since my last post. I feel like a total slacker and I feel like I really need to get some stuff out.
I am all kinds of backed up on photos and stories and thoughts.
I can sum up the rest of the post in 4 words:
MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK MEETS
Do you remember those?
I went to one last week with my friends Julie and Kesler to watch some of the most awesome 8th graders I know.
It reminded me so so much of being 13. I know I have talked about being 13 before and how much fun it is to think back.
Notice I said THINK back, not GO back. :)
What are the key things you remember from middle school track meets?
Here are my top 5 things.
1. Boys. I was in track so I could giggle with the other girls about the boys.
2. Cold. It was always cold, unless it was hot. Which sometimes, it was.
3. Food. It was all about what my mom packed in my cooler.
4. Early release. For the right meets, you could leave school as early as 12:30 sometimes. Awesome.
5. Social Event of the Week. Track meets were the event of the week. Why? Everyone did track. Seriously, almost everyone. There were no tryouts. I "ran" track because all the people I liked, hoped to like and hoped would like me were on the team.
Other thoughts on track...I was bad. I have never been much of a runner. I was in throwing events. I wasn't much good at that either.
I did once run the 800 meter race. No idea what inspired my coach to have me run that considering I had never done it before, nor had I ever expressed a desire to compete. But run it I did. I actually got 2nd place.
Totally crazy.
Total fluke.
Totally awesome.
I never ran it again. I decided to go out while I was ahead.
However, in the last few weeks, I have become a runner. Twice I have run for 60 minutes...without stopping...without my legs falling off...without thinking I would pass out. More on this topic later!