Met Nat for lunch today and it was great! We had one of our favorites sushi, buffet at that!
But we must be loosing our touch, only 3 people asked us if we were twins. We did have Nat's usual Batista confused though at the Target Starbucks. She wanted to know if we were the "same" drink?
For record, Nat is a Venti Americana and I am a Venti non-fat 7 pump chai latte.
So Natalie by my own admission was always more athletic than I was. She just had more endurance or maybe just more drive LOL. But, about a year ago she finally got me to try the "running" thing. Ok, I had used EVERY excuse in the book NOT to have to take up running. You know like the "my knees can't take it" or "I am just not a runner", yadda yadda yadda. But, In my journey to a more healthy lifestyle and fitness, I was at a point were I wanted to try it.
Last August our brother Patrick and Nat and I all decided we were going to do a sprint triathlon together in St. Petersburg at the end of October. It would take some serious training on my part, but Nat I think was ready to go. So, she got me on a training regime and I started on the treadmill, working my way through it. We joined a new fantastic gym
Lifetime Fitness that had both an indoor lap pool and outdoor lap pool. We would take our bikes over to the
Silver Comet Trail and do our rides there. I was NOT looking forward to the running part, it was what I was most worried about (never mind drowning in the Gulf of Mexico). But, for all my bitching and whining about running, I am glad I got on board with it! It does wonders for your body!
Long story short, I finished with what I thought was very good numbers for my first one and we had a great time!
I thought that after the race was over, I would go back to my "I can't run" mantra, but something happened, I actually was starting to like this running thing. So, I kept with it and this past July 4th Nat and I, side by side completed the "Peachtree Road Race" here in Atlanta. It was my first 10K and Nat's second and we both did really well I thought. We ran the whole 10K at just about an hour. I was highly impresses with myself considering that this time last year all I was running was late.
I have to give props to Natalie for showing me I could do it. I think it's the best thing she ever talked me into!
So Nat and I get questions religiously about what it is like to be an identical "Twin". Well, for me personally I don't know any different, LOL. Maybe you can tell me what is like to be a "singleton". What I do know is that since conception I have had a best friend built right in. I have met identical twins that have nothing in common and barely are able to relate to one another, I honestly do not get that. I guess because Nat and I are so much alike, it is hard for me to grasp that idea. I honestly don't know if it is a "twin" thing per say that we are so much alike or just the fact that we have have been so close to one another and we just take on traits of one another. There is hardly a time where Nat likes something and I just do not care for it, for example her coffee addiction. I think it is a vial liquid LOL. As kids if we ever did fight, it was about who was going to wear that shirt to school that day or who would drive for a night out, stupid stuff. As adults, we never fight. Sure we get upset at things who doesn't, but in the end we never hold grudges with one another, we just don't.We go through phases of looking like one another and right now it seems like we are in one of those phases of looking alike. It is NOT on purpose mind you, but when we go out together we get the "stares". We even had one lady tell us last week "I wanted to say something, but I know you all probably get that all the time", we thanked her, but in the end she still said something LOL. I think it is our mannerisms also, we do talk and gesture just a like, our Dad still can not tell us apart on the phone. When I call their house and ask to speak to Mom, he will say "it's your daughter", he doesn't know LOL. So what brought this little note on? Well Nat shared this little video with me today and I just thought it was so cute. Yes, Nat is happily married with Kids, but I am still on the market and I thought if anyone out there needed to know how to date a twin, this would be a good little lesson for you.
Enjoy!
How to Date a Twin
