Today was Derrick’s first day of 7th grade… as tradition here is a picture taken just before he left.

Of course Xavier wanted a picture of his “1st day” of school… gotta love his double cow licks…Geno calls them his “horns”

Things have been hectic here. I’ve been in class for a week and have only ONE request… HELP! It is going to be a very hard semester. I have the same teacher for both my biology classes - and that’s not a good thing. He has a “different” way of explaining things so Geno was a sweetheart and got me a digital recorder. For Microbiology the professor informed us that we need to study 2 hours a day/7 days a week to get a “C”! I think the chemistry portion is what is going to get me. We are starting some study groups and it’s good to know I’m not the only one feeling a little out of sorts.

Derrick got his braces off (I couldn’t remember if I’ve already mentioned that). This past Friday Derrick and I went to the dentist. Derrick has NO cavities and was told a beautiful smile. I on the other hand had one cavity (which I’ve known about) and I also have an infection where my root canal was done. I have to go in for a re-eval this Thursday with the dentist who worked on my mouth for the crown. Chances are he will recommend me to see a specialist to get it taken care of

Other then that everything is going well. I will give you guys another update here in a couple weeks - if not sooner. I will add photos as we take them - including Xavier’s first densist appointment this Friday!

Take care everyone…

I can’t believe it either, two posts in less then 4 days!  I’m trying to do better, especially since I know school is coming up fast and who knows if/when I will find the time to update this.

Thursday evening we had a HUGE storm. We had quarter size hail, strong winds and crazy lighting.  I am so bummed though, Geno bought me a new SD card that is supposed to improve shutter speed, which it does but out of ALL the pictures I took of the storm not ONE of them caught the lightning.  Luckily, no cars were damaged. Pictures are on Flickr

 Friday I did a lot of running around - including stopping by housing to check on a work order we have for the house.  It turns out that there is a leak in the garage.  We have an alcove in the garage where Geno keeps all his Army gear. Well we have been trying to clean out and organize the garage and when we went to sort through his Army stuff we were greeted by moldy gear and a TON of creepy crawly things.  It had been almost over a year and a half since we looked at that stuff…  You can even see on our roof where the shingles are bowed.  Anyway, I checked with them and it was like they were accusing me - asking why we didn’t notice the water going down the wall - because there isn’t any! They are coming tomorrow to take a look at it. Plus, the gear that was ruined has to be replaced.

Saturday we went to Myrtle Beach to do some shopping.  We wanted to hit the outlet malls, Broadway at the Beach and soak our toes in some water. I also was on the look out for a new pair of shoes my neighbor has been telling me about.  They are the Nike Free’s.  I found them at the outlet mall on 501 and believe it or not they had my size!  Derrick got some play clothes, Geno and Derrick both got new running shoes, and Xavier got new sandals - SIZE 12!!!  On our way back to Fayetteville we stopped at a farmers market and we bought cherries, green/black seedless grapes, peaches and homemade ginger ale!

Today we did a good portion of the garage.  I planned on putting toys and stuff on eBay but have decided just to sell them at the garage sale we are having on Saturday.  Less trouble organizing it and packaging it up… Other then that we just relaxed and enjoyed a movie.

So there you have it… have a great week!!!

Os, so the last post was really short…it had been a long day.  So now I’m sitting here, relaxing and thought this would be a great time to catch everyone up on the crazy life of the Fort Bragg (for now) Lolli’s…

I will start with me this time.  My good news… I received a letter stating that I qualified for Pell Grant’s for school.  This is WONDERFUL news and it took a TON of red tape to get it.  I had to turn in our tax returns and a few other papers THREE times!  Luckily, though it paid off and we got a little extra money to help us out - which as everyone knows is always nice!

School starts in a little over a week now and I’m really getting nervous. It’s going to be a VERY hard semester but I have great men at home to help!!

Well, last Friday started the beginning of “Tax Free” weekend here in NC.  I’m not really sure how many other states do this but NC has 3 days that all school supply stuff, clothes, computers and computer accessories are all sales tax free.  Which is awesome when you go to buy college text books and they cost over $550 BEFORE taxes!  Derrick spent the day with me on last Friday and it was great to have mom/son time together.  We started the day at Bojangles - Derrick LOVES the steak biscuits and I’ve NEVER tasted a better bacon, egg & cheese biscuit. We then went to my school and got books and parking passes (which reminds me I need to put those on the cars).  Then we headed to Edward McKay’s which is a used book store and found out they had 3 books that I needed - so I got those and returned the ones from the book store - for a savings over $100!  Now it was school supply shopping time.  We decided Staples would be the place of choice since I had some Staples rewards and they have a pretty good selection along with decent prices.  I’m sure Walmart might have been a tad cheaper but the crowds would have done me in.  Afterwards it was time for the fun stuff shopping! Geno and I had spent all of Thursday night comparison shopping for a new TV.  Our old TV works great but because there are so many big windows in our livingroom the glare is really bad.  We never realized how many choices there were when it came to LCD tv’s - besides the obvious sizes there is also pixels & Hz.  We thought we found the perfect one and ALMOST bought it but after sleeping on it Geno and I decided that it was more then we wanted to spend.  So Friday after Derrick got all his school supplies we headed over to Circuit City. After doing a little more leg work we brought our information over to Best Buy.  We really wanted to buy the TV from Best Buy since their warranty plan is better.  Turns out that they didn’t have the TV we saw at Circuit City but for $10 more we could have one that was by the same manufacturer but 2” bigger!  AND if we used our Best Buy card we could have it for tax free as well! Since the TV isn’t considered a “back to school” item it would have been taxed if we used any other method of payment.  Next on our shopping agenda was Target for school uniforms.  We picked up enough uniforms to hopefully last until the winter but with the rate he’s growing I might be able to squeeze him in to them through September - he’s just about as tall as my 5′9”(OR 5′10” frame).  Afterwards we stopped back to Best Buy and picked the TV up…then we headed home since Geno was just about to get off work (the 1st Friday of each month is a short day since it’s the first payday of the month).  Derrick had gotten into trouble a day or so earlier and was grounded, however, a friend of his that is only here at Fort Bragg until the end of this month.  So he headed over to Tyler’s house and it was just Geno, Xavier and I for the weekend.  We tried unsuccessfully 3 times to hang a wall mount for the TV, however because the house was built with a metal frame it was impossible.  When it was said and done we were glad to leave it on the stand (though it did waste 6 hours trying to hang it). We ended up rearranging the livingroom Saturday evening and it’s amazing how open it seems now. I will post pictures so you can see for yourself.

Saturday morning we did some grocery shopping at the commissary. Believe it or not it was the first time since before Geno left for Iraq that we did down and dirty grocery shopping.  After a down right rude checkout lady we headed home.  Derrick stayed the night again at Tyler’s house and we just relaxed.

Sunday morning Geno made bacon and I made eggs. Geno, for the first time, tried the Southwestern Egg Beaters - they taste so good! Then we headed to church and to do a little bit more school shopping.  I needed a new flash drive for school (Derrick got my old one) and we needed a backup hard drive since our other one was full.  I needed new sandals but Kohl’s didn’t have any so I talked Geno into possibly going to the beach in a few weeks to get a new pair…take the new Jeep for a drive!

Monday Xavier went on his first field trip with school.  They were headed to Gillis Farms. I was going to go with them but decided that he needed to go alone with his teachers, since they are relatively new.  That way it enabled him to learn to listen to them rather then have his mom tagging along.

I also started on the back part of the garage on Monday. The sad part is I hadn’t been able to get back in there to do more cleaning.  I’ve asked Geno to help me today for an hour or so. I’m really hoping to have a garage sale a week from this Saturday.

I also started a new running plan Monday. I’m starting from the very beginning of a running plan and my goal is to get into shape to run the Army 10-Miler next June.  I’m trying to get two of my neighbors to also join me. 

The rest of this week has been doing miscellaneous errands.  Geno had CQ last night so he was off yesterday and today but had to work from 4pm last night until 9am this morning. The boys and I brought him dinner last night and Xavier and I stopped by this morning before I took Xavier to preschool to see his daddy.

This weekend we don’t have much planned. I need to find some new sandals, new pillows for the couches - something with color and a few other odds and ends.

Derrick has decided to forgo soccer this season and try to make the football team at his school.  There is a chance he won’t make it and he won’t play a sport until basketball but that’s a risk he’s willing to take for his chance at football.

Ok, well that’s about it for now…I know I’ve written a book. I will get pictures of the new livingroom design this weekend.. Also, take a look at the cool storm shot’s I’ve been able to get. We live at the top of a hill and can see some really crazy storms brewing!

Well we are back in North Carolina.  It was a great trip to Ohio with only a few downers so overall it was a GREAT trip!  We left on the 21st for Columbus.  It only took us about 10 hours or so with a few stops. We stayed at Grandpa Jeff’s (THANK YOU GRANDPA JEFF!). On Tuesday we went to COSI for the day - courtesy of Gramps - it’s awesome having a father who works for one of the coolest science museums in Ohio - maybe the nation!  Xavier had a blast (as you can tell from the pictures on Flickr). We had dinner with an old friend (she’s also Xavier’s Godmother). Wednesday we went over to Gramps/Susan’s house to visit before heading to Cleveland to pick up Derrick.  I’m a bad daughter because I forgot to bring th camera into my mom’s work to get pictures - I’m sorry mommy.  Looking back we should have stayed with my mom for a night before heading down to Middletown.  Next time we will… We headed down to Middletown to end our 6 hour journey for the day (2.5 hours from Columbus to Cleveland and 3.5 hours from Cleveland to Middletown). We eneded it at Geno’s brother’s house.  They just bought a new house at the beginning of the year. It’s a really nice house in a nice neighborhood.  Thursday we took Xavier and Derrick over to see Matt (Uncle Matt) who is also Xavier’s Godfather, at the firehouse he works at. They had a blast!!! Friday we went out to dinner with Geno’s mom, Karina’s mom, Felicity, Frank and his family & Geno the boys and I. It was pretty good food, my salmon was great!  Saturday was the family reunion…again we had a blast!  Sunday we did laundry, went to brunch with the whole Lolli Clan, and packed up the car for our long drive home. Monday we left late in the morning and we arrived here at Fort Bragg a little after 8pm.

Geno returned to work today after having Tuesday off.  He was supposed to have today off also but due to the Army needs he had to go back.  Today Lilly gets groomed and I have to list some more items on eBay.  I listed 10 yesterday - yay me!  I have Derrick’s clothes and Xavier’s toys still.  I think I might do a garage sale the weekend after this one, unless I can somehow get the garage cleaned out by this weekend.  We will see. I migth just put all this stuff on Craig’s List and see where it goes from there…

School starts in a few weeks and I’m REALLY hoping to get everything done…

I will post pictures after they all get loaded onto Flickr….

Have a great week!

The first week of my “summer vacation” is being spent organizing… We started in the garage which is still trashed but an “organized” mess.  Yesterday I spent the day sorting through the mountains of clothes Xavier had accumulated and today I’m going to try to make a dent in the toys.  We already took two overflowing boxes out of the livingroom full of his toys.  I believe we are having a garage sale this weekend, or at least I would like to. I’m going to find out what we need to do. I only plan on selling the big items - crib mattresses, toddler bed, changing table, car seats, etc.  The clothes are getting sorted to give to the local homeless shelter and eBay (I LOVE eBay!)  I’m really hoping to have the house cleared out by the time I go back to school in August.  Fall semester is going to be rough with my school schedule and the possibility of Geno going to a new school also.  

Derrick is doing well. He’s enjoying his time in Ohio with my mom and Torrey. Geno, Xavier and I are headed up to Columbus, Ohio on Monday and plan to get him Wednesday before heading down to see Geno’s family.

Xavier is doing fantastic! He is officially potty trained and will be moving to the preschool room as soon as they have an opening. It’s funny one day he is refusing to use the big boy potty and the next day he’s refusing to use pull-ups.  It really did happen overnight.  He is also excited about going to get his brother, who he missed a lot yesterday. He asked many times yesterday morning about where Derrick was and he wanted to leave to get his brother “in the mountains” instead of daycare yesterday. It was really sweet.

This past weekend we had our neighbors over for a spaghetti dinner. In the past month or so we have had about 4 new sets of neighbors move in and they are the best bunch of people.  So we invited everyone over for Geno’s Famous Spaghetti. It turned out to be a great evening, the men and kids played on the Wii while the the wives went outside and relax/talk.

Well that’s about it for now. Have a great week everyone and I can’t wait to see everyone next week!

When I’m bored, or should I say bored of studying, I tend to search the internet for interesting things. A few months ago I was directed to this video…

I know they followed it up on a larger scale in London but I like the Grand Central Station one better.

Well, this morning I found another video from the same group regarding sets of twins on a subway.  Since I’m married to a twin I thought I would share it with everyone…

You can find more of their Improv stunts on their website ImprovEverywhere

ENJOY!

Here are a few videos from the last week or so…

I will update the blog later this week once I get a free chance. I have some studying to do, though I am finished with 2 of my 3 classes…WOOHOO!!!  We are all doing great!!!!

First video - Xavier got a little crazy with the hose…

Xavier enjoys spraying Lilly…and Lilly enjoys it also…

So if you like hot and humid Fort Bragg (Fayetteville), NC is the place for you. It’s been scorching here and any activity outside requires the following things: sunscreens, a cooler full of water, shade, and PLEASE make sure you put on deodorant - antiperspirants will NOT help you!

So it’s again been some time since I’ve updated this blog.  So here it goes… 

DERRICK

Has officially become a 7th grader.  He had an awesome 6th grade year and Geno & I can only hope that 7th grade is challenging enough for him and he puts everything into it.  He was accepted into AVID which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.  At first we were a little skeptical about the program but after reviewing his scores with the teacher decided Derrick needed to be challenged more in school.  We are hoping that this will encourage him.  Derrick is currently in Ohio staying with my mom.  He’s had a chance to be in Columbus to visit his dad, my dad and also my other dad (Jeff).  I have talked to him a few times and he is having a great time with Torrey - his long-time best friend.  We plan on picking him up at the end of July, depending on what the schedule is like here.

XAVIER

He is doing AWESOME!  He’s been wearing big boy underoos to daycare the past week with NO accidents there.  Granted, when he comes home he has a couple accidents and this weekend he was more interested in playing then using the restroom every single time - but this is a HUGE step forward compared to a month ago - he is well on his way to the preschool room.  He definitely has my sense of humor and Geno’s short temper.  Here are a few examples (of the darndest things he says) just from today:

• This morning at McDonalds we were sitting at a table. It was about 830a and we had just finished clearing out our storage shed.  We were enjoying our breakfast when all of the sudden Xavier starts sniffing the air.  All of the sudden in an OUTSIDE voice he says “Daddy, are you stinky?” when Geno answers “Shhh, no Xavier.” He turns to me and again in an OUTSIDE voice says “Mommy, are YOU stinky?”  I, of course, say “Shhh Xavier, no!” Then he says “SOMEONE’S STINKY!” Well this wouldn’t have been so bad if we weren’t surrounded by quite a few elderly groups on their way to church…. 
• Today was Geno’s day for church. So we headed over to one of the catholic churches here. About 10 minutes into the service Xavier decides he wants a drink of water. I take him out into the foyer and let him get a drink.  He then tells me he needs to go to the potty.  So I take him in and he proceeds to go #1 & #2.  Afterwards (after washing our hands) we headed back to see daddy.  The church was quiet except for a lady doing the Readings before the Gospel. Xavier runs up to his dad and proclaims (in an OUTSIDE voice) “I went STINKY daddy!” The thing about Xavier is if you don’t repeat what he says to let him know you heard him he will KEEP saying it until you do so. Finally, after about 3 times Geno acknowledges what Xavier has said and Xavier is satisfied that he’s been heard.
• Finally, this evening I made a pot roast.  Xavier usually will take a bite of something new and if he doesn’t like it he will say so. Our theory is, as long as he tries it at least once if he doesn’t like it then we will make something else for him to eat.  Well, he wouldn’t even try it this evening.  Our next move is to tell him one of us will eat it and USUALLY this will make him at least try it. I don’t know if it’s the thought of sharing it or if he just is trying to get us to make something else for him but this usually will get him to eat it.  However, this time his response to our declaration was “Ok, you eat it ALL”…so much for that tactic.

Geno & Sarah

Well what can I say…we are doing great!  Geno has finished WLC and graduated on June 19th.  He’s been acting Platoon SGT and will be doing so through this week.  The actual Platoon SGT is getting ready to leave the unit and the second in line is at B-NOC (a course similar to WLC but when you go from E-5 to E-6) until the end of this week.  He has to be NCOIC (Non-Commissioned Officer In-Charge, aka the BIG dog) for the medical care for the 4th of July celebration on post.  This year Wynonna Judd will be performing. Luckily, Xavier and I will still be able to hang out with him for the day and have PRIMO seats for the concert and fireworks display. 

Well, one small hope has been dashed for Geno’s military career - at least for the time being.  Finally after waiting for over 2 months for a response about going to SOAR (Special Operations Aviation Regiment - for flight medic) he received an email stating that they were not accepting E-5 applications. Turns out they just did a HUGE recruitment with $50,000 sign on bonus!  Needless to say we are bummed, but it just opens up different paths for Geno to take.

I am finishing up my first summer semester at FTCC. I am happy to report that I am GUARENTEED a “B” in Anatomy & Physiology and I’m about 95% sure that I will be getting “A’s” in both Computer and Sociology. I have already registered for the final 5 classes I need to meet the Competitive Entry Curriculum, for Dental Hygiene. I will be taking another full load of courses, however, this time it will be a 16week course time-line rather than the fast paced 8week that Summer Semester is.  I will be taking Microbiology, Biochemistry, General Psychology, English Composition and Speech. I am meeting with my Dental Hygiene Counselor tomorrow afternoon to make sure I am on the right track to submit my application by January 31, 2009.

Running has sort of taken a back burner - much to my dismay - with school taking up a lot of time, especially with the fast pace of Summer Semester.  I have completed only one race this season and plan on doing a couple more before summers end.

Finally, I am happy to announce that we have sold the car - to a co-worker of Geno’s - and now have a 2008 Jeep Wrangler X.  I don’t know the funniest part of the adventure - arguing about NOT wanting green to the point we almost walked out if they asked us one more time, breaking them down to within reach of our budget requirement, telling the salespeople to give the black jeep to the couple that WANTED to pay the ridiculous price we wouldn’t OR FINALLY learning to drive a manual transmission - THANK YOU KARINA for teaching Geno years ago, he was a great teacher!  Xavier has enjoyed it, especially with the tops off. Geno and I will be taking it out 4-wheeling here soon once he gets a day off that Xavier is at daycare.

NOTE: HOT, SCORCHING, HUMID DAYS ARE NOT DAYS YOU CHOOSE TO DRIVE IN AN OPEN TOP JEEP UNLESS YOU DON’T MIND SWEATY CLOTHES AND SEARING HOT SEATS!

LILLY

Finally, little or not so little Lilly, she’s doing great. We had her spade last week and for those few short hours it was quiet in the house.  She came through like a champ and was back to her normal self by the next morning.  She is now 38lbs - with about 15-25 to go, based on the vets estimate.

Well here are a few pictures over the last month or so…more by clicking on the Flickr picture quad.

OUR BIG GIRL

OUR LITTLE MAN

THE JEEP

2 OUT OF 3 OF MY MEN

XAVIER WEARING GENO’S LCE

TALKING TO GRANDMA INC

ENJOYING HOMEMADE PICKLES

LEARNING TO GOLF ON THE WII

down the drain…that’s where.  I have no clue where it goes after that, all I know is I can’t find it…

So here’s the update…

Derrick

Soccer is finally over. The last game was the best of all. Derrick’s team, Orange Crush, played against the top ranked team, the Hurricanes, and though they lost the way they lost was one for the books. They lost in a sudden death kickoff. Ok, so I don’t know if that is what it’s called in soccer but each team shot 3 times at the goal.  The  Hurricane’s goalie was really good and though our kickers, Derrick, “K” & Brayden, are good they kicked it pretty much to her.  Derrick’s was over her head but she was able to jump and push it over the goal. They had a great time this season and we look forward to next season.

The last day of school for Derrick is this coming Wednesday. On Monday he has an awards ceremony. He is getting one of two achievement awards, the President’s Academic Excellence Award or the President’s Educational  Achievement Award.  He has done very well this year and we couldn’t be more proud of him.

He’s leaving for Ohio on June 19th to stay with my mom in Cleveland. He will also be seeing some family in Columbus.  We plan on picking him up at the end of July for the annual Lolli Family Reunion.

Xavier

Xavier is growing so fast.  He developed a fascination with Power Rangers, however, due to his increased infacuation with fighting we had to start limiting the amount of Power Rangers he watches.  Since doing that we have noticed a lessened amount of wrestling/fighting.  His new tag line is “Cool, baby, cool”. We were at Walmart getting a new crate for Lilly (she’s getting big) and he couldn’t fit in the cart so he had to ride at the end of the cart. Every time we turned he laughed and laughed out “Cool, baby, cool!”. He is a riot and alot of the things he says to us we have no clue where he comes up with it. A couple examples are “I’m just kidding” and my personal favorite “Pretty, please.” Compete with praying hands, a sideways glance and a too cute sly smile.

Potty training comes and goes. Yesterday he went about 36 hours with the same pull-up but then today he hasn’t wanted to try.  We’ve decided not to push it too much and he will eventually get the hang of it.

We took him to get his hair cut and they cut a tad, ok more than a tad to much. So we’re letting his hair grow out now and promised NEVER to take him to the post barber

Geno

Currently he’s at WLC (Warrior Leadership Course) for two weeks. It’s a closed course so he can’t come home, we can’t visit him and he can only call for a few minutes between classes & at night before he heads to bed.  He sounds good and he says he’s learning so I guess that’s a good thing.  We miss him though and can’t wait for him to come home. 

He has sent his application for SOAR (Special Operations Air Regiment) and it has been received. Now we are in a waiting pattern to see what comes about it. If he hasn’t heard anything by July 1st then we are going to look at other options to get off this base and out of North Carolina.  However, we are hoping he gets into SOAR. Geno would be good at it and it would be GREAT for his career. It would mean more deployments, but shorter length. It would also mean hanging out here at Fort Bragg for a little longer.

Sarah

School is going very well. I am taking Anatomy & Physiology, Intro. to Computers, and Intro. to Sociology (yeah, 11 credit hours when 6 credit hours is considered full-time for the shortened summer semester).  I am getting all A’s so far and it’s half-way through the semester.  The A&P is really hard but I think it might be my favorite of the three subjects.

Running has been difficult lately since the temperatures have been so high and the humidity has been at 100%. I walk outside and I can’t tell if I’m sweating or if it’s the humidity.  Hopefully we get a small break or something, then again it’s the South.

Lilly

Well, she’s getting bigger. The vet estimated that her size will be about 60lbs.  She is finally 4 months old tomorrow. We’ve scheduled her to get spayed on the 25th of this month.  At the vet this past Wednesday she weighed a little over 29lbs. She is still in the process of being housebroken but I am happy to say we haven’t used the SpotBot in about a week. YAY!

Well, that’s about it for now. It seems that’s I’ve written a book.  I’ve uploaded some more pictures to Flickr so make sure you take a look at those.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Well it’s official, I’m a student…again!

For the past few months Geno and I have been contemplating me going back to school. The job market for administrative assistants/secretaries isn’t all that great, especially with only an Associate’s degree. So after much discussion and research into a career that I would be happy in, I’ve decided to go for dental hygiene.  Now the process for this degree is pretty competitive. I won’t go into to much detail but it boils down to me taking 8 classes (26 credit hours) in 2 semesters - AND THAT IS ONLY TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE PROGRAM. I have to pretty much carry all A’s and a few B’s for those 9 classes.  Today I met with my academic advisor. She was able to get me registered for classes early (new student registration isn’t until the 12th). I paid for classes, bought books (and returned books that I was able to find at the used book store in town)…and tomorrow, I get to go shopping for school supplies!!!!  So there you have it…if all goes well and I get in I will be graduating in 2011!

For the rest of this week I’m going to be cleaning the house and getting things ready for eight weeks of school. Saturday I’ve asked Geno and the boys that for my Mother’s Day present that they just help me “clean sweep” the house - from top to bottom.  We are actually going to start tomorrow with me doing laundry so that, hopefully, we get done early enough on Saturday to take the boys to see Iron Man and POSSIBLY head over to the Fort Bragg Fair going on. 

For Mother’s Day I told Geno I wanted to NOT make breakfast, go to church (my church), NOT make lunch, watch PS I Love You & Spaceballs and NOT make dinner. Pretty reasonable, right?

Geno and I are doing the 5k race at the Biltmore Estates next weekend. My mother is flying down from Cleveland to watch the kids. I haven’t really been preparing myself for this race.  With the winter, my bronchitis and small back strain (that lasted three weeks). I’m still going to do my best and see where it takes me. We have, I believe 4-5 more races scheduled through Aug. with more probably on the horizon, mainly AFTER school lets out for me on July 10th.  The longest one so far is the Red Cross 10k. I did it last year and I hope to beat my time…even if it’s by 1 second! I was thinking about doing a half marathon before winter but I’m going to play it by ear, especially with school taking up quite a bit of my time over the next few months.

Well, there are storms headed this way and everyone is asleep - including my husband knocked out cold beside me - that is the joy of wireless internet, I can type from anywhere!

Goodnight!