Madison to Chicago no bust!

We all made it! As planned, 12 of us (my father, mother, brother, uncle, uncle's girlfriend, her father and brother, myself and another 4 new friends) ran from Madison, Wisconsin to Chicago, Illinois on Friday and Saturday. We ran continuously for thirty-two hours, through two states and 35 cities and towns. We also ran through the night (my second leg of three finished at exactly midnight on Friday), and through wind, rain, and sun. We used three and a half "support vehicles", over 60 bottles of water, 12 pounds of bananas and about fifty bagles. We got cool T-shirts, coaster-sized medals, and a collection of black toenails. For something so tough, physically, it really was a fun challenge! One of the best parts was running across the finish line in Chicago as a team... check out all those grins! (You can't even tell that inside we're all grimacing with stiff, overused muscles or that Mike, the guy in the red is finishing a 9 mile third leg).

June Bugs

There is a heck of a lot going on around here! First of all, let me provide the link to our wedding website. The Knot, the wedding website that hosts it, just changed the address... after I'd already sent it out to a zillion people, so I'm quite happy about that (sarcasm, sarcasm).

Everything else: I'm now running the Detroit Marathon instead of Chicago, so I can attend Danielle's wedding (in Vegas, baby!). There is plenty to look forward to in Detroit, and Chicago isn't going anywhere... so I think it will work out just fine.

I started a new job last night- at Starbucks. I'm not sure how I feel about it- it is hard for me to give up blocks of time I could be using on homework or wedding planning or running on serving Frappuc*nos for minimum wage. Really hard. But the people I met last night were really friendly and I got to do my first ever coffee tasting. That of course made it really hard to go to bed which then made it really hard to get up in time for my 8:00 am world history mid-term this morning, though.

No fears, I don't need to decide anything right this minute (as both my mom and Tom have been kind enough to remind me). This is the week of the Great Midwest Relay, so we're leaving Thursday after my class and returning Sunday- after running from Madison to Chicago, of course. This, plus Starbucks the three nights I'm home, leave me with NO free time this week what-so-ever. If anything, this will be a good practice in wise time usage- I just started and completed my history paper that's due on Monday. Getting something done (even started) anytime earlier than the night before is a very rare thing in my life, but probably a good change.

Anyway, I'm plugging away over here in Indy. Still having fun, just raising the bar a little. Hope everyone is enjoying the lovely weather (hope its lovely where you are too!).