Ghoulies- World Dominion Tour. (Page 19)

I love shopping in Black Mountain. and that hardware store is great. It still has lots of good "hardware" things as well as gift-like things. As opposed to the Mast General Store(s) that have gone to just clothes and gift-like things.

Nice! the coat hook shelf would be great here.

Ok, I'm a few days late on this, and if you guys get tired of reading about my kids just tell me and I'll stop.

Last Thursday was the Turkey Trot at the middle school. It is the 1 mile course where they start behind the middle school, hit a chunk of the cross country course, come up behind the football field, then onto the track to finish it off.

They ran the 5th/6th grade girls first, then the 5th/6th grade boys, then the 7th/8th grade boys and girls. The rest of the middle school was out on the bleachers, there was music playing, it was a fun day.

Caleb was asked to be a course official. Where he was standing and directing the kids they passed him twice. I was standing on the top of the bleachers on the visitors side of the field, so I could see the entire race, and they came up just below me to come on to the field.

In all the races the top 3 got prizes, the top 10 got ribbons. Keri just wanted to place high enough to get a ribbon.

The one gym teacher did a great job getting the girls warmed up, then they lined up on the basketball course, and the race started. Keri started out well. We had talked about getting out with the front of the pack, but not sprinting so hard that you ran out of gas quickly. She got out with the front group and stayed there the entire way. As they ran to the first marker I could see Caleb clapping and cheering. The longer the race went the more the pack got spread out. As the leaders were coming up to getting on the track I yelled to Keri she had to pass 1 more to get a ribbon. She kicked it in and passed 3. She came in 8th place out of 30 girls. The top 6 were all 6th graders. 7th place was her friend Avery, whom she could have passed, and Avery knew this, but she didn't. She just wanted a ribbon, and she got it, she said she didn't need to pass her friend.

I cheered for all the kids going by. I yelled names if I knew them. I clapped the whole time. When the kids came back past Caleb to hit the home stretch up to the track I could see Caleb still clapping and cheering for them.

The 5/6 boys were next. In all of the races there were kids you could tell were not runners. Were most likely not athletic at all. Basically overweight. In the boys group there were 2 boys at the very end who walked more than half the course. When they got back around to Caleb to turn and head towards the track he ran with both of them up to the parking lot, over 100 yards. They both ran as he ran with them. When he hit the parking lot he sent them on their way. When they came onto the track all the kids in the bleachers started cheering for them. One of the teachers came over and kept them moving to get around to the other side to the finish.

There was a few minutes before the final race got started. The music was playing, the kids were having a good time. If you ever need a warm feeling in your heart stand across a football field from middle schoolers when Katy Perry's Firework comes on. I think they were ALL singing and waving their arms.

The final race started. It wasn't even close. A friend of Caleb's, who wants to run cross country next year won in a landslide. He was finishing as the second place kid was just getting onto the track. He got a drink, then would go back out and run the last 50 yards or so with kids, or groups of kids as they were coming to the finish line. He did it for almost all the kids, including the boy who came in last. He ran out and you could see he was talking to him as they came in. He let that boy finish ahead of him. What a good kid.

It was a fun day, and Keri got her ribbon. I have FANTASTIC kids!

Morning Kendra

Morning Ann!  Hope you have a great day today!

Afternoon Ghoulies.

I had PT this morning. It is going to be good. But it wore me out. I crashed when I got home and didn't move for a couple of hours. Pain is not fun!

Your kids rock Ann. Nice, athletic and they have morals! Oh, and cute, too!

I'll catch up tomorrow. I have officially taken off the rest of the week. I am not allowed to work being on any kind of pain med, and guess what? i am gonna be on pain meds for a while!

Don't forget smart, too!

Good morning Ghoulies!

So Keri and I were out doing some shopping, and went to a local restaurant for dinner because they were donating a portion of their profits for the evening to our school, before going to basketball practice. About a mile away from the school where practice is held we hit a large buck. I saw him coming out of the brush, I tried slowing down, and swerved into the other lane. He hit us. He ran into the passenger side of my car. Scared the bajeebers out of Keri. If she wouldn't have had her seatbelt on she would have jumped into my lap. I'm sure she thought he was coming through her window. The side mirror on the passenger side door is completely ripped off. There are some scratches on the door and window frame. It could have been MUCH worse. I drove my husband's car today. He said he'd stop by the insurance agency during his lunch (it is right off of the campus where he works). Even though I had 2+ hours to calm down, I had trouble falling asleep last night. The excitement kicked off my tachycardia and I had trouble getting my HR back under control. Other than the whole hitting the deer thing we had a good evening.

That is scary stuff. I think things like that get worse as your mind starts processing and thinking about "what COULD have happened".  That kind of situation is where mediation is great. (I wish I knew anything on how to do that!!!).

Hope you have settled down today.

It looks to be a beautiful day here. I am just starting to get going. Todays goals; trying to get the pain meds cut down. Get all the PT in and do some upper body strength work. I am getting antsy from all the inactivity which makes it hard to sleep at night. The PT is really light so far. (as expected). It is nice to have the giant bandage off so I can Ice. It is amazing how that has helped the pain and the ability to move (though that is kind of funny, I feel like I am moving my toe, but it doesn't look like I am.... yet).

So how long until you're up doing the cha-cha again?

Longer than I thought. I can't put any weight on it yet. Though, things like this seem to take a while, the progress is made fairly quickly. I am expecting (hoping, aiming) to be able to some walking with crutches (about 25-50 percent weight bearing) by the end of the week. The icing is going to help with that a lot.

I love technology! I was just able to file my insurance claim online. I didn't have to talk to a person asking stupid questions.

Thanks!

So have they done anything with the river running through your yard yet?

Afternoon Ghoulies.

I had PT this morning. It is going to be good. But it wore me out. I crashed when I got home and didn't move for a couple of hours. Pain is not fun!

Your kids rock Ann. Nice, athletic and they have morals! Oh, and cute, too!

I'll catch up tomorrow. I have officially taken off the rest of the week. I am not allowed to work being on any kind of pain med, and guess what? i am gonna be on pain meds for a while!

Good morning Ghoulies!