Day 132: I DID IT!

Whoot! That's right...I just completed my very first tri and it was awesome! Brutal. But awesome. I hardly slept at all and thank God for my mom for showing up so early to take care of my little angels while I was gone. The entire way over I was so jittery and really about to puke. Despite his best efforts, there was NO way Matthew was going to succeed in getting me to calm down. There were just so many thoughts racing through my head and I just couldn't get my brain to shut off. Normal race-day jitters. When we got there, it was obvious that we really didn't need to show up quite so early but at least we had more time to get nervous and expend a lot of energy in talking myself into a frenzy. I was so happy that he was there with me though because he's such a cool fan to have. Between transitions he'd say things like "way to go mama, looking good." Or my favorite "watch out for 187, she's a beast!" Love that man. Word of advice, USE A ROAD BIKE. I thought since this is my first one and I really wasn't going that far, use the bike I have. The mountain bike. Terrible, terrible idea. That thing tore me up and I spent so much energy trying my best to keep up with the streamline bikes. I'll tell you this much, I was never so happy to see a finish line in all my life and I nearly puked. No joke. If it wasn't for Matthew filming me and making me laugh, I think I really was about to lose my breakfast. But I did it. I tried a tri and succeeded. And naturally I'm looking at dates for another one cause that's just what I do....
After getting home and showering, it was time to get ready for Mothers Day! Next year, I'm taking my babies with me. My dad decided to have a pool party which my kids were just over the moon about. The minute we got there, they both headed straight for the back door. I was only sad that daddy couldn't come with us but he was feeling pretty bad. He sucked it up to be my cheerleader but then got hit bad once we got home. Fever, body aches, chills, the works. So I thought it best to keep him home. My kids had so much fun though swimming around and I really enjoyed spending time with my family. It was a great end to a great day!