Ready For Spring

We went to Texas so Ken could rebuild shed doors for my sister.  While he did that Janet, my sister, and I went to her local water aerobics joint for a 5 K in water.  It was pretty cool.  The pool was a salt water pool and that was a first for me.  The 5k water walk was another first for me.  It was a lot of fun.  There were about 15 of us in the pool and we would all be walking the same direction and we would have a pretty good current going and we would be told to walk backwards or turn around and walk the other direction.  It was so hard you literally could not move for a bit. It was good!
In the half marathon training, hmm it is not going as scheduled.  We were seeing family and driving on Sunday.  I did not have time to do any training.  I went to OBU to walk on Monday, but all the treadmills were full so I rode for 6 miles.  Yesterday didn't get any training in, but today I got my Sunday's walk in.  I came and went right into a hot bath for about 1- 1 1/2 hours.  My left foot hurts-it hurts on the ball of my foot.  My back hurts on the left side.  The bath didn't seem to help much.  Maybe the corn bag if I can locate it.
I am tired of the cold, I am ready for spring.  I think I will take down all the hearts and snowmen. I have a student teacher and she is doing pretty good.  As soon as she leaves I will get another student teacher.   I don't have much time left with my kids this year.

Monday

Well, week 4 of half marathon training is over.  I got to walk 5 miles on Sunday.  I was tired after I got done.  Later I started feeling a bit stiff.  The stiff feeling continued today.  I am glad it is a rest day in my training schedule.
Today was a day of meetings.  I certainly could of used this day as a work in my room day.  I have a few things that need to be caught up.  I seem to be getting things out to get ready, using the things, or the things need to be put up.  Always looking forward, but the putting things up doesn't go on schedule as well as the getting out or the using.  Hmm!
I have a student teacher.  This is her third week.  It is hard to explain to a soft spoken sweet girl that she needs to dig down deep and get her teacher voice.  That is one of the hardest things for new teachers to gain.  Luckily I was a mom and it came naturally.

Valentine's Day Came Early!

Valentine's Day came early this year!  Our sorority had their Valentine Ball on Saturday night.  My darling husband set it up to be a surprise.  He arranged for a limousine to pick us up. The limo driver dropped us off at the hotel entrance instead of the Reed Center entrance.  Ken moved me down the connecting hallway quickly.  I didn't think much about it at the time, but it so happened one of his co-workers, Mindy was at the check in desk leaving a note where we could find our van that she drove up for us.  So, he walked me around to the Reed Center and said he had to go to the restroom.  Then he disappeared for a long time.  He happened to tell one of my sorority sisters, and so everyone knew we came by limo!  Later I find out about Mindy being at the check-in desk, the van is out front, and we were staying the night!  What a surprise!
We ate, laughed, and danced.  We had a great evening.  My husband is a special man and I am totally in love with him.  Happy Valentine's Day to all!

Training Continues

Here it is February.  It is Monday and yesterday I finished week 2 of training for the half marathon I am going to walk in in April.  It was a grueling 4 mile walk.  My time was 67.36 minutes.  Not sure if that is good, but it is what I did.  My legs hold up, my feet get tired, my mouth gets dry, part of the time I feel nausea, and I have a bit of trouble getting my breath, but I am sure happy to call it quits when my time or distance is up!

The windmills are 3D.

On a more fun note the transportation quilt went to the store and now the windmill quilt has also gone.  It is pretty cute.  I had a piece fall off my machine.  Not good.  I don't think it is a big issue, but I will take it in to John.  He is my go to guy.

I met the sorority girls for dinner last Thursday.  We didn't go to a movie, but we enjoyed the Mexican food and the laughter.  It was good to spend the time with such fun gals.  They always put a smile on my face and know just the right thing to say.

Yesterday was the Super Bowl.  We watched it for the commercials.  I asked my father-in-law who he was for and he really didn't have a preference, so I told him the Ravens would win and immediately he was for the 49ers.  I was very scientific in who I choose - the Raves wear purple!  Luckily, I was able to call a few times and ask if he saw that touchdown, what is the score, and when were the 49ers going to start playing?  We had fun, (at least I did).
Today I was in Norman for the Kindergarten Conference.  I picked up a few new ideas.  I get to go again tomorrow.  The sad thing is my student teacher started today.  She came by to meet me on Friday so I was able to let her know in advance I would be out.
I go to the oncologist on Wednesday, Have blood work, and squeeze in a mammogram.  It will be a busy day.  My friend, Charme' said we would just work around it.  I am truly blessed with the friends I teach with.