The Day That Wouldn't End

I generally enjoy the first day back to school after a break...but today wasn't one of those days.


A co-worker is out as her mother-in-law is about to pass away...so I said I would make her plans for the week...and when I went to work on Saturday to make copies and clean up from Valentine's Day I set off the alarm...and the alarm wouldn't accept my code....and the police came and checked my ID...(Like I would break into the school to do work?) so I was only able to work in my classroom and not go into the main building.

Soooooo I got to work early to do all of the things I needed to do....I made the copies, set up my room. then got the warm ups CD set because I led warm ups this morning....and then I went to my co-worker's room to set up...it smelled a little when I opened the door...and then I put out the plans, put the spelling on the board and then checked the hamster....which wasn't moving...there was plenty of food and water...it was just old...and dead....and one more thing to deal with....I had to find a bag and a box and get him out before Running Club which was starting in 15 minutes....and the tone for the day was set....although there was nothing else dead to deal with.

I was so exhausted by the end of the day...The Captain picked me up and we went to our friend's post office to mail a package to our Kiwi...there were only 2 people ahead of me in line but the first person in line was mailing A LOT. I waited 15 minutes and decided to leave....we got to the club and I decided to swim over working out inside. That was a great decision because it was a beautiful sunny day and rain is coming on Wednesday....so I got dressed only to find my lock fell apart and wouldn't work...so I had to bring my backpack and purse out to the pool deck.


I am feeling a bit less exhausted after my swim and shower...and I am waiting for my steamed veggies smothered in cheese because....I have a lot to get ready for tomorrow...because, I have to plan for the other class and IT'S THE 100TH DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!!


More fun than I can handle :)

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*SCHOOL'S A PARTY*

February Run

With February coming to an end I was thankful to find an event that I could run in ...I try to do one event a month....but without anyone to do events with it make sit easy to put it off.


Today was a 5K run for a local private school. The upside was the entry fee being only $20 including a t-shirt...even thought the shirts are the basic men's style t-shirt which I have soooo many of and rarely wear so.... The captain has another nice shirt!


Yesterday when I ran my two uphill quarter miles the sun was out...even though it was 9:00 it was too warm for me. But today was overcast and chilly at the 9 a.m. start. This was a very small run....only 55 entrants because the other 100 participants were walking the 1K which began 10 minutes later. When this run began, the youngsters took off and were not to be seen until I was on the home stretch and they were walking to their cars...but besides finishing 45 out of 55 I was proud of my finish time of 28:05....and I could have broke 28 minutes but just into the second mile a boy around 12 who was running with who I think was his sister, fell right in front of me....of course I had to slow, turn around and make sure he was okay....he was and he finished with blood running down his knee!


I was sure I would place....but the age divisions went from 5-9, 10-19 and 20-up....there is no way I can run like a 20 year old!! The last 3/10th of the run was uphill and I felt pretty strong....I guess my last 2 days of hill climbs helped. This makes me eager to want to run more than once a week...I really need to run no less than 3x...but I get lazy, or I swim or do something else....but I want to be strong for the Rugged Mudder in May so I need to keep up the running.


I am sad tonight because my mid-winter break has ended....tomorrow I go back to a very full day starting with Running Club before school and it is my day to lead the routine for 1st/2nd grade warm ups....and a co-worker is out and I made plans for her class also....back to the grind :)

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*RUN LIKE A GIRL*

Just One More....

that used to be the first thing I would look at in Life Magazine...it was always on the last page.


Just one more? Yes, one more time BlogSpot has decided not to upload my photos...not because I am out of room but because a little dot comes up and makes circular moves...and won't go away and won't let me close the upload box and then I get frustrated and quit trying to make a post.


It is so hard to put up a post without some photos...and I may have to give up on this site...but for now....the GOOD NEWS is:
I HAVE HAD 10 DAYS TO MYSELF!!
(The Captain took his mom on a cruise)
the other good news:
THE CAPTAIN COMES HOME TONIGHT!


and the best news:
I HAVE THE WHOLE WEEK OFF!
(THANKS GEORGE AND ABE!)


Now to clean the house because FOR 10 DAYS...I ate what I wanted...left my clothes on the floor...baked some awesome muffins (and ate half the dozen)...haven't  picked up the yard after the dog or made the bed...BUT I did run (set a PR on my weekend 5 miler,) and I swam....and I watched the USA Mens' hockey team beat the Russians in a shootout (2x)...and watched snowboarding, downhill, curling, biathlon and ice dancing (even though I am not a fan of it)....I ate a heart shaped box of Dove chocolates, built a fire in the fireplace and moved the couch right up in front of the hearth and read a book...had a Valentine's Day drink with a friend, left the volume on high on my laptop, left the car radio on my station and drank milk out of the jug...used my gift cards shopping online and basically was a bachelor for 10 days....and I enjoyed every second of it. Now I have a week to recuperate.

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*ENJOY TIME OFF WORK*