If you want something done, give it to a busy person....

...except for keeping up with the blog, that is. Overnight the chaos in our house has practically doubled. Ever since my son started kindergarten and now soccer we've had more to do. So I haven't done a very good job of keeping this blog up to date. I'm just trying to keep everything straight at home and work.

Here are some updates:

Magazine sale
I emailed the principal. He emailed me back. I emailed him again. We did not buy any magazines but I think I can still show my face at the school. I still disagree with exposing kindergarteners the way the school did but the principal said this is the only fundraiser in which the kids are involved and when he started there were a lot more and they were much worse. Ok but I'm not buying magazines.

Birthdays
My kids' birthdays are three days apart. The grandparents live out of town. So the kids essentially get three "parties" - each time each of the grandparents visit, and then we have our own family thing. We just can't seem to get it all together. And now we are on the eve of the big "Transformers" party tomorrow. I have a full agenda with pizza, games, a pinata, cupcakes and ice cream, and I have the Transformers theme throughout. It is going to be so cool I can't wait to come.

Running
My running is going very well. I run at work at lunchtime on the treadmill and my pace has picked up a bit. Today, however, was a great milestone. I actually ended up with a pace group! All during my training with the running group I've been among a handful of people whose pace was too slow to merit a coach or a "true" group. We have generally been on our own bringing up the rear. Since I've made peace with my shin splints (although my legs are still putting up a fight) I just run through the pain and it hasn't gotten any worse. I guess my running has gotten better, though! Someone I started running with and I caught up to the 11:00 minute/mile pace group. I don't think we were going that much faster but they were slowing down because I think they had a lot of miles ahead of them today (like 18 or 20), whereas I only had 7. So I'm sure they were taking it easy. It's been a few weeks since I ran 7 miles, though, but it felt really good. And the weather was perfect - in the 40s. That's what it's supposed to be like for the half marathon in October.

That's all I can write now, because I have to go ice and see what else I need to do for the party tomorrow.