ho hum

Kinda feeling ho-hum, had such low energy all week and no appetite at breakfast - duh, should have realized something was wrong -thought I was just tired - but woke up in the night with a dry scratchy throat - gr- should have been taking some vitamins. I'm terrible at taking vitamins - not a fan of swallowing dry, lumpy pills, and I just forget. Hubby makes up for it by taking enough for both he and I.
So kind of a crappy week, haven't done any running - this has happened about 4 times in the year since I've started running - that I miss a week and sometimes a bit more. It wasn't that long ago that I missed a week.
I get scared 'cause I think I will lose the motivation to run again. So far, it always comes back.
-have also been distracted with preparing for a couple of job interviews. I've thrown in a little extra anxiety because some of the questions will be asked in French, my second language and I've become fairly fluent, but not perfect! That is one thing that is so aggravating about this city. It is the nation's capital therefore most government jobs, or agencies funded by governments require bilingualism - french/english - as Canada has two official languages -gr-r-r-. Very frustrating for people who are highly qualified but lack french.

I work in a french program for half of my day as it is and have taken some courses. At my church we have a small french Sunday school class as well as a larger English one. Most of the people in the French class are immigrants from the Congo and a  few gov't. employees,struggling to improve their French. I like it because there is only about a dozen of us and we can really get into a good discussion.
So keeping my fingers crossed for my job interview tomorrow.

(not my hand, have never had such perfect fingernails, however, I have been told that I could be a hand model - what's that say about my face....??)

Toodles,
Lee

Capital City Walk

I was reading Roni's blog and decided to post this in response to her challenge at  http://www.blogtolose.com/profiles/blogs/challenge-weekend-activity. Ok, so it didn't happen this weekend but it was a very recent family walk with  Papa Bear, Sean and our nephew. It's a great place to walk in Ottawa along the Rideau Canal bringing you up to the Parliament buildings and back. Here is the route we walked. It's just under 6k.

My starting point is just about where I ran my first 5k on December 31rst of last year. It's the annual Resolution Run and I enjoyed it a lot. The race was in the opposite direction to our walk.

The boys at the Pretoria bridge, often the starting point for races along the canal, but above at street level

a view of a section of the canal with the Parliament buildings in the background.

downtown Ottawa

Rideau Canal Locks

many who live here work for the government in buildings such as the one with the Canada sign

the clock tower
Anywhere along the canal is a great place to get out and walk, run or bike and in the winter you can skate along most of its length. Hope you are enjoying some great outdoor places with your family too
Lee