November 27, 2013

Stuff and things.


1.  We saw Catching Fire on Saturday night.  A few years ago, I went all out with a Hunger Games review.  I haven't read Catching Fire in its entirety since 2011 and I actually gave my copy to a student in Alaska that year.
I love Jennifer Lawrence, so it's hard for me to say I didn't like it.  It was good.

2.  We ran the Turkey Trot 10K on Saturday. Scott would have preferred the 5K, just because he could have won, but I was the one who went to the gym to sign us up a couple of weeks ago, so 10K it was.   I was just focused on finishing.  I came in 5/10 in my age group.  Scott was 6/18.  (Those are some nice, even fractions.)





I'm just VERY proud of myself for running the whole thing.  Pride took over, of course, and I knew I had to keep running because, well, people were watching.  
I kept saying, "There is no reason on God's green earth why you can't do this. You have no excuse. Keep running."  And it worked.  I ran all 6.25 miles and my calves still hurt.
A race every 6 months?  I can do that.  Next up, half-marathon.  Just kidding.  I'll find another 5K.  

3.  Scott's birthday was yesterday.  He got a camper.

Also, I got him an assortment of little gifts, including this shirt.

I laughed at it for way too long when I saw it on Etsy and showed it to him and he said he wanted it.  Hey, the heart wants what it wants I guess.



I made this Chicken, Salsa, and Black Bean Soup for dinner, along with an ice cream cake that I'll share soon.

Once I'm done enjoying my day off, that is.  5 blissful, happy days of nothingness.  A teacher couldn't ask for anything more….

Except maybe a brand-new rug for in front of the Smartboard.


Done.