Friday was the last day of school for students where I work and for the neighborhood kids where I live. It's a little odd after having a student heading off to a local school on the last day since 2002, now finishing a full school year with no students there. Where I work, I only see the kids at meal time, but I don't imagine there was a lot of learning accomplished in the classrooms those last few days seeing how wild and crazy the kiddos were in the cafeteria. I'm never quite sure if the students or staff are more excited when the buses pull away on that last day. I still have to go into the office for the next week or so to finish up some projects, but my staff is done until our school garden starts harvesting and they were all smiles on the way out on Friday. We followed up the last day of school with helping our daughter move into her new apartment on Saturday. She will be attending pharmacy school in the fall and has already settled into her new place. She was able to transfer from her pharmacy tech job here to the same chain there starting Monday. The apartment has a great view and seems to be in a nice neighborhood. She has pledged to take up running and will have some challenging hills and a great view right out her door. She is doing a Couch Potato to 5K plan so I will keep the blog updated when she gets to that 5K and beyond. We had to leave home at 7:30 Saturday morning for the move so I had to figure out how long I needed to finish a 12-mile run including any potty stops, shower and be ready. The alarm went off at 4:15 and I had pottied Charlie and was on my way by 4:35. I did a 7.5 mile loop that included what we like to call "the new road" as it has only been there about a year and picked up Deb at my house at 5:45. We did the last 4.5 miles finishing a couple blocks from my house and walked back as a cool down. It was a nice steady run. If I feel like that through most of my half marathon in 3 weeks, I'd be happy. I'm getting regular emails now from Grandma's Marathon to make sure everyone is excited and feels informed. The email today was a call for volunteers. If anyone is planning to be in Duluth that weekend, go to the website to check out the volunteer opportunities. My daughter and I helped with a water stop two years ago when I was injured and had a great time. Grandma's is extremely well organized and we felt so very appreciated with the little gifts we were given and were even invited to a party a couple weeks after to thank the workers. The VERY extended forecast for the race is 62 and rain which sounds just fine to me. It is probably way too early to check a forecast, but that's what runners do. I feel like I'll be ready to run a solid if not speedy race. My future daughter-in-law is volunteering in the medical tent at the finish line and we agreed that it will be a success if she does NOT see me although if I'm feeling good, I'll probably poke my head inside to observe her doing her thing...or better yet, being bored because no one needs her services. Last weekend, my youngest son and I tackled a remodeling project. That was a marathon of another sort, but I think we (mostly he) did a great job. My jobs included painting, holding things up and cleaning up while my contractor keep ploughing forward. I'm including some before and after photos just to brag it up a bit. Now that I look at the photos, I realize that I was right to be a little disgusted by the way that bathroom looked! Happy summer everyone and happier running! Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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