A Busy 24 Hours!
First things first! I had the pleasure of meeting and having a drink with Jenn of Juggling Life this afternoon as she landed in Fort Collins for a moment to visit her MVP on her way to Chicago! What a treat! I like her even more than I did before! I approve of my blog life crossing with my “real” life…it’s all good!! As an introvert, I am always worried, was I too introverted?! Did I carry my fair share of the conversation…did I speak English? Hmm…we’ll see.
I learned that road blockade signs are much larger than I anticipated and while it was generous of the traffic control company to give us a price break if we “do it ourselves” remind me next year that we need a REALLY big truck and good quality tie downs!! And possibly some men to help us. We felt mighty puny this afternoon! But we got it done!
Tomorrow is the date of the 5k. We hope that we are ready. I keep going over the lists in my head, again and again. We are ahead of last years registrations, so we are hopeful that people are coming tomorrow and that things go off without a hitch…or at least without a MAJOR hitch! Last year Starr forgot to mark the route. A winding, complicated, “needs to stay within the city block” route. Minutes before the race was to start, she called me “do you have a map of the route?” I was still at home waiting for her father to come give me a ride. “Shit. Yes, but I don’t have a way of getting it to you”…so I texted her the details. “Turn right on so and so, then left on…etc.” It was ridiculous! She and a group of girls hopped in a truck and started marking the route. Despite (or because) of the frantic-ness of the moment they had a memorable blast jumping in and out of the back of the truck placing signs and cones along the route.
They delayed the race as long as they could, but the first couple of finishers beat Starr and crew to the finish line. They didn’t complain and thought it was funny, so we SMILE! But we won’t be repeating that mistake!
Here are a couple pics from last year’s cold and rainy, but wonderful event…pics from tomorrow hopefully coming soon!
Finally, here is a song that I just heard for the first time tonight that would totally be on my playlist if I were running the race tomorrow…but I’m not…because I am NEEDED behind the scenes. Needed I tell you!!
“Let’s Go Surfing” – The Drums
I hope all goes well and the 5K is very successful!
Good luck with the 5K. Thank God they needed you behind the scenes!
can’t wait to hear of how it went!
I’m headed to the next post to find out what happens next!
Thank you for taking the time to meet with me. I know it was a rough day for you.
I’m great with introverts–I just talk for both of us! It was really great to meet you “irl” as they say.