Good Week in Review

Running- I am addicted to running. I love getting up early, feeling groggy and thinking, "Why the heck am I getting up so early to run down the road? I'm crazy." Then I start running and I know why. And then I come back and stretch my sore muscles and take a shower and feel like a million bucks. I ran three miles this morning; it was the farthest I've ever run in my life. We're running a 5K sometime this summer, and I'm pretty excited about it. By the way, I'm reading a fantastic book called "Running and Being- The Total Experience" by George Sheehan. I have a stack of books on running, and this one is absolutely the best. I'd read it even if I wasn't into running.
Birthdays- Christopher turned three on the 27th. We had lots of fun at the zoo, and had some pretty fantastic cake. He got Cars, a Lightning McQueen hat, Lightning McQueen toy, and sunglasses. Yes, we are feeding his current obsession. :) Dad had his birthday on the 23rd. I tried a new recipe for chocolate cake, and it was an interesting experience. I'd had hay fever that turned into a sinus infection, so I honestly couldn't smell the cake overflowing in the oven. It was about twenty minutes before Morgan walked in and said something smelled burnt. So I got to learn how it feels to have a cake fail. And boy did it fail. I spent a long time scraping burnt batter out of the oven. And Mom had to go buy a cake mix because I didn't have time to start over. But it wasn't all bad. The oven is very clean now, I learned to not mess around with unfamiliar recipes on someone's birthday, my lower back got a great workout, and the weird stuff left in the cake pans made a decent ice cream topping. Besides that learning experience, Dad had a great birthday.
Plaque- Remember how I said I would get a plaque from the essay contest? Well, actually my mother got a plaque. Yep, they put my mother's name on it. But it's ok because I don't take myself very seriously, and I found it really funny. I'll get one with my name on it eventually.
Music- I got a free song by Great Lake Swimmers. It's called Still and it's one of my new favs. I'm also pretty much in love with Jack Johnson's music, just so you know. :)
ACT- I got my scores..........I got a 30!! Yay! My mother was jumping around yelling "Yes! Scholarship money! Yes! Scholarship money! Yay for Kate! Scholarship money!" No kidding. I think she would have done a back flip if possible. I think I raised it so much just because I'm really familiar with the test and I had studied hard.

Well, that about sums it up. It's been a good week. Have a fabulous Independence Day weekend!