Lately...........

I feel like this picture is an accurate representation of my life lately. It is hard to know where to begin. All I know is that a lot of things are in a mess.

My house is a mess, my desk is a mess, my vehicles are a mess, my yard is a mess, my schedule is a mess, my build project....you guessed it......a mess.

A couple of weeks ago my principal showed this video at staff meeting of this kid in a cross country running race. He was about 20 meters away from the finish line when he collapsed with exhaustion. The coach rushed to his aid, but he waved him off and indicated that he would finish the race unassisted. Summoning all the strength he had left, he began to crawl. Runner after runner passed him by and finished the race. He fell several more times, but kept getting back up and crawled across the finish line. I was in tears as the video played because that was me. That IS me. I'm still crawling. I hope I make it across the finish line in four days time when school ends.

I haven't blogged lately because I been struggling lately and was afraid that a blog entry might release a tidal wave of self pity. I'm trying to stay positive, so I've stayed silent. I can feel that tidal wave emerging now so I'm going to just post a few picts of some fun things in the last few weeks and call it good.

The kids and I were asked to be the torch runners for the Cardston Kids Marathon. So fun! 

Reg, Coop, and I all ran in the Cardston Family Fun Run 5km race together. Amazingly, we all got first in our categories, and Reggie (AKA the MACHINE) was the first one in overall. It was my first run after the broken toe incident so I felt pretty good about it.

                                                                                                                                  

Presented the 2012 Cam Williams Memorial Award to Savannah Hunter. What an awesome kid.

Team Orange went UNDEFEATED at the final tournament!

Walls, upstairs rooms, and some downstairs rooms are framed.