Hey Colleen. Enjoy the rest of your rest/recovery week!
My 16 mile long run is DONE! Started at 5:45 and my friend and I ran around my neck of the woods, stopped at my house around mile 7.4 to fuel up (I tried a serving of raisins today, which seemed to agree with my stomach) and use the potty, then ran TO the trail, met up with the group, and finished our mileage there. Got a ride home from someone and ALL WAS GOOD! Those last 2 miles KILL me everytime....fatigue setting in, my mind is telling me I'm almost done, etc. I'm a bit stiff now, but pausing during the day to stretch. ALL IS GOOD!
A bit of news....my older has has a job. JOB! In a nutshell, he's working at the indoor sport facility where he's playing on this AAU basketball tournament team. The fee to be ON the team, once you make it, is $400! 400 DOLLARS! The timing wasn't good cuz of my insurance issue, etc. So I asked the owner/manager if he offered any kind of assistance or payment plan (I explained the situation, of course) and he offered for DS to work off his league fee. So, he's 'hired' him to work inside the facility pretty much doing what his employess do. He employes high school kids anyway, so DS will fit right in, not to mention SPORTS is his THING so I think he'll actually enjoy it. Just today, dropping him off, he already saw 3 kids he knows. lol I did a LOT of thinking on this before I asked DS about it, and I didn't want to make the decision FOR him...so I laid it all out and he said, "Ok, I'll do it"! Good kid; I really think this is going to be good for him. He's gotta work for something he wants; he'll be responsible to a BOSS who ISN'T MOM; and I'm hoping it will lead to a PAYING job once he's old enough (which I think is 14). Anyway, not so short story, sorry.
Happy WEEKEND everybody!