The Race

My parents came on Friday night. We had lasagna for supper - carb-ing up! Jeremy and I went to play volleyball with some friends. Mom and Dad came to watch; it's been a long time since I've played with fans :) It was a lot of fun to play. We cut our night short - only one hour of playing - because we had to race the next day, and we had company. We chatted awhile before heading to bed. In the morning, we woke up, ate a bit of breakfast, and headed downtown. There were so many people - estimates of over 45,000! There were lots of people wearing hot pink wigs in honor of Heather Pick, a newscaster here in Columbus. Jeremy, Mom, and I lined up toward the back of the pack. It took 4 minutes just to get to the starting line after the gun went off. Jeremy went ahead of us and made it to the finish line in 30 minutes. Mom and I ran the whole time and made it in 35 minutes. I was very proud of her and me. I think she was about two steps ahead of me the whole time. She said it didn't even feel that she was running very far because there was so much to look at. We grabbed water and bananas before meeting up with Jeremy. When we got home, we showered and everyone headed out to B.d. Mongolian BBQ for lunch. It was a new experience for my parents, and we hadn't been there for awhile. That afternoon, I took a much needed 2 hour nap; reportedly, my mom did the same thing when she got home as well.

Sunday was Senior Salute for the senior youth at Westerville. It is a nice night of recognition for them. Otherwise, I took it pretty easy on Sunday. Hope everyone has had a great start to this week. It looks like our beautiful weather will continue a few more days!