*Gasp* I can't breathe...

Yes.  I've taken up running. 

Well, that is....I've taken up walking and then jogging and then feeling like I want to collapse and then back to walking again.  So. No, I'm not quite a runner, yet.

I had my 15 year high school reunion a couple weekends ago. 



And, no, the shock of being old enough to have a 15 year high school reunion is not what prompted me to take up running...er, I mean walking/jogging. 


Hey, look almost half our class showed up!



No, it was this friend...

 Ruth.  Oh, how I love this girl.  She was one of my very best friends in high school. She is such a fun and awesome person. I have such great memories of sleepovers, getting ready for dances, talking about the boys we adored (we were very boy crazy) and crazy times like sledding in our jammies.  Good times. 

And even though she only lives about 40 minutes from me currently, I hardly ever see her!  So, it was great to catch up.  And in the course of the conversation, I learned she is really into running.  She runs half-marathons.  Wow.  That's crazy cool.  I have other friends who are very athletic, like my amazing friend, Chanda, who is a triathete, but for what ever reason, talking to this friend this weekend really inspired me. 

I want to be strong enough to do that. 

Ruth told me about a program called The Couch to 5K Running Plan. And I'm proud to say I started the plan with my handsome cowboy the week right after the reunion. I am currently in week 2. And I feel so great!  It's hard, but so far, I love it. 

It seems impossible to imagine I could ever do a half-marathon, let alone a 5K though.

But hopefully I'll surprise myself.



What a silly group, eh?  We sure had some great times.  Sure, big schools
areprobably fun, but there is definitely something special
about goingto a small school.