• I am going to San Francisco on Saturday.  My nephew graduates from Berkeley with a Phd. in Economics.  I am very proud of him!  The whole family is proud.  I’ve been to San Francisco a couple of times and am excited to go again. • I purchased an Oster Belgian Waffle Maker and made waffles…

• How is it May already?  I am loving it!  A few more weeks of school till summer break.  Somehow we skipped Spring and went right into Summer.  We’ve had a few very warm days.  Haha, now I will be complaining that it is too hot here. • There is some construction in front of my…

Week #22, April 23-29 M Ran 3.61 T 4.35 W 2.86 TH Rest F Ran 1.60 S Rest S Ran 13.27 My last week of training!  I did one quality session (which I was shocked that I had to do) and the rest of my runs were done at an easy pace Monday morning I had a professional development at school…

• My Internet was down since Saturday.  A Comcast representative came in today and fixed it for me.  Whew!  How is it possible to feel lost without Internet at home?  I did have access on my phone and Sprint but it feels very different doing so on a phone. • My marathon is this Saturday.  I am…

Week #21, April 16-22 M Ran 10.76 T Rest W 6.52 TH 2.49 F Ran 2.89 S Ran 5.90 S Ran 2.49 Before I tell you about my week, can we talk about Desi winning The Boston Marathon!!!!  Wow, so amazing!  I was watching it in my classroom when she was in 2nd place, then I stopped watching (can’t remember…

• Did you watch The Boston Marathon?  Wasn’t it simply amazing to see Desi win?  This is the best thing I’ve seen about it!  Please watch it.  And then watch it again.  And again.  I will keep watching it every day so prepare myself for the Illinois Marathon next Saturday.  I’ve met Desi a few times…

• My coworkers have been reminding me but we have 37 days left of school.  Fun! • This year I will be teaching summer school.  I am actually looking forward to it.  It is part time (8am-12pm) and goes from June 11-July 6.  I will have have the rest of the day to do whatever I want…