Oh what a day this was. I was having the worst week ever and this day was supposed to be a break from the crap I was dealing with. I drove down to St. George with Becka to get our shirts ordered for the marathon and to go to a seminar at the St. George Running Center. Candi, Ebbi and Lexi were supposed to drive down later and meet us there. Unfortunately, MaryAnn couldn't come and we definitely missed her. Becka still needed to work on the shirt designs so she was busy on her computer while I stopped at the Pipe Springs Gas Station to fill up. I ran my card and started the pump. Then I ran into the store to get an air freshener and a drink. I ran back out of the gas station and got into the car. I started to drive away and the stupid gas pump was still in the car. It totally broke off from the gas pump. Luckily no gas came spilling out. I was so embarrassed. I had to try so hard to not cry. Just one more thing to make my week crappy. Becka felt bad because she thought about finishing up pumping for me, but figured I would take care of it. I had to go into the store and fill out some papers and agree to pay for the repairs. It was awful. After that fiasco we continued on our way. I had to drop some stuff off at the Hildale, Utah clinic on our way so I got to show Becka where their clinic was and how I had to go through a security checkpoint to be allowed behind the huge cement wall around the clinic. After that we went straight to Xtreme Edge Graphics to order our shirts. That was not an easy task at all. Trying to order everyone shirts and keep 6 different women happy was a little hectic, but we figured it out. Then we drove to the St. George Running Center to exchange some shoes for Becka. While we were there we told the salesman that a group of us were coming to the seminar that evening. He told us it might be a little "Out There." That made us a little nervous, but we finished doing some more shopping around St. George while waiting for the other girls to get there. We finally figured out where to meet for dinner after a little bit of miscommunication and we met the other girls at Samari 21 for dinner. It was so fun and the food was delicious. When we were done we had 5 mins to get across town to the seminar. I'm pretty sure I scared the crap out of Becka on the drive there. I was hauling the mail, but we made it just in time. The sales rep was correct this seminar was "Out There." I wish we could have videoed it. So the lady that taught the class was a certified rapid eye technicians, who in the world even knows what that means. All I know is the when your in REM sleep, aka rapid eye movement sleep, that's when you are dreaming. What the heck does that have to do with running a marathon, I don't know. Anyways, she kept talking about our subconscious mind and how that controls who knows what. I had a hard time paying attention. Then she told us about using positive imaginary to subconsciously help us be mentally prepared for our marathon. She was going to lead us through one of these positive imagery things. Let me just say it was interesting. First we had to write down on a piece of paper our marathon goal, then we had to close our eyes and think about our goal. We had to scan our bodies to see how we felt with our eyes closed. Then we had to write down our feelings and use a number system to rate how we felt about everything. Next, we had to close our eyes and get as comfy as possible in the hard plastics chairs for our imagery. We had to take deep breaths while we imagined our bodies filling with light with each inhale then with each exhale we were spreading our light to fill the room, St. George, the state of Utah, United States, North America, South America, the world, the outer space and then the universe. All spreading with each breath we took. Then we had to imagine a beautiful golden staircase. We had to imagine walking to the first step and how it looked, felt, sounded when we stepped on it, and tasted (yes TASTED) WTH!!!!!!!!!! Next we had to imagine taking that first step and how the next step felt, looked, sounded when we stepped on it and once again tasted. This continued on for several steps and then she told us to imagine going up all the steps until we reached the top. We had to imagine what it was like at the top and who was there and how if felt and all that crap. All of this while we were deeply inhaling and exhaling. After all of that she told us to come back to present time and she counted backwards from 5 and then snapped, like she had a hypnotized us or something crazy. After that we were told to open our eyes. I have to admit I was really relaxed after this exercise. How could I not have been with all that deep breathing. Apparently Ebbi was really into it because when the lady asked if anyone wanted to share their experience Ebbi shot her had up and very excitedly told us all how her first step was easy but her next few steps got harder and harder to climb. Then after her 4th or 5th step she had to crawl up it and then they started to get easier again and she ran to the top and her family was there to greet her at the top. We were all dying trying not to laugh. It was hilarious. After it was over we met outside and Lexi was laughing so hard. I guess Ebbi was breathing so hard during the exercise Lexi was unable to concentrate. I guess I got breathing pretty hard in the end as well. We laughed about it for a while and before we left we bombarded the owner of the running center with our questions about the marathon. After we left we met at the Diary Queen for Fro Ho's, Frozen Hot Chocolates, and visited before heading home. It was a fun night and I am so glad we went and at least Ebbi got something out of it. LOL!!!!
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