So sad

Today two of my friends lost their fathers.

I can't imagine the depth of their pain and grief.

Please remember that each day with your loved ones is a gift from God.

Open that gift with joy and be thankful for every moment.

It can end too soon. Don't have regrets.

Yikes!

I can't believe how long it has been since I've posted!!
I need to post about our fun, fun, fun Spring Break vacay to Tucson.
I need to post about starting back to miles after my knee injury.
I need to post about having my last PTO function prior to handing over the reins to someone else.
I need to post a lot of things but I think after catching up on all the blogs that I follow I'll go to sleep.
Yeah, I need to do that. But I promise I'll be back really soon!!

Ouch!

My knee hurts.

It's swollen...

It hurts to bend...

It hurts to straighten...

Forget twisting it.

The PA says its the MCL and the Patellar Ligament and I should stay off it.

I laugh and say "how?"

I DID IT!!!

I ran my first 1/2 marathon this past Sunday!!!

I had decided I wanted to run my first one (yes, I said FIRST one) before I turned 40 (yes, I said 40!) The only race that would give me enough time to train, be in Atlanta and be before the big day was the ING 1/2 this past Sunday. I told my friend Christine "we ought to do that together" never expecting that she would call me a couple days later and tell me that she had signed up!! HOLY MOLY!! So I sign up, I start training and then I hurt my knee.....and Christine had a small problem of 5 broken ribs. Did we let that stop us? Heck no!!!

Decked out in Hello Kitty shirts, red streaks in our hair, white and red striped socks and black nails; we did it! Not only did we do it; we did even better than we thought we would do by over an hour!! We have now officially done something that only 1% of the population has done!! How 'bout that?!!? Proud? Hell yes!!!

13.1 miles? Been there, run that!!!

I think I can, I think I can.....

Ever feel like you're going up this HUGE hill and you're looking at your feet to make sure you don't stumble over a rock or something and each time you glance up to see if you're almost to the top you realize that someone keeps moving the top of the hill?

Yeah, me too.

Girls' Weekend

Shalina and Anna came down to visit for a girls' weekend this past weekend. The girls and I have been looking forward to it for, oooohhh about since it was planned!!! We got to hang out and play on Friday, go the American Girl Doll Store on Saturday and Babyland General on Sunday. It was a great weekend! Of course there was much weeping and wailing when we parted ways on Sunday; and we can't wait to see them again SOON!!! I would write more but if you read Hayden's blog you got it all in detail so why repeat other than to say "IT WAS AWESOME AND WE WISH WE LIVED CLOSER SO WE COULD SEE THEM MORE OFTEN!!"

Too cute!

I was just reading Hayden's blog and I have to tell you that kid can write!!! It's so funny reading her perspective on things. And interesting to see what things she considers most important in life! Man I love that kid!!