Coming Up....

It's been a busy summer, and so I haven't had a lot of time to post here. To be totally honest, I haven't known what to write. So many of my posts were becoming unbearably sad, and I don't want you to think that's how I feel all the time. Because my new goal now is to embrace the joy in my life.
                               

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That said, we take our last child to college this weekend. I've mentioned this a couple of times and while I don't want to beat a dead horse, it bears saying again -- this is going to be an adjustment for me. I have had kids at home for 29 years, and they have been my focus the entire time, so I feel a bit unmoored right now. Don't get me wrong, I have about 60 bazillion ideas/goals/dreams, but still...still...you know how my heart works and I am sad.

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BUT....didn't I just say all these posts were veering toward the tearful? Not this one!! I have so many things I am looking forward to!! My husband and I are taking our first trip to Italy soon. It is going to be fabulous, and I will be telling you all about it when I get back. I am also thrilled to be leaving a few days later to visit my daughter who lives in Boston. I never get to see her as often as I wish...but we are going to have a BLAST. She wanted mom to help her with decorating ideas for the new house she just bought, and I'm glad to oblige. We also are going to have one incredible weekend at Cape Cod. I had read her blog and noted she wants to run a 10k before she turns 30, and I saw that ZOOMA is having one while I'm there, and voila! We're in!! I love, love, love that we are going to be doing this together -- it is such a special time for us, and I am grateful she wants to do this with me. It makes an old lady happy.  :) I will SO be running, laughing, and celebrating my love for her!

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In October, I'll be doing my very first Mud Run in Atlanta! I have never done one of these and have always wanted to. What is going to make it even more fantastic is that several of my facebook friends are going to run it with me. (Yes, Kim McKinney, you will be up to a mile straight by then!!) We've never met in person, but have really hit it off, and I know we are going to make a hilarious memory of a lifetime doing this race together.
                                           

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Then November is an action-packed month for me also. I will be running my very first half marathon in San Antonio!! Again, another facebook friend will make this special for me.  I am really looking forward to meeting Debra Higginbotham and her family, in addition to rocking and rolling through this half. It's something that I've dreamed of doing for a while, and last Sunday I ran 13.5 miles so now I know I can survive. So it is going to be AWESOME!!!

After that race, I'll be doing the fun Color Run 5k in Charlotte NC, my hometown. Running that one with one of my best friends and her daughter (yay, Wendy and Renee!!). It will be their first race ever and promises to be loads of fun!
                                                                                   

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And after that, we'll be taking off to visit my husband's family for Thanksgiving. I'll be looking for another Jingle Bell Jaunt in December and that's pretty much my life planned out! What are YOU up to?????