I'm completely off track on my running. Yesterday, Emma announced that we only had ten school days until Spring Break. I paused right in the middle of my work in the kitchen. Greg and I leave for Hawaii at the end of Spring Break. That means...yes, that means I only have ten school days until Hawaii!! I started whooping and hollering, which sent me into such a coughing fit I nearly keeled over. But I did have the presence of mind to proclaim between hacking coughs, "Kids, this is why you don't smoke!" They had all been anxiously watching me struggle, but that one, well-placed comment sent them all into fits of laughter.
I noticed a post by a friend yesterday on Facebook. She is with her husband in Hawaii. She was standing on a rocky shore in her running clothes. She said, "That was the most amazing run I have ever had in my entire life." I took a deep, raspy breath when I saw that. I was hoping to be running ten miles by the time Greg and I land in Hawaii. Now it feels like I've had a major setback. It feels like I will be too low on energy to even run! I've still got a couple weeks to get back to normal, but I keep getting sick! This is my third major sickness since Thanksgiving. At this point, I'm just praying I will be feeling well enough to have a great weekend for Austin's baptism on Saturday. But I would LOVE to be able to run along the beach. Please, oh please!
Well, I can see out my window that the sun is making its way into a bright blue sky. It's still supposed to be in the 50s today, but the weather forecast is showing that it will be in the upper sixties starting on Thursday. The boys have finished up their basketball season, but Greg and I have loved having them be active and busy. So, without hardly skipping a beat, Austin starts tennis this week and Miles starts golf. What a perfect time of year to move to outdoor sports! Also, Owen and Austin will be starting baseball in the next few weeks. Julia is just starting another basketball league with Greg coaching. So, all we can do is take a deep breath and keep on keepin' up with our busy, happy schedule.
I'm so grateful for all of the opportunities my children have. Raising busy, active, healthy kids is my dream. It might kill me, but it's my dream! This morning when Austin started to cry at the thought of going to piano lessons after school, I looked at him and said, "I'll sign you up for all the sports you want, but you have to do piano lessons because that's what I want." In this house, we do what mom wants! Ha ha! But that got him on the piano to practice. And he's turning into a fantastic little piano player, I might add. Just like all of his older siblings.
Oh, and by the way, now it's nine school days until we get a break! Wahoo! (Cough, cough.)
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