Matriculation/Convocation and Other Things Not as Interesting
Or, getting caught up on my crazy life. I guess its not really so crazy, but it feels crazy to me! 
Last Friday, we attended my cousin’s Matriculation/Convocation ceremony at her university. You are all probably familiar with Kayla by now. Her university of choice is only one hour south of here, and we drove down for this rather quick formal welcoming ceremony. We were looking forward to seeing her and seeing the school, as we have not been there yet.
It is dead smack in the middle of a little town. Main roads run through it. Yet it is still private and very beautiful. Fortunately, it was hot in the gymnasium, so they skipped the opening speech and got right to it. All 400 something names. But it was a stroke of luck that we were sitting in the front row of the bleachers and one of the nurses opened the doors and we had a nice breeze coming in at us. Ahhhh ….
Kayla then gave us a very quick tour of the campus and took us to her tiny dorm room. So cute. But it was nice.
I am very proud of that girl. She has grown up into a beautiful and smart young lady, who is going to make a wonderful RN someday.
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On the homefront, well, like I said, I feel like life is whizzing on by. Is there any reason for that? Well, maybe. I call it responsibility. And the beginning of training for a marathon. I haven’t really been running much, but more than I have for a few months. I feel like I am beginning again. You wouldn’t think that six or eight weeks of low mileage with a few 7-days of no running stretches would do that. But for me … deconditioning is so easy. I have put on a few pounds, and that is contributing. But so is the fact that I’ve been lazy about my running. Combine that with the oppressive humidity. I am having all the usual doubts about me being cut out for running and all that. But somehow, week after week, several times a week, I lace up the shoes and head out and do my run/walk. I manage to improve each time. Obviously, I can do this.
Other noteworthy things:
*Hallie gained a pound of weight. Yay!
*I think I actually have a handyman to do our work.
*I discovered that I hate the Swiffer Wet-Jet.
*My dryer died. Now I have to go to the laundromat. I hate the laundromat. The only advantage is the ability to do multiple loads at once.
*The owners of the condo we rented in Kauai have not sent us the important information that we were promised by now. Naturally, this stirs up a lot of anxiety, as I worry that something went wrong and we really don’t have the condo. Although the rental agreement is right here on my desktop.
*After the initial excitement of my weight workout, I have never done them again. Each time I think I’ll start again, there is a trip in the way. So now … I will say after I get back from Hawaii. Maybe I’ll be ready to commit to those again. I know I have commitment issues, despite being married and having a tattoo, but this is a 2x per week, 25 minute workout. You’d think I’d be able to handle that.
*Technology is starting to overwhelm me.
*These smileys show up in places I didn’t put them. Drives me nuts.
I promised the cats that we could play with their new toy, so I should probably go attend to them.