This Week's Slides

 Check out the google classroom slides for this week - HERE.

Reflection and Goals

 How can it be that it's April?  Does anyone else feel like the first 3 months of 2021 went whizzing by at a quicker pace than you were ready for?  That is not a bad thing....I just can't believe that it's April.  I am ready for the warmer weather that will hopefully be coming. 

This week was spring break and it did not feel like spring to me.  I wore my winter coat every day and ran in layers whenever I ran outside.  

I have been doing lots of my miles outside and I am happy to say that I have been hitting 25 (or more) running miles for the last month.

This week was a pretty low key spring break week.  We did some small things each day but never anything far away.  Today I headed to my mom's house for a visit and I am looking forward to all the Easter celebrations in Illinois this weekend.

Along with my visit at my mom's house, another highlight was a book club meeting on Monday night.  We read the book Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.  It was a good eye-opener for me and I loved discussing the book with such amazing women.  While Emira, the main character,  may not be a hero by definition, I felt like she took some bold steps for herself and I really loved the ending. 

My next book that I've started reading is part of a book club, too:  Bravey by Alexi Pappas.  If you are interested in joining our discussion, let me know.  It starts on Sunday, April 11.

Each day of the school week I read a #classroombookaday to my 5th graders.  My absolute favorite in March was Eyes That Kiss in the Corners.  If you have any reason to read a wonderful picture book,  I encourage you to pick up this one.

In March I had my annual physical and this year I had bloodwork done (haven't had that done since I was pregnant so at least 15 years ago....).   I was really pleased with all of my numbers there.  That doesn't mean that I am going to get lazy and content.  I have some work to do to get better. My workouts were decent during the first quarter of the year but I am going to work on adding in some weight training and abs on a more regular schedule.  

In March Kate and I ran a REAL RACE!!!   It was the Dyersville, IA, Gaelic Gallop 8K.  I am super happy with how well we did.  Finished in 45:55 (9:10 avg pace).  My next race is June 12 (10K) so I'd like to be able to run it in 55 minutes or less.   I think I can train for that.

I am so proud of the first quarter of 2021 and I can't wait to see more great things happen from now until the end of June.  I will check in along the way to share how it's going.

Goals:

Run 25 or more miles each week.

Drink water daily.

Weight train at least 2 x a week.

Do ab work 5 x a week.

Here's to a great April!   It's birthday month for both of my kiddos.  I don't need excuses to celebrate them so I'm sure there will lots of fun things this week.