Happy Easter to you all! how have your past 40 days been? mine have been epic!
the month of march was crazy full of fun, stress, new friends, old friends, hello's and goodbye's. rodeo houston was this month which is always fun! we went to the chili cookoff - yum! and ended up seeing rascal flatts, brad paisley and lady antebellum! although the bull riding, calf roping and bronc busting are the highlights of the rodeo i have to say that the calf scramble and mutton bustin are my favorite events - too stinking funny! if you don't know what mutton bustin is, it's little kids riding sheep across the arena floor till they fall off, they usually make it all of 6 feet :) don't worry parents, they are bundled up and fall all of one foot from off the ground, maybe two. 
bayou awakening was also this month. i was blessed to be cookstaff head (although, now i'm not so sure how much of a 'blessing' it really was - more like a stinking lot of work!) where i was responsible for feeding 130 people 6 meals and two snacks over a three day period. it was a HUGE success!! i'm pretty sure i heard somebody say legendary (the good kind)! we served fresh bread, lasagna, burgers, chicken parmesan, chocolate chip cookies, dump cake with ice cream and cupcakes just to name a few. i'm so thankful for my wonderful staff! it would have been an epic fail without them. flour fights, chubby bunny contests (which i lost) and plenty of laughter made the weekend the wonderful experience that it was! of course, after months of preparation i've been at a loss as to what to do with all this free time i've stumbled upon. 
one way i filled the time was by celebrating turning 24 years old - whoa! how'd that happen??!?! anywhoodle, i had two cakes, saw a midnight movie and went to the zoo! couldn't have asked for more. great friends, family and good times make it a super win in my book! and then i dove head first into staffing a junior high church retreat that weekend. it was fun :)you will also be glad to know that all that free time (which actually isn't as much as i first thought) is continuing to be put to good use. drum roll please, training is back on!! i'm starting off slow this go around and making little goals to achieve along the way. so, as of right now i'm training for a 5K race at the end of may. then a 10K at the end of july, a half after that (naturally) and then the full in january 2011. and you will be happy to know that i'm not going it alone this time! my friends jessica, becca and amanda are going to be joining me in this quest for success! (note: it's in writing now my friends - no turning back, hehehe) so what was the agenda for today - running for 5 minutes, outrageous i know! just kidding, it actually seems kinda lame after have run 17 miles but i'm determined to do it right and to prevent injury so wish me luck as i add on minute by minute and mile by mile. and you will be thrilled to know that i can run for 5 minutes! i did it tonight and ended by going up a hill and then a cardio workout after that. i'm going to hurt tomorrow with all this conditioning (side note: there has been more conditioning than what i wrote here, fyi).
with God all things are possible
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