Just A Whole Lot Of Randomness

Have I mentioned that school starts tomorrow? Yippee! The kids always do a great job the last few weeks of summer, making the transition easier for me. They make sure to pull out all the bickering and antics that they have so that I'm not too sad to send them back to the classroom. They are doing it for me. Really. The school supplies are bought. The pencils are sharpened. The backpacks are packed. Everyone has a new pair of shoes. We are ready.

I also mentioned that I'm ready to get back into some sort of routine. Normally we just fly by the seat of our pants around here. Most of the time that works. After a summer of just winging it, I'm ready for some structure with a capitol S. Regular bed times. Everyone leaving the house in the morning to get educated. (everyone except for the three little musketeers) More devotion time with less interruptions. (The less interruptions thing is just a theory) Everyone eating together, and eating actual meals, not just whatever I can think of at 5:30. And best of all...(shout it with me, with joy) REGULAR BEDTIMES! Hallelujah.

Another thing I'm really excited about is that I just started training for another half marathon. I ran my first one ever last June and fell in love with running all over again. Yesterday was the 3 year anniversary of my first race ever, a local 10k that kicked my butt and then spit in my face. As I stumbled across the finish line that day, I vowed I would never run a race again. A couple days later I was wondering if I could run 6 miles faster than I had in the race. That's when it began. I liked running for reasons other than trying to lose weight. I had actual goals. A couple months after running my first half marathon, I found myself pregnant and slowly had to taper the running down. Now I'm ready to give it a go again. I've been building up a base of mileage and yesterday was the official day one of our nine week training plan. I'm running with two friends, Kelsey, who is possibly the sweetest person you have ever met in your life. Seriously. And Natalie, a dear friend for, WOW!, 8 years now. Good gracious. This is her first big race and she is such a trooper, battling some foot issues but still cranking out the miles and with a smile.

Happy news on the clothes front. I bought myself two running skirts. People. These skirts are the best thing ever. I picked them up at the Nike outlet and I'm deeply in love. Nothing makes you feel more feminine than a skirt, and when do you need to feel pretty the most? When you are sweating like a man. Like a large, sweaty, stinky man. No matter how bad my b.o. at least I'll look like a girl.

Last but not least, I'm dying to share some of my vacation photos with you. I took four rolls, somebody stop me. But after reading what happened to my friend Gretchen, I'm really, really hesitant. In fact I think I'm going to wait until I'm able to watermark my photos before I post anymore of them. The Internet is a scary place sometimes.

I hate to end on such a downer. Let's end with something happy.

School starts tomorrow.