Nike Womens 1/2 Marathon

Bucket list: Run a Half Marathon… CHECK. Flew into Reno Friday night. Drinks with Clayton, Jenna, Aj, Sister, Adam, Laura, Brit and Ryan. Saturday: lazy morning, coffee breakfast and headed to the bay with Clayton. Reading outloud, singing along and silly dancing. Got to SF and went to the race Expo. Saw Sara from Bman!! Sushi, drinks, met Claytons Aunt, banana split, then cuddles and early bed time. Sunday! Race day! It was such an empowering experience. It took so much physical and mental determination and I completed my first half marathon with out walking. I had flash backs from highschool cross country of my dad meeting me at every hill on the course reminding me to power up the hills, cuz that were you pass everyone who is weak and slows down. I received my Tiffanys necklace (that I LOVE) and Clayton met me at the finish with a big sweaty hug and kiss on the head. He is the best support ever. He always pushes me to excel in my passions and motivates me to not give up. I think he told me 10 times how proud of me he was :) We had a sunny drive home and finished the day off with claypot margaritas to celebrate my accomplishment. This weekend made me a stronger person. And I think I fell more in love with Clayton, if that’s even possible.

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This weekend Clayton came to Phoenix. He got in Friday night and we went out with a bunch of friends. It was definitely a fun night and all of my friends loved him. Saturday we got up to go shopping, get almost to the mall and Clayton forgot his wallet. No big deal, right? Wrong. I wanted mimosas and therefore he needed his ID. After a stop at Starbucks and back to my apartment, we got to the mall and drank bottomless mimosas and chit chatted about friends (while thinking the whole time, ugh, my boyfriend is sooo effing handsome!!) Moving on, after shopping, pizza and beer we met up with some friends and had an even better time than the night before!! I drove us downtown, and gave Clayton my keys... mind you, Clayton is a looker, not so much a thinker ;-) so he though it would be a good idea to hide my keys underneath my rear tire.

Night goes on, we take a ridiculously expensive cab ride back to my place then realizing we have no keys. The front window is open but has two screens that are screwed in. My dog is barking and I'm freaking out. So I told Clayton to break the screen and climb through. Not funny at the time, but now thinking about my tall gangly boyfriend wiggle through a hole in my screen as if he was birthed into my apartment makes me laugh SO hard!

Next morning, we get a ride to my car to find two of the tires are slashed. I got pretty upset and Clayton really just did everything perfect to make me feel better. It's is moments like that, that make me really think I could be with this guy. I'm a pretty upbeat happy person, but its those times when everything seems to go wrong and Clayton always puts things in perspective. I love him for that. He has such beautiful eyes that he sees the world through, and it really makes me want to experience all things good and bad with him. He just gets me. When I'm passionate about something he supports me and get me more exited. When I'm confused about something he does his best to explain without imposing his opinions. If there are such things as soul mates, I think he might be mine.