Updates, updates, updates!

Turns out, when I get busy I have a hard time keeping people updated on my life. Thank god for Facebook status updates--most of the world wouldn't even know we're engaged if not for that :)

Working backwards...

A couple Sundays ago (April 19) I ran my second half marathon...through pouring rain. I was drenched, but improved my time by about 10 minutes from last year. I finished in 2:02, which was not quite my goal time of under 2 hours...but I blame the two-hour pace girl, who I finished in front of. And the torrential rain. Yeah, that too. But, Mom, Dad, and David all stood around in the rain for two hours to catch a glimpse of me run by (apparently, I was frowning a whole lot). That's love! I'll post pictures when I get them from Ma...

This Sunday, I ran The Fast and The Furriest 5K through the APA. Because Kyle and Cher were in town visiting, Kyle decided to run it too (it's his first 5k...but Cher didn't because her FULL Marathon was a week later). Being sponsored by the APA, "Well behaved dogs on leashes" were welcome.

Poor Maggie... I made her run. She hated every second of it. First of all, she was the ONLY dog that I saw poop the entire race...and it was a race trail without a lot of trashcans (why? COME ON!) so I had to carry her "business" for about half a mile. THEN, seconds after throwing it out, I managed to trip over Maggie and scrape up my knee and hand. Blood everywhere...but I kept going. At the 2-mile mark, Maggie stopped for water...ran a few yards and turned around to get more water. Poor baby.

Despite all this...Maggie and I were the 4th (yes, FOURTH!) owner-puppy combo to finish. Our time was 27 minutes, which includes a fall, a poop break, and two water breaks. Not bad for my chunky monkey Maggie, huh? Kyle did well too, especially for his first 5k, with a time well under 10 min/mile.

(Second week in a row he got up early to watch me run...awwwwwww)

BIG NEWS!

David and I put an offer on a house in Affton earlier this week. After much back-and-forthing with the price, our offer was ACCEPTED last night! We're still doing all the legal mumb0-jumbo, but we've agreed on a possession date of June 19-- plenty of time to move before the wedding.

Happy happy happy!