'Fessing & Guessing

Here we are again...another month is winding down, already! 

I am (again) in a whirlwind of wonder at the passing of time ( I swear I just wrote my March Runfessions post yesterday). I am also in a continued state of confusion as to which season we are really in (because it changes every day in Iowa). And, I have a few 'fessions to come clean about (some things never change).

Shall we do a quick pass through the 'Fessional? You know, cleanse our soles (and souls!) and all that jazz...

I'll start off with a doozy. Recently, I was asked to provide three dozen cookies for a funeral at our church. Not a big deal, except I procrastinated until (almost) the last minute in baking them. I thought the sugar cookie dough smelled a little odd (I'd used margarine instead of my usual butter), but surmised, once baked, the cookies would be fine. Only, they smelled and tasted terrible. On a whim, I checked the margarine package...only to see it had a July 2021 expiration date on it. Oops. I didn't have time to make another batch...so, I cookiefess I bought some packaged cookies and passed them off as home-baked. I even layered parchment paper between the cookies to (hopefully) make them look authentic. Hey, at least I didn't use dead giveaways, like Oreos. Moving on...

Next, there's the Honor Flight with my father. This really isn't a true 'fession, other than I forgot to mention it in my recent WRD posts (#MyBad). I regretfess, that the Flight didn't happen. Our plans, for the April 19th Flight, got cancelled and we weren't able to go this time. My work schedule has been nothing short of crazy and busy, so it was quite alright for me to be in the office that day instead of on a plane (#GlassHalfFull). Alas, we have sights on a possible Flight in the Fall. Stay tuned.

With Easter over and done, a co-worker brought in a bunch of extra candy. I snagged a package (or two) of the Key Lime Pie M&M's. Did you know these little gems even existed? Let me candyfess, they tasted like the real thing. I sincerely hope whoever invented them won the Nobel Peace Prize, or at the very least, was a candidate. 

Last weekend, I ran the Drake Road Races Half Marathon (recap). Having not run a long race since last Fall, I haven't needed to have any "race day" fuel on hand. I'll runfess it here and now...I broke the cardinal rule of Nothing New on Race Day. Remember my procrastinating those funeral cookies? Well, I procrastinated in getting some fuel for my race, too. My only option was Walmart, and they didn't have any Honey Stinger product available (not a big surprise). Instead, I bought two packs of Cliff Shot Blocks. My tummy cannot tolerate Gu anymore, so I thought these were the lesser of two evils. Low and behold, the Shot Blocks worked well! I ate a couple before the start line, then had two more at the 5-mile mark. I ate the last two just before the 10-mile mark. Boom! Crisis averted.

Finally, as mentioned, we've been skipping back and forth between Winter and Spring. We even had a frost warning this past Monday evening. Of course, all my daffodils had just started blooming that day. Although there was some frost on windshields, the ground (at least in my yard) remained unscathed. All the daffodils survived and my magnolia tree is currently thriving. Can I weatherfess that I just want my summer back? I'm really tired of the extended cold, the nonstop wind and the threat of frost. 'Nuff said.

  

Whew! That'll do for now, and I feel like a new person. Who would have thought sharing a few (or five) 'fessions could be so liberating. I'm grateful for the opportunity. Thanks for indulging me. 

How about you? Do you have any 'fessions to share? Go ahead, I'm listening...

I'm  linking this with Marcia for the monthly Runfessions link-up

I'm also linking this with Michelle, Renee, Darlene, Jenn and Zenaida for the Fit Five Friday Link-up.

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