Crazy Busy!!!

so i never really just ramble about myself on my posts but i feel the need tonight. usually it's all about my kids. i had pack meeting tonight and phew! it's over and was a success, at least i thought so. amazing it is how much time it takes to plan something like that, anything for that matter, but yet it didn't look like it was anything that should have stressed me out, but it totally did. for the past week i have been awaiting this day to be over. so i am blog hopping because whenever i finish a big project i want to stay up all night doing all "me" stuff. it's wierd i know, but i stay up late so often working on things that i have to do. so when i have the opportunity to completely waste time i don't want to waste it by sleeping. it's past time to update my blog and figure out a cuter template. ...and then as i am looking at mine i have to look at everyone else's to see what they've been up to and one thing leads to another and another.....oh and then someone has a killer template that's way cuter than anything i have seen before so i have to research it...

so after pack i wasn't ready to go home. i usually love going home to see the kiddos, and they are always so excited to see me. they hug me like i have been gone a year. but tonight i knew they were already in bed and i wanted to just have some more quiet "me " time. so i went where i go when i don't know where else to go , lovely, fascinating wal-mart. ha. yes i am serious. i do like to stroll up and down every aisle and just look and think. i don't even take my wallet in. just looking and thinking for me. the latest in scrap gadgets, little boy clothes, camping gear, halloween costumes... you name it, i saw it tonight.

well i am so happy i chose to go there tonight because i ran into one of my very best friends, an old neighbor of mine that i love and adore. she was on break and happened to walk right past me. i grabbed her and hugged her and we stood for the next 15 minutes and exchanged life drama and laughter and even tears. yes, right there in wal-mart. she is one of those friends that i don't see often at all but when we are together it's like we are as close as ever and haven't missed a beat. we needed to see each other tonight. isn't that wierd how it works like that sometimes?

so my big day is fast approaching. october 25th : prison break half marathon!!! i need you to cross your fingers for me. i am not asking for you to pray for me because you should only do that when you have been working hard, not when you just want some good luck. see, i really haven't been training like i should. the past 2 winters i have ran through snow storms, rain, whatever, and it never got me down. but this year i am already wimping out. it's cold in the mornings darn it. ...and i even have more padding than usual. so, i am not too prepared to run 13.1 miles but i am slowly, kind of trying to get there. i originally wanted to beat my last time but it looks like i am just aiming to finish again. oh well. it's a huge accomplishment for me anyway. and it's keeps me healthy getting there. and even better, aaron has been hitting the pavement with me my last few runs. both of us never saw that coming but he decided it was time he give me a bit of company. and get this, when we do go together we have to take our children of course so i push them, surprise surprise, and aaron does his best to keep up with us, while they lounge in luxury with their pillows and dvd player. spoiled kids.

hmmm, what else. well i just did my first batch of grape juice and it was so easy and successful! yummy yummy juice and a feeling of accomplishment. i have had a lot of firsts this fall and it feels good. i was so dreading my bday because i am terrified of getting old but maybe this will be a good year for me afterall.