the hunt for the perfect smoothie
so crissy (my marathon training partner) and i go for a 6 mile-er yesterday around noonish, and it is rough. we end up running some, walking some. i think we'll be good partners b/c we balance each other out...she was fine when i was exhausted, and i caught my second wind when she was tired, so we were able to push each other. nehoo, during the run she mentions that she used to work at a smoothie shop, and all of the sudden that sounds like the best food ever, and now we HAVE to have one after our run. oh, did i mention that are husbands are watching the kids during this time? so i call dave to let him know we're getting a smoothie. he is less than pleased as mia is having one of her psychotic after naptime episodes, but i assure him we'll pick up smoothies quickly and take them home. crissy and i are parched, sweaty and nasty and our hunt begins...

1st stop: subway. broken smoothie machine.
crissy: maybe we weren't meant to get a smoothie.
mariah: whatever. we'll get them.

2nd stop: subway #2. girl looks at us like we were crazy for even suggesting they might have smoothies there. she directs us to marble slab.
crissy: God does not want us to have smoothies. maybe if we put in more effort and WALK to marble slab, he'll let us have them.
mariah: that's ridiculous. but let's do it.

3rd stop: marble slab. yes, they normally have smoothies but today their yogurt machine is broken. so we convince the girl to make some ghetto smoothie with low-fat ice cream, low-fat milk and fruit. we have the smoothies in our hands, i hand over the credit card and BAM. they don't take credit cards! only debit, of course. so we leave, laughing and embarrassed. and we end our smoothie search after an hour with NOTHING to show for it but angry husbands to go home to.
crissy: God has not allowed us smoothies b/c of the bad karma we have with our husbands. this time i think i believe her.

the cool thing was that i prayed on the way home that dave would forgive me and by the time i got home he totally had. gotta love that grace!!