Another Monday

Yes, the wedding happened! It was a very interesting pre-ceremony time. Stress was high and she became something akin to Bridezilla, but everything turned out fine. Now I know how to make a pretty decent bridal bouquet. I didn't realize when I went to her house that morning that I was to make her bouquet, all of the bridesmaid's bouquets and the boutineers for the men. Her idea of ordering flowers for the wedding was ordering long stem roses, unarranged. I've never made wedding bouquets before, but they turned out wonderful!

I also learned that I will run at least 8 miles before any major event. If I didn't get up early to run that morning, I might not have had my wits about me. Poor Andy. He was the recipient of a stressed out phone conversation (from me) when I was running from the boat to my car to get something in 93 degree heat wearing a hot dress and high heels and sweat pouring down my face. But the picture above was taken after that, so I cleaned up well!

Saturday's run put me at 32.75 miles. Finally, I went over 30 miles! Saturday's events, however, left me too tired to run yesterday and in fact I slept in today also. But I'm going to run tonight with Kenyan Way and I'm going to put in about 11-12 miles tomorrow, I hope (split into an evening and morning run).

Today is/was another unproductive day. I can be totally unproductive for only another week - then I have to be productive. I have to finish "Crime and Punishment" and re-read "1984" and make up vocabulary lists and quizzes. I also have to get started on "A Tale of Two Cities." And I need to find the list of books my freshmen will read. I can only remember "1984" and "Oliver Twist." I know there's a third or fourth book in the mix, but I can't remember. Funny, I can remember all of the ones for my sophomores.

So, besides the novels, I need to work on grammar exercises, writing exercises, and and short story selections for my 10th graders.

So I will enjoy the unproductivity of the next week. Then, after next week, I will spend about 3-4 hours a day working on school work and a big portion of reading those novels.

Cheers!