On my first day of winter break I....

got up at 5 a.m. and went to work with my daughter....I know...it was hard to get up that early...but we had to drive to friends to the airport. We got to her classroom early and organized and set up....and talked to other teachers. It was really fun to see her classes...middle school kids are so different from my kids- it brought back memories of my middle school days 28 years ago. It was fun to watch her interact with her students and see the respect she commands.

It was a minimum day...each class was only 15 minutes long- then there was a rally and a staff vs student volleyball game. I played in the game too...and had a 3 point serve and then one really bad serve...I sent a few balls back over the net for points and Daughter #1 played awesomely.

Then we headed home where I am trying to get warm. It is raining again...and the Captain and I are going to work out.

I AM A WINTER WARRIOR and DAY 40- where I earn my t-shirt- is Christmas Eve. Thank goodness Christmas is an off day...I am really needing a break.

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*YAY SCHOOL IS OUT

UNTIL NEXT YEAR*

After 15+ months out of the country....

Septmeber 2, 2011

We dropped her off at SFO bound for New Zealand where she lived, traveled and worked for a year...

When her VISA expired September 3, 2012, she headed to Singapore....then onto Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and a layover in Japan...and she arrived at SFO tonight.....

(I had an arrival photo here but Picasa says I am out of space- even though I deleted a dozen photos from the album...so it is new blog time with a new host.)


*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*TRAVEL WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG*

She Graduated from Stanford at 18.

You thought she was pretty smart graduating with all A's in her master's program last weekend. You might think she's even smarter by doing research at Laurence Livermore Labs this summer.....but did you know she graduated from Stanford four days after her 18th birthday?

Yep! On March 28, 2005 she graduated from Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford and was declared cancer free! She no longer needed to attend bi-weekly visits.- That's the running joke here. We have a few friends who graduated from Duke at 5. Imagine that!

This morning, the alum and I returned to Stanford to run in the Summer Scamper Fun Run. We hadn't run in a month...and we weren't sure how well we would do...and we only found out about the run last night. So we headed out early this morning with enough time to sign up, get our numbers and get in the corral. What we didn't know was that the 10K took off at 8 a.m. and the 5K ten minutes later. So when we got to the fork in the road we headed on the 5K route and no one was with us....everyone was running the 10K! It seemed a little odd to us that it was getting warmer out and no one else was running the 5K. As we headed down the home stretch a few of the fastest men passed us...then Daughter #1 realized what was happening. Duh! We felt so stupid. We ended with extremely good times...so good that we both placed. (Just call us Rosie Ruiz!) Thankfully we saw the results before we left so we went back and told the announcer NOT to call us with the winners. I still came in 5th in my age group which was far better than I thought I would.

Daughter #1 got a cool Honoree shirt to commemorate the run. There were just men's sizes for me so I got The Captain a size large. Now off to plan a party.

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*LAUGH HARDER*START THE RUN EARLY TO ENSURE YOUR SUCCESS*

Tomorrow, Tomorroooooow TOMORROW...

...Daughter #1 receives her masters degree!

2 1/2 years in the works in the program...she finished her last review last night...then she got up early to volunteer at The U.S. Open in San Fran. (I told her to meet some rich golfer :)

Come back tomorrow for photos...or next weekend for the party :)

*LIVESTRONG*LOVESTRONGER*

LAUGH HARDER*GOLF THEN

GRADUATE MAGNA

CUM LAUDE*