Five Things Friday (Sunday Edition!)

This week is weird – Braden had a half-day at school yesterday because they got their interim reports, so all day Friday, I felt like it should be Saturday.  I know I’ve mentioned this a few times, but work is absolutely insane right now.  My to-do list is a mile and a half long so by the time I’m finished with work, the last thing I want to do is look at the computer.  Hopefully it settles down soon, I suppose I should not complain and I should be thankful for lots of work that I love.

Anyway, this is the first chance I’ve had to sit down and write and there was so much going on this week — here’s the big five though

1.  Head over to the ZOOMA site and check out the line-up of Florida race ambassadors!!  I am so excited to run with such a fun group of ladies!  Don’t forget to use code FLAAMB5 to join me at this girls race weekend getaway and save 10% off the race fee!

2.  Braden got his first interim report this week.  It’s crazy that his first 9-weeks is already halfway over!  He’s doing so well and I’m crazy proud of him.  He’s reading!  They changed the way they evaluate kindergartners to follow the common core standards – it’s a little weird.  His report was great though, he’s mastered everything that he should have at this point and his teacher says he is off to a great start.  Yay!

3.  Buddy had surgery this week.  I jokingly told the vet that I’m just going to give her my paycheck for the month.  He had a growth in his ear that needed to be removed.  We got the pathology report back and thankfully it was all good news – it’s a benign tumor and they got clean margins.  He was out of it for a few days thanks to his pain meds, but he’s pretty much back to normal now.  Hopefully this is the end of the crazy vet visits.  I’d really love to not be there so often.

4.  I live in Florida and we have a lot of critters.  A lot.  I can deal with most of them, but not snakes.  I reaaaally dislike snakes.  Friday morning, as I was getting the kids in the car for school, I heard the all too familiar rattle of a rattlesnake.  Thankfully, I kept my calm and just urged the kids to get in the car really quickly.  I never actually saw the snake so I can’t be 100% sure that’s what it was, but I definitely sounded like one.  I left the garage door open to hopefully encourage Mr. Snake to leave.  My dad was off work, so I called him and he came over a little while later to get rid of our little problem.  He couldn’t find the snake, so either I was wrong or he moved on.  Either way, I’m glad there is no snake in my garage!

5.  Fall is quite possibly my most favorite time of year.  I love when the weather starts to cool down just a bit (so it’s not miserably hot outside, but not chilly) and we start talking about Halloween costumes and the local fall festival.  Right now I’m really loving the Salted Caramel Mocha at Starbucks and my new fall nail color.  Although I don’t love cold weather, I’m really looking forward to the cooler temps so I can enjoy running outside again!  And by cooler, I mean lets keep it in the 50′s.  Anything below that is practically arctic.