Great News!

I have some fantastic news to share with you all. My grandpas are doing well! Grandpa B is now halfway through his radiation treatments (22 out of 44) and he reports feeling pretty good thus far. He is starting to feel a little worn down after his treatments but the doctors said this is a cumulative effect. It will likely get tougher but we'll just have to wait and see how he is able to handle the second half. But so far, so good. Grandpa T found out the cancer was non-invasive. He'll begin his localized treatment later this month. They will both be finishing up around marathon time- couldn't be better timing :)

Since you all have helped me be an overachiever with fundraising, I've decided to raise my new goal to $2,500. That is a nice round number right? As of today, you all have contributed $2,236. I think it is totally possible to raise an additional $264 in the next 39 days. Here is the link in case you want to share it: American Cancer Society. My fundraising app tells me that is how many days are left until the big day. Yesterday there were 40 days left, which made me giggle a bit. It is kind of like lent when most people give things up. For example, bread, sweets, chocolate, soda, coffee, etc. As of late, I've never been one to 'give up' something. Instead I choose to do something. For example, one year (long ago) when me and Mal were at odds with each other, she was way cooler than me and that created tension, I decided I would make an effort to call her at least weekly. Well this marathon lent period will be a combination of giving up and doing; I guess it kind of has been all along. I'm basically giving up a social life so that I can run, eat, run, sleep, run, work, run, go to class, run, "plan a wedding", run, fundraise, and oh yeah run. This has been quite a give-take relationship but I know it will be worth it in the end. It already has been.

So did I run today? No. I woke up at 5, with every intention to run, but it was pouring rain. I was sleeping pretty well up to that point, so I decided to go back to sleep until 6:00. At 6:00, it was still raining. Running in the heat and sweating is one thing. But to run in wet squishy shoes/socks. I don't think sooooooo. Instead I fed Em, got the coffee going, started a load of laundry, and dived in to some homework. I figured it would stop raining in an hour and I could still get part of a run in before work. 7:00, you guessed it, still raining. Instead I pressed forward with homework and laundry. What a productive morning- 3 loads of laundry and finished my homework for tomorrow's class. It rained pretty much all day, and it felt freezing out. Of course when I was heading home around 6:30 the rain had stopped. I just wanted to fix dinner and catch up with everything else. So I didn't run. Should be interesting to see if I can fit in 9 miles with a jam-packed work day and class. Stay tuned to see if I can do it! Oh and I'll also share some stories from my travels to D.C.