A few random thoughts

So back in December I participated in my first 5k and I only made it 2 miles before I had to stop because I literally thought I was going to die. A good friend of mine told me about the Blue Bell 5k that was to be held in May. What made me sign on for this event? ALL YOU CAN EAT BLUE BELL ICE CREAM AFTER THE RUN!!!!! If you're not from Texas, you just don't understand the full appeal of this...BLUE BELL is the BEST ice cream in the world!!! I think I'll miss that the most when we leave Texas.

Before the race and full of energy!

Anyway, I signed up a month in advance and began training. I struggled with a mile for a while. A few days before the race, I was only able to run 2 miles. I told myself I was NOT going to get any ice cream unless I ran the full 3.1 miles. It was time for the race to start and it was POURING!!! Plus I realized, there were a few hills and I had only been training indoors on a track with air conditioning (how dumb was that training plan?!?!?) I reached my first mile with my best time and when I got to two miles I was feeling pretty good. I was soaked to the bone, my shoes weighed 10 lbs each and it felt like little pebbles were pelting into my legs. I looked up and saw the last BIG hill I had to run. There was a river coming down the hill as I ran but I was DETERMINED!!! I crossed the finish line running as hard as I could! I HAD DONE IT!!! I RAN THE WHOLE 3.1!!! I achieved my goal and thus I could reap the reward. I treated myself to 3 blue bell cookie dough ice cream bars! :)

After the race with my friend Kate and her 3 yr old daughter who ran the Kids One Miler that morning! :) I'm soaked from head to toe and exhausted.

I think I want to start participating in at least one 5k a month. Since the blue bell run, I haven't been running at all and I feel awful. I loved that running almost every day made me feel great. I need to stay in shape and it really helped me to eat better, sleep better and feel amazing.

Thinking of maybe getting a Master's in Student Affairs. I LOVE event planning and I really miss being able to do it. I think that's what I liked most about working with the March of Dimes. I don't really want to get back into education. Something I'm seriously considering now! :)

I hate job searching. I feel like my resume doesn't show what I can ACTUALLY do. I have so much more knowledge than what a few lines on a resume can show. I felt like I wasn't even considered for a ton of jobs when we moved here simply because it's hard to express all of your experience in detail on a resume. Plus I hate interviewing. I've been conducting several interviews for work lately (trying to find my replacement teacher) and I'm dreading my future interviews. The job hunt begins this weekend so please be thinking of me!

Looking forward to the weekend. We are going to a Reckless Kelly concert in Gruene, TX at the oldest dance hall in Texas. Then we're going to spend Saturday in Gruene or San Marcos as a mini vacation. Looking forward to a relaxing weekend. Plus Monday we get to spend the day with friends out at the lake in town! :)

Catch up?

Wow, it has been FOREVER since I've updated. I remember why I stopped writing in a blog 5 years ago....I never kept up with it.

Anyway, instead of catching up all the way from what was the last post, hmmm, Thanksgiving? I'll just tell what's happened in the last week.

Sam graduated with his Master of Arts Degree last Friday! :) I'm so proud of him. He was a bit disappointed in his program but stuck with it so that he could be a proud A&M alumnus. We will be moving back to Indy in about a month so that Sam can start Law School in the fall at IU (downtown). It's going to be a tough few years, but I'll support him 100%.

Sam's family was here for graduation, his mom, grandma and brother Jon. Sam was like a little kid again and only wanted to hang out with his brother (they are only about a year apart). His mom kept joking, Why'd we even come? He only wants to be with Jon. LOL I had a good visit with his mom and grandma on Thursday since it was girls morning/afternoon. I don't think I've ever actually spent that much alone time with them.

As I said earlier, we're moving back to Indy in about 5 weeks so we've already started packing. We've barely made a dent yet we have 7 tubs of stuff packed and lots of our winter clothes (that we barely wore down in here in Texas) vacuum-packed. We're trying to do a little each week so it isn't so overwhelming the week of...I HATE packing. But I'm trying to be a lot more organized this time. We have a lot planned for our last few weeks here. Hopefully I can be better about updating even though we'll be busy.

I should get going now, it's almost time for me to leave for work. It's PIRATE week in my class and I'm totally pumped. I even made signs (burned the edges of the paper) for each of our play centers. So instead of block center, home center, library, or sand table we now have "Treasure Island", "Pirate's Cove", "Black Beard's Ship" and "Parrot Beach". I'm so excited. We're making bandanas, spyglasses, eye patches, parrots, etc. We're even going on a treasure hunt Thursday to find Black Beard's long lost treasure (lots of treasures buried in our outside sandbox). I feel like a kid again because I'm so excited for this week. Let's just hope the kids are well behaved! :) It's my last week with all of my current students (except the few who have already moved) and I want it to be so much fun! I'm going to miss all of them, they've all become so special to me...I even call them "My Kids" .

Have a great week everyone.