Make people clap for you

We talk about the most random things on our long runs. This week I was telling Kristin about how once I read this little quote about happiness. It said to give yourself a self-esteem boost, you should take up a sport where people clap for you. Kristin and I have better cheerleaders than the Dallas Cowboys, and they are even fully clothed!

We have a friend named Vicky. Vicky makes the word amazing look bad. That girl is incredible. She cooks, sews, bottles, is a mean soft-ball player, takes care of her family, and oh yeah, is Young Women's president on the side; she is a REAL mormon girl. I hope to grow up and find that I have turned into Vicky. She gets up at....i don't even know....some ridiculously early hour that doesn't even know sunlight. To be honest, I have never been awake at those kinds of hours, I'm not really sure they even keep time that early. Every week Kristin and I find new ways to describe how truly painful it is to get up THAT early and RUN TEN MILES! This saturday Kristin was telling me about how it was so early it was Vicky:thirty. I laughed so hard I almost forgot to hold my shorts up!

Our ward Relief society ladies walk every morning on the trail. That is when all the figuring out of the world is accomplished. I one time had my new relief society president ask me why I thought my new ward has such a hard time keeping up programs like book group, out-to-lunch-bunch etc. like the 4th ward. I told her the only answer was that the 4th ward women are party girls. They live for the fun stuff. Let me tell you- they have a good time. So, every morning when we plod past them, they cheer, yell, clap. No one should have to start out their day with out a good cat-call! They are truly obnoxious and how could a girl not love them more for it?! Every other runner on the path is jealous we travel with our own group of cheerleaders. So it is true.... to feel good about yourself, pick up a sport where people clap for you. It gets me up early in the morning!