Oh, hey. So, about those two weeks I fell off the face of the blog-world? Sorry about that. Things should be back to normal around here. Let me catch you up on what’s been occupying my time.

Cross Country – The team’s last meet is this Thursday! Woot! I get a kick out of coaching, and many times it’s the highlight of my work day, but dang, does it take up a lot of time. One of my athletes has a chance to qualify for the state meet, but he is going to have run his heart out. No pressure. No pressure at all.


Cross Country Running

Marathon Training – I officially registered for the Rock n Roll Denver Marathon last week and have a slight ache in stomach as a result. The race is THIS Sunday! My training has been decent, but I always mess up the tapering portion. I don’t know how to slow down and rest all that well. I’ll have a post up later this week (promise!) with my A-D marathon goals.

Race markings on my path

One Year Anniversary – This past Sunday was Rob’s and my one year wedding anniversary. I cannot believe how quickly this year went! We drove up to Grand Lake on Friday night and spent the weekend hiking and utilizing a hotel deal I found on Groupon.

Rob and I on our Hike

Hiking – While in Grand Lake, we hiked 11 miles through the yellow aspens to Lone Pine Lake. It was a beautiful walk and an even more beautiful spot to rest our legs. Fall in Colorado is fast, but absolutely breathtaking.

East Inlet Hike

Gone Girl – Last Friday, a couple of women in my book club and I went to see Gone Girl, which we had read over the summer. I thought they did a superb job on the movie and really stayed true to the book. If you’ve read it, definitely go see it, but be forewarned that there is a pretty graphic scene (sexual and gory) when Desi dies.

Gone Girl

Rant: One of the trailers for Gone Girl was 50 Shades of Grey. I have zero interest in reading the book and was extremely uncomfortable just watching the trailer. I am slightly outraged it is being turned into a mainstream movie since I know people who hid the book cover to read it, but here it is on display. What is this teaching my students? Rant Over – this might warrant a full post all its own. 

Fall Break – This week is my fall break and I am so thankful to have the time to breathe personal train, catch up on blogging, finish a few books, do some grading, and rest up for the marathon.

Blogging between conferences

There you have it! My life in the past two weeks in a nutshell.

RQ: Tell me something from your past two weeks! 50 Shades as a movie: yay or nay?

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