C.A.R.E Animal Rescue.

guess what this post is going to be about?

If you know me well you know that I have a love for animals, that could almost be described as obsessive or unnatural... ha.

 

so it wouldn't surprise you to know that i am a frequent visitor to Pets Mart in Orem, because it is close to my work.

 

When i work a double shift, sometimes in between shifts i will go work out, but sometimes i will walk to pets mart to look at the Kitty's.

 

there are various reasons i do this, one of them is my love for animals, the other is that for some reason that i don't really understand, I feel happier after i go and play with the animals.

 

so one day when I was especially frustrated with work, and couldn't handle it, i left on my break and walked to pets mart, this day was just like any other except there was a group of people doing dog adoptions there.

 

I started talking with them, and told them about my day kinda, because well people who are like me like to share things, and it was probably obvious how frustrated i was . I don't hide things well.

 

so Margo, the lady in charge sent me out to walk one of the dogs. he made me feel much better, and I made a friend with Margo. she gave me treats, and we chatted about her organization, she still gives me treats :) because she considers me part of her clan.

 

I have been back several times and I fully support her cause. having worked at the Lindon animal shelter i know the Hell animals go through when they are in the shelter.

 

Margo goes into shelters, or has people give her dogs that are unwanted and fosters them out to people, the people who foster them are provided food, and they then help the dog to learn skills so that the dog can be a better pet.

 

when they take the dogs to pets mart, people can then take them home for a weekend or so and see if the pet is a good fit for there family. if it isn't they give the dog back to Margo , and owe nothing. if they like the pet they can decide to adopt it.

 

I think her organization is really ,really, cool, and I'm hoping to be able to help foster a dog for them if i can.

 

the organization is called C.A.R.E Animal Rescue.

 

I'm happy that there are animal people out there like me that do things like this. Its funny, animal people get along with each other like runners do. talk about someones pet you have a friend, talk about running shoes or races and its the same thing.

 

its like our own little community..

 

anyway that's all. like them on face book and share there page if you think its worth it!

 

all life is important to me. except bugs.. but even they serve there purpose.

I like to Move it, Move IT.

One of my odd facinations and enjoyments in life since the 8th grade has been running. the interesting thing is that yes ,i love running, but i also hate running. lets face it, its summer time, by ten the temperature outside is reaching the 80's or 90's and i usually want to sleep in. my phone is dying all the time and in need of replacement, so the alarm is very unreliable, in fact its not reliable which means i have to figure out how to work my radio alarm, which i haven't done thus far, and so I end up using my roommates phone alarm. which is so very kind of her.

then there is the fact that its hard for me to go if i miss the alarm and i feel to comfy in my bed to get up. but the hardest part is the fact that if you don't run in the morning you have to go at night which means that you are waiting your whole day to get your run in. I find it slightly annoying.

when training for a race the hard work, time and energy put into training always pays off though. running what feel like slow painfull runs, and doing hill work outs pay off when  you push through the finish line, exhausted and panting. dripping with sweat, your butt and legs aching, and you ask  your amazingly great boyfriend what the time was and he tells you that you just ran 6.2 miles in 43:31!

does it get any better? I couldn't have guessed i was in that good of shape. when its all said and done the pros of running will always out weigh the cons for me. unless of course i am injured or run so much that my knees go bad.

I am still a little sore from my 10k run for wasatch mental health, and while i was doing it, especially going up  the long hilly mile to mile 5, I was tired and wanted to stop sometimes, but you just keep moving.


and in life you just keep moving, or keeping on keeping, we can't stop or we fail.

running teaches me that I can do hard things, i've done hard things, and harder things are to come. if i look at it in this sense, then training is like life. some days are easy and enjoyable, i go with friends we chat and its fun, sometimes the runs are hot and i'm dehydrated or tired, and i don't want to keep running, these are mild trials that challenge our faith, but we get through them. speed work outs or hill runs would be the harder trials we experience, that never seem to end, but when they do we are stronger because of them, and racing well thats the proof that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger :) or you can say its the test of life that god has set out for us. all and all I run because it makes me feel stronger, and i always surprise myself at how much my body can do if i prepare it.

i'm greatfull I have the ability to run, friends and family who support me, a wonderfull boyfriend and the fact that heavenly father knows i care if i get 43 minutes or 45 :) I don't think i can run 7 minute miles all on my own. it just wasn't painfull enough to have been luck .

thats all. have a great day to the three of you who may read this.