Hey all! Not a lot going on here these past few months. My regular work has been busy, and then I have been picking up a few hours on the weekend for my per diem job.
The pics are from the Tall Ships Festival a few weeks ago. It was very cool to be able to tour the ships and learn about how they operate. As you can see, I also got to meet a few pirates! My camera battery pooped out on me after the second ship, so I only had a few pics, but you get the idea:)
My next adventure was volunteering driving a Mercedes again for the Tennis Hall of Fame championship. I met some interesting people (players, former inductees, other volunteers, etc) It is a great experience to meet folks from all over the world. I even received some local eatery advice from Vince Spadea, and got to see Pete Sampras who was inducted into the Hall of Fame this year.
For a very brief week I felt as though I was going to conquer the world this summer and train for the Nike Women's Marathon that is in the fall (they have a chocolate mile and at the finish line a man in a tuxedo hands you a necklace from one of their sponsors--Tiffinay and Co!!!) Anyway, I came to my senses and realized I'd like to train consistently for a while before tackling that situation. Although the man in a tux greeting you at the end is motivation enough for me to finish 26 miles! Anyway, you can walk or run either the half or whole marathon, so I was thinking we should make it a fun family adventure . . . anyone interested for the following year?!?
So tonight I was out for a walk with a friend (who is 7 mo pregnant). We were tooling along, when we saw two elderly ladies pushing (yes pushing) an old classic car down the road. I ran over to see if they needed help and ended up pushing the car for them so they could get it started. Not the usual experience on a Thursday evening walk! My friend Molly and I were wondering what in the world they were even thinking, until we realized that it would probably be her and I in several years doing something similar. These ladies were having fun despite having a broken down antique!!
In a week I head for NY state with the teens again for fun times, concerts, and camping at the six flags, and then Labor Day weekend I will be back in NE for a friends wedding. Just purchased my tickets tonight, which were unbelievably reasonable. Probably one of the cheapest flights home I've ever had. I'll be in NE for a little over a week, so I am looking forward to seeing everyone again and hopefully enjoying a redneck (as Sarah would call it:) family BBQ!!
Gotta run to bed now--should be a peaceful nights sleep finally. The exterminator came today to get rid of the critters that keep waking me in the middle of the night with a loud rustling nose in the back wall of my apartment--which also happens to be where my head is at night:( I have woken freaked out my nights thinking that someone was coming in through the back door, until I realize what is really going on. But hopefully the problem will be solved now!!
Sorry for all the random thoughts. Since I haven't been so good at the blog thing, I had to summarize everything from the last several months:) Have a great weekend.
