moved back to town.  We swam with her daughters and had some a lunch.  A good time.  No real swimming went on. 
Monday I went for a run.  It was one of the more painful runs I have been on in a while.  My legs were all sorts of tight.  By Wednesday I could still feel the pulls in the muscles.  Not fun.
Tuesday was to be a swim day but again those late day storms blew in and screwed up all aspects of training.  Went out for drinks with a co-worker.  It was fun.  Met some people.  A good time.  But this has become one of my distractions that I need to put a stop to.  And for so many reasons...  wallett, waistline, lifestyle.  I do not need or want to be sucked into other people's bad habits.  I have worked hard to create good habits for myself and need to stick with them.
As a result unfortunately Wednesday was a miserable day.  Plus those achy muscles I mentioned earlier.
Thursday was a birthday outing for a friend.  Now that was fun.  There is a new bar in town and a friend is the bar tender.  It is a tiny place.  Kind of feels like you are hanging out with a few of your not so closest friends in someones garage bar.  Not too bad.
Friday another friend was visiting from out of town.  That ended up as drinks and dinner.  See what I mean distraction.  I kind of like being anti-social but I know that is not always the best approach.
And finally yesterday - well I had every intention.  But nothing every happened.  I spent a better part of a day working on a birthday present for a friend.  I think she thought I was baking for her.  Which I was not.  Now with some creative thoughts overnight I think I will find myself working on it some more this afternoon. 
But first a run.  I am going to try for 5 miles.  I know it wont be a full out run.  But I need to get my mind set and body OK with that distance for the race at the end of September.
I have opted not to sign up for that tri around the same time.  I really want to get my head around this always evasive running.
Oh and I did lose a few hours on the second grey book.  The emails segment makes me chuckle.  Reminds me of someone.  However I feel like the author stole the idea from Bridget Jones.  Not that she didnt steal the whole concept from the Myers woman.  Speaking of which.... think I will upgrade my playkist before today's run.  hello ADD