Half Marathon

Saturday morning runs at Wissahickon and Kelly Drives for months now.  Miles upon miles  pounded out on the trail and on the treadmill.  Sunday the big day finally arrived.  By "we" I mean that I had the pleasure of being accompanied by one of my best friends, Gretchen, her boyfriend Danny, and one of our pastors, Taehoo.  

13.1 miles in the Lehigh Valley.  

There were several highlights I wanted to share.

1.  I actually enjoyed this race in its entirety, moreso than any other I have done (a whole 2!).

2.  My parents were there to support us, eating dinner the night before and cheering me on throughout the race!

3.  My roomie, Yuan, drove up to cheer me on also!

4.  I finished a few minutes ahead of the time I trained for!

5. Once again - I actually enjoyed this race!  And I got to meet up with two college friends and some cousins who also ran the race!

Blurry but there we are next to Danny, who is waving in the green shirt!

The Start...we're back in the mix of all those people

Laura's Wedding

There is NOTHING like sneaking out of school as the bell rings, knowing that you won't be there the next few days!  ESPECIALLY when it is to go to Florida in April AND for your sister's wedding!  

I had the privilege of using a few personal days to head down early and celebrate with my family before the big day!  Laura and Michael got married at the cutest little bungalow in Jacksonville.  It was an intimate wedding at a beautiful garden behind the the bungalow downtown.  They picked a fantastic place and everything was simple and absolutely exquisite!  Just wanted to share a few pictures of the weekend for those of you that are curious! 

Rehearsal...

AMAZING Greek food at the rehearsal dinner and hanging at the beach afterwards...

The BIG day and the newly married couple!

Our extending family...

 

A Mouse in the House

So if you know me, you know I HATE mice!  You would think that 3 years living in Philly rowhouses has cured that - but alas, you are wrong!  

Tonight I came home to an empty house (of course!) and was greeted with the little tail of a mouse sticking out from our orange corner cupboard in the kitchen.  Mind you this happened as I was heating up my dinner and running around the house.  I go into "freak out" mode and start calling anyone and everyone.  My dad laughes as he tells me to get a broom and sweep it onto a newspaper (why this doesn't occur to me before I have no idea...).  

OK!

Hang up and try that but no joke - the little tail wouldn't budge!  Kind of panicking at this point, knowing that I just need to get the guts to grab it with something...if I do it once then maybe I'll be released from this fear of mine.  

Instead, I take one last peek outside the front door to see if someone will at least come keep me company while I do this and...I see five of the neighbor kids outside.  

"Um, Eddy?  Can you do me a favor?"  

"Sure Miss, what's up?"  

"Um, I know I'm a wimp but there's a dead mouse in my kitchen.  Can one of you guys come grab it or something?"  

As they look at each other and laugh..."Sure Miss."  

So we walk into the kitchen and the one boy gets down and tries to pull it out.  "Miss, it's sticky or something."  I know, I tried to get it out with a broom!  Finally he grabs it and throws it in the trash, me telling them thank you every two steps as we walk to the door!! 

I need to work on this area....but can I count this as a way to build relationships?!  :)  I think I made a few friends tonight and I KNOW that they are spreading word around school that Ms. Minnich asked them to get a dead mouse out.  Whatever it takes huh?