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Well I did it! Ran the 5k in the Great Race on Sunday. And I owe it all to my personal trainer. When I got this idea in my head in April, I couldn't even make a quarter lap. Some days he had to drag me around the track and there were many times I thought I would never make it to this point, but bad knee and all, I did it. So now that's one dream I can now count as reality. Next year we go for under 30 minutes....and after that...it's on to the 10k.

When I Grow Up I Want To Be Just Like B

So we went to Open House last night at the high school. I was so impressed with what B has acomplished so far. He seems to know everybody already...which doesn't surprise me. He made his way through the building with only one wrong turn. His teacher said he is adjusting well but tends to talk too much ( gee I wonder where he gets that from ). Most of what he is doing is review work so all his papers were good. They are using a different reading program than the one I was using but it's the same general principle so he's doing well there. But the math system is new to him ...although he is adapting well. I don't regret homeschooling him these past few years but it is so nice to see him making his way in a larger community. My biggest fear still though is that he will start to see himself as different as most of the other kids. And then I'll have to have the conversation with him that I have long dreaded. I realize that on some level he has always known he is different but he's never appeared to be bothered by it. But then again.. that's the beauty of that pure love that he possesses. No matter what anyone says or does...he loves them...they are his "friends'. He amazes me.

The Best Road Trip Ever

I had the most amazing adventure this past weekend. I toured Civil War battle sites, explored the Battleship North Carolina, drank Corona's on a rooftop bar, even put my feet in the ocean in the face of Hurricane Ophelia...but the thing that made it so amazing was the company I was with. I can't remember ever having such a fun traveling companion. Everything I saw, everything I experienced was so much more enjoyable because I was with a true friend. And that is the difference between just passing the time and actually making memories. And all adventures should be memorable.