Running 101

This morning was the first day of my third week in my running program. It's spitting rain. What I learned:

• Even when it starts raining harder, Nate will not come looking for me in the car. ("I didn't know it was raining," he said when I got home.)
• Rain is a good motivator for faster running, especially when it gets harder than "spitting."

Other news: Jill came home and is now having fun in Tampa with her nephew. Jacob is headed to Tampa in a couple of days and they'll be coming back to spend time with us on Friday.
My birthday was wonderful with "entertaining" poems from my lady WordChicks, flowers, cards, gifts, and cakes. And may I just say that I blew out all the candles in one windy breath. Both times. 'Course it helped that there weren't as many candles as years being celebrated*