In honor of school starting here in MD I figure the old stand-by start of school theme was appropriate. I took a weeks vacation to visit home to see family and relax a bit before all of my move into DC, new job and general life craziness kicked in. It was busy, but a nice way to wind down after weeks that had a mixture of anxiety, sickness, happiness and all the other emotions transition creates. So with no further rambling ado:
1.) I ran the 2 mile portion of a charity walk run AND came in 2nd for my age group! Hopefully next year if I'm home at the right time I may be in good enough shape to run the 5 mile race, but the 2 mile length was just perfect this summer! I even averaged the 10 min miles that had eluded me on my other training runs. Very fun!
2.) Attended the 26th annual Thresheree (think antique farm equipment, small town fair vibe) and went to the horse pull. I've been going to the Thresheree with my parents since they discovered it and the horse pull is the highlight. Gorgeous Belgian draft horses pulling weighted sleds. Now, this is not something that holds my attention the whole time, but it is fun to observe. I also got to see the Door County local color, eat some good food and got a sunburn...I could have lived without the sunburn.
3.) Got to spend lots of quality time with my family, especially my ever growing niece and nephew. My nephew at 12 is becoming a gigantaur having attained 5'9" and still growing, which gives him 3 inches on Auntie Froggergirl. Along with Mom (Grandma to the young'uns) Frogger we got to have ice cream, see a movie, visit Bay Beach (I even braved motion sickness to ride the Scat) and in general got some good quality time. I also got to see Sister Flickey (their Mom) and my Grandma Frogger who at almost 98 is still kicking and living in her home like the tiny dynamo she always has been.
4.) I got to eat all of my favorite things (and fear not, I kept up my running to counter act the high calorie goodness) like ice cream, the good stuff you only get in WI, which I ate a few times twice in a day. Most critical good food: Cheese Curds! I swear that is the hardest thing about living here in the Swamp, no cheese curds, no squeaky goodness when fresh, no cheese goo when fried. I could happily go my whole life never eating a crab again (the Mid-Atlantic fixture) but the thought of no cheese curds ever again would make me cry!
There were other sundries of fun while I was home, but I hit the big stuff. It was a wonderful time, and while I was home my official Govt Agency job offer came through. I could share that happiness with family and it felt great! Now I get to re-shift, finish packing/moving and all that other good stuff!
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