Sleeping with the Angels

My grandad passed away in the middle of the night last night.  My nana passed away a few years ago and it's comforting to think of them together.  I flew down this morning so I missed seeing him before he passed but I have happy memories with him from this past year and decades before that.  I'm happy with my memories.  Here's a picture of him with little Ms. Myra from her birthday this past September.

And another favorite of mine, I posted this back in Feb 2008 when I came down to LA for my grandparents 65th anniversary.

 
Ahh, they are such a lovely couple.  67 years of marriage.  Miguel explained to Marek this morning that Grandad is sleeping with the angels.  Marek loves his great-grandad.  I don't know how much he understands. 

So my mom and I ran around today doing busy work to keep her occupied.  We mostly shopped for clothes for grandad's send-off.  We were both feeling worn out from all the shopping so we got lattes around 2pm. 

We got back to the house around 4:30pm and I figured I'd better get out for my run before it got dark.  I had a 5-miler on the schedule with legs/sholder/core work to do after.   I did my run around my grandparents gloriously flat neighborhood but it did get dark about 30 minutes into my 57 minute run.  I was happy to have my bright yellow Nike miler shirt on.  I noticed at about the 3 mile mark that I was teetering on slower than a 12-minute-mile pace so I picked up the pace and finished with an 11:37 average.  Happy with that.

After that I did my best to do my workout with the one 8-pound weight that my aunt found for me.  The good thing was I could do squats, lunges, calf raises, shoulder raises and all my core work - all without a machine.  The only thing I couldn't do were leg extensions.  I felt really good getting my workout in despite all that's going on and not going to a gym.  Tomorrow is a bike day so I hope to sneak off to the local 24-hour-fitness at some point, though it may not happen as we have a very full day planned preparing for the funeral. 

The other up-in-the-air thing is my long run for this weekend.  I just researched flights home and it looks like I'll be flying home Saturday afternoon.  I'll miss most of the day with the kids so I don't want to spend all Sunday morning on a run - I'll need to catch up on my hugs and kisses!  So I'll do my long run here Saturday morning.  That means I don't need to go to the gym tomorrow.  Man, my workout routine is all whacked but that's life.  I will be happy with whatever happens.