Things are good!

We have been pretty busy, but have had a good couple of weeks! This weekend we are finally enjoying some quality time at home, I have been cleaning and organizing, and Matt has had the chance to put in some good work on the cars, he is trying to fix some stuff on the Porsche, since we've found that there is no one in our area or within a reasonable drive of us that will work on it, he has been having to do a lot on his own. I think it's been fun for him though, and he is learning a lot!

Our last couple of weekends have been spent either away from home or doing lots of stuff. Last weekend Matt had a big couple of days with work. His unit had a bunch of special events going on. To include a formal dinner that Matt did lots of the planning and preparing for. It was good to see all of the hard work and long hours he put in for the dinner turn into a very successful, fun time, for everyone. I unfortunately was only able to attend the first couple hours of it. I had to be in St. Louis that same night to prepare for the half marathon the next day.

So yea, the half marathon. It actually didn't go as bad as I thought it was going to go. I had a cold the entire week before the race, I wasn't able to run, or do much at all that week. While that didn't deter me from actually running the race, I felt like it was really going to affect the whole race from beginning to end. In reality I felt pretty good for the first 7 miles, surprisingly good. Unfortunately at mile 7 my body started feeling the ramifications of battling a cold, and running 13 miles. Basically I just started feeling sick, and started slowing down. I didn't ever stop or anything like that, which was good, my pace just got significantly slower. I'm not disappointed though, the whole thing was fun, and getting the chance to run with my friend Katy was great (of course I only lasted with her for the first 6 miles of the race). I'm definitely looking forward to doing another one. I found that the training of this race was much more reasonable and less time consuming than training for a marathon. In the past I have done 2 marathons, I'm no longer interested in running that distance again now that I've found out how much I prefer the half!

The weekend before Matt's busy work weekend, and my race was labor day weekend. Matt and I took the opportunity to visit his family down in Tennessee. We had a lot of fun just spending time with them. Matt's Aunt and Uncle treated us to a great outdoor concert one of the nights we were there and we loved the special times that we spent with his Grandmother. It was a great trip! So wonderful that they are so close, it makes it so easy to visit. We are looking forward to the next opportunity to head down that way again!

I guess I should mention...

The new job I started! I've actually been at it for a week and a few days and just haven't had the opportunity to let people know.

I am working at one of the local elementary schools with special needs students. For the most part of the day I have one little guy that I work with, it has been awesome! This kid definitely makes me smile everyday!

I am really excited for this school year and excited to see him grow in learning and his social world. ALSO! I'm super excited that I will be involved in the activities that all of the special needs students participate in together. We've got some events coming up with The Special Olympics, and will begin planning the special trips and activities we will be doing with them. So fun! Not only is my guy great to work with, but so are the rest of the kids!

I'm excited to keep everyone updated with how this year goes and what I am learning along the way!