I won an entry in the Marine Corps Marathon in an essay contest that I entered through Arlington County Parks and Recreation! I'm so excited that I'll have the opportunity to participate in this race. It's one of the biggest marathons in the country. They cap the entrants at 30,000 and it sold out in 2 hours and 41 minutes!!! Although I've been training for a marathon in October for quite some time now, it brings a new sense of urgency to my runs. Now that I'm officially signed up for a race I really need to start logging the miles. I'm running a little over 30 miles per week now, and hope to get into the 50's before the race.
Thumper is still as active as ever. Sometimes I think he'd be better off entering the marathon! He's starting to make some animal sounds, like monkeys (ooh ooh ooh, AH AH!), and mice (squeak squeak squeak). He can also point at the ceiling, dog, ball, monkeys (little figurines we have from Costa Rica) when you ask him to. He is so rambunctious that it seems like every day he has a new bonk, scrape, or bruise from running into something, falling, or hitting himself with something. He loves to walk outside in his new shoes, and he regularly walks to the car with us. He absolutely loves his books. They are almost the only "toys" he brings out of his toy box now. He brings one over to you and kind of whines until you take it and then he gets really excited and tries to sit in your lap for you to read it to him. Thumper is also signing for 'more' and 'milk' very well these days.
With the exception of having a bit of a cold right now, I'm doing wonderful and so are Legs, Thumper, and Bambi. We are looking forward to a trip to Smith Mountain Lake this weekend to get out of the city.
Happy Travels!
Pancho
Glad to hear you won an entry into the MC Marathon. Congrats! I think you should drop off Thumper in WA with TUTU on a Mon and Tues and go off to Hawaii yourself!!!!!! Or, Plan B...Stop in DA on your way back. Just dreaming...Miss you all...Tutu..
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