I Run (to You)

If anyone is Lady A fans, they’ll get my title isn’t just about literally running

Onward with my weekend recap!

I got back from LA around 3:00 and two of my sisters arrived at 4:30.  They were mainly visiting to see Lady Antebellum at the California Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles.  This concert always attracts pretty well-known artists, but this was extremely exciting because Lady Ant was performing on the “free stage” (so anyone could attend with paid fair admission).

Monday I woke up early to get a run in at the gym.  This time I increased my run segments to 1.25 miles each, with a few minutes walking in between. It totaled 3 miles running and 4 miles total (including the walking).  Felt pretty good and barely any knee pain the rest of the day!

We got to the fair on Monday at around 3:30, planning on hanging around and attending the 8:30 show.  But it was ridiculously hot there.  104 degrees in the shade!  We were dyyying and there was already a growing line to enter the 6:30 show AND another line for the 8:30 one.  At 4:00!  So we decided to just go to the earlier show.  We stood in line for 2 hours before being allowed in, but it was well worth it!  Luckily I had randomly had a deck of playing cards in my car, so we played a few card games to pass the time.  We were in the shade, but needed a little “cool-off”.  Enter the biggest shaved ice I’ve ever seen (32 oz cup!):

We devoured that thing

We got awesome seats!!  I’d say we were about 20th in line, and ended up  in the 10th row or so.  But we were on the aisle right next to the stage walkway that protruded out into the audience.

It was an awesome show (pretty similar to what we saw last week when they opened for Keith though!) and we had an amazingly great view:

I was right next to Hillary Scott when she walked out on the walkway!

bahaha.  My sister didn’t realize the camera was zoomed in.

And when they walked out during their last song, yes he grabbed my hand (not just a hand slap, but a grab haha).

AHHHHH it was awesome!!!  So worth waiting 2 1/2 hours

Afterwards, we walked around a bit to check out the stands, animals, and people watch.  We had originally planned to get a funnel cake, but the heat definitely ruined our appetite for fried dough.  There was a gelato stand that sold a giant wafflecone with 6 scoops!  I didn’t need that much, but I did get a 2 scoops of oreo cookie and birthday cake flavors.

OH HOLY YUM. The birthday cake flavor tasted just like Basken Robbins ice cream cake frosting (which I love).  Great stuff.  I shared it among my sisters of course

My sisters left early the next morning, so we didn’t do too much else during their less than a 2 day visit.

Nothing too exciting happened Tuesday and Wednesday, besides work, eating, & a run.  Yup, I did another run on Tuesday (that makes 2 runs 2 days in a row!).  I normally would not do that at all, but I did it in the evening, and my knee was honestly feeling okay!  Not nearly 100%, but probably the best it’s felt at all lately.  This time I did 1.5 mile run segments (with walking in between), totaling 3.7 miles running.  I was worried for a second afterwards because the knee felt stiff, but it’s honestly felt okay since then.  Usually my knee bugs me after any run, but not having any increase in pain after 2 runs is unheard of!  I haven’t done any physical therapy moves in over a week, and I honestly find that those moves seem to make my knees really sore.  They’re supposed to strengthen my hamstrings, but have been irritating my knees at the same time.  So I’m kind of torn with what to do.  Argh.

My mom sent my sisters down with tons of fruits & veggies for me!  Like 10 tomatoes, 4 corn on the cobs, a baggie of cherries, snap peas, 2 avocados, clementines, and 3 HUGE juicy peaches!  She obviously bought lots at Costco and no one else at home will eat it all up!  What a nice Mommy

So to use up all my tomatoes, for dinner on Tuesday, I made my mom’s pasta sauce.  Sauteed garlic, onions, tomatoes, & basil.

I literally ate all this sauce in two portions.  I love it.

I usually have it on pasta, but this time I put it over a carmelized onion chicken burger and topped the whole thing with goat cheese.

With half of this snickerdoodle cookie for dessert:

Wednesday lunch were the leftovers, but this time I added in some chicken sausage to the mix.

Plus one of my peaches!

OMG soooooooo good!!

I was going to grab a couple of Kathy’s Krackers in savory flavor this morning to dip into my sauce at lunch, but I tried a small piece this morning and BLECH!!  OMG I found it awful!  It even had a slighty “fishy” aftertaste to it.  I hope it might have been just the savory flavor, and the other flavors are better.  I’ll let you know!

For dinner, I wanted to use up the Brie cheese that my sisters also brought down with them.  I also have many Rudi’s wraps/tortillas I need to use as well.  Enter…Brie cheese & pear quesadilla!

Also made a little unpictured guac on the side.  This was the 7 grain with flax wrap and while it was tasty, it was hard to tell for sure how much I liked it since it was cooked up & fried.  I’ll have to try it again just as a wrap and let you all know what I think.

Well I work at 7 am tomorrow, so hopefully I’ll get a gym trip in during the evening.  Then it’s Farmer’s Market where I am definitely stocking up on those amazing apricots again.  Best.  Apriocts.  EVER.  The end.

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