This past weekend, I traveled 1,096 miles across three states, spending a total of 18.5 hours in the car, BUT IT WAS ALL WORTH IT!!!
I drove down to Texas on Thursday. I got to see my aunt (Donna Jones) teach, and it was so much fun. She has been teaching for over 25 years, and now that I know a lot more about education and teaching, I wanted to see what kinds of things she incorporated in her classroom! It was great, and I even left with a new idea to use in my classroom!
On Friday morning, I left early with my parents to head down to Cedar Hill, Texas, for Area Special Olympics. My parents both coach Special Olympic teams, my mom teaches in the class where most of the athletes attend school, and my uncle is a Special Olympic athlete! I was involved with Special Olympics a lot in high school, but I haven't been able to attend Special Olympics since I have been in college...it was so great and emotional to be back out there with them. Those athletes work so hard for these events, and it is very inspiring! I got to see my Uncle Steve compete in his 50m walk and receive his bronze medal. That guy loves him some Special Olympics, and he will wear that medal year round!
On Saturday morning, we got up early again, and drove back to New Boston for Emily's bridal shower! I got to see some people that I haven't seen in a while, watch Em open some presents and eat a delicious cupcake.
Then I booked it to Oklahoma City to see my man! This was our first time spending the night apart since we have been married. It wasn't horrible since we both stayed busy, but I don't like leaving him!
Saturday morning, we got up extremely early to go to Joe's race that started at 6:30am. He has been training for this marathon since December, and to actually see him there and running was so neat. All his hard work paid off and HE FINISHED!
We were able to walk up with him to the starting line, see him at the 6 mile mark, the 10 mile mark, the 16 mile mark, the 22 mile mark, and finally at the FINISH LINE!!!
He asked for a funny sign at mile 10, so this is what I came up with. I found the idea online, but it fit him perfectly, since he LOVES Grumpy Cat....it also fit me perfectly because I do not like to run.
I am so proud of my husband! He trained hard, and he completed a goal of his that he set out to do! We had a great weekend, and we both got 9-10 hours of sleep last night, neither of us moving a muscle all night! We were tired!
Samantha
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