Hay There

Or, I should say, hay here, in the barn, since I've been playing Ellie Mae today and went on a hay run. Just 50 bales, but that is quite enough since it's just me unloading and hauling them upstairs into the loft once I leave the hay farm! Gosh, my arms are a bit sore, I must admit! But I'm glad I got it, because now I feel a wee bit better about leaving the herd behind for a while (in good care) while I go, with my dear friend Erin, SWIMMING with the MANATEES in FLORIDA!!!

I am SO excited about this! Never done it, always wanted to! I feel lucky and honored and privileged to do it (altho of course, pretty much anyone with $35 in their hand and a way to get there can do the same thing!) Still, I'm counting my blessings and, well, yeehah!

Sadly I have not been able to run due to this persistent achielle's tendon issue. Very frustrating as I am truly hoping to break all previous records at looking like an old fool during the much anticipated first ever for me triathlon coming up next summer. Never thought I'd do it (because of the running) now I don't know if I ever will (because of the running!) Dammit!

So what does a late bloomer do while sidelined from all these athletic activities? Why, she studies for her praxis exam to try to get a job teaching secondary English, of course! This is a last minute, geeze I only have a year before my cert runs out and I havent even taught in a real school, what'll I do now kind of thing. And since I only minored in English in undergrad school, and did about half a master's in it in grad school- and that was many moons ago - this will NOT be a walk in the park! Oh, and did I mention the test - which I only decided to do -and signed up for - a few days ago, is only a little over 3 weeks away?!

Needless to say, what with that and Christmas soon upon us, and my upcoming vacation with my Erin and the manatees almost here, I regret to say I probably won't have much time to be blogging in the upcoming month. Oh wait, I usually don't blog that much anyhow, I forgot about that!

Well, Happy Holidays-whatever you celebrate-to all of you out there! Peace on Earth...
And I promise to do my best to try to find out from the manatees how we might be able to accomplish that!