Lisa, sounds like you are making progress!  That's exciting.

Karen, I'm glad the stress fractures are gone!  Quick healing, eh?  Enjoy the taper...I always do.  : )

Carol, the wedding planning sounds fun.  It sounds like you're the easy mom, too.   Funny how the MOB have the rep for causing stress, but it was MOG in dau's wedding, too.  She finally mellowed out the day of the wedding.  I think I missed the final decision on timing. Is the wedding this fall or next spring?  Hope you had a great 20.

Marjorie, when is you next race?  It seems you were doing one this fall.

DR, Chicago is coming fast.  Is it a goal race for you or just a fun one?

Laura, I'm so glad that you have less than a handful of days left there.  The Community Mental Health clinic in Fairbanks was always like that, too. Every 2-3  years...huge turnover and meltdown. Really hard to collaborate on clients in that setting and hard on clients. I hope you love the new job.

Gatsby, I hope Half Moon Bay was a success! Yeah...those reunions do come quickly.

Cindy and Amy, how nice that you got to see each other!

I did 70 min on the very hilly loop.  I saw a white squirrel...a first sighting for me. I thought it was an albino, but couldn't get a pic.  Some people on that street happened to come home while I was trying to get a pic and  know the squirrel well. They had phone pic of it playing on their deck, showed me that it's not an albino since it has brown eyes, and  have even named it.. "Princess."  They said it's about 5 years old.  That  sighting made it a good run!  : )

Happy Sunday

11 good miles this morning.  I ran 3 to the Park and met up with my friend, we ran 7 together, took a hilly, rural route, then I ran home (took the shorter route).  Just been enjoying a quiet afternoon - I soooo love having the house to myself!  Need to go grocery shopping at some point.

I just got off the phone with the gal that quit after two weeks at our agency, she is a hoot (she is from the area originally and we've met a few times as her brother is a client).  I can not wait to see the melt down tomorrow when this gets out...I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy the moment when I see the dick director tell us she's gone....**insert evil laugh**

Camille - Yeah, I think these mental health agencies are so unstable since the administration is just trying to make money through Medicaid and the stress leads all of us employees to crack up - generally speaking, the clients are easier to deal with than these wacko management peeps.

Gatsby - my HS reunion was 28 years ago, how can that be?  I ran a meeting the other day and the client's birthdate was just a few weeks before I graduated ugh I feel old!

Hi Carol!

Cindy and Amy - awesome that you guys met up

Marjorie - I start Tues Oct 8th.  I took a 4 day weekend between jobs, gonna race next Sunday and stay at my mom's house, then we're going to go shopping, etc before I head home Monday.   Your mileage is so inspiring!

Yeah Lisa - so glad you're feeling better and making progress!

Karen - whoo hoo, great job today!

Good afternoon!  Taking a rest stop at home in-between helping at the marathon and heading up to my Dad's house for dinner.  I think the HMB marathon was a success, at least from what I saw at mile 21.  It was a beautiful and sunny day, a bit warmer than usual but far from hot.  Been on my feet all day though... tempo run tomorrow morning will likely be slower tempo than usual.  And usual tempo is not particularly fast to begin with, haha.

Lisa, rollie is my friend too.  Sometimes I forget that but not for long.  My IT bands always remind me.

Camille, a white squirrel is a little bizarre.  Wonder how that is genetically possible if it's not albino.

Carol, nice job getting the 20 done!

LC, sounds like your current employer has no one to blame but themselves for the bad environment.

Marjorie,  nice miles as usual.  Good luck with dad and wife's visit.

Karen, nice win at the 5K!  You are speedy!