End of School

This week was a busy one in terms of work for both Ryan and I, and just making it through the last few days of school for Sam before summer vacation started on Wednesday afternoon. Which means we now have an 8th grader in the house! Crazy. 

Monday was a walk around Bath during swim practice. Very muggy. (2.1 miles walked)

Tuesday ended up being an afternoon run down to the river and back. Not as hot out as I had feared it would be, but still finished up very sweaty! Two deer and lots of bugs. (6.0 miles)

And then poof, Wednesday was the last day of 7th grade! 🎉Proud of Sam for having another great school year - we are incredibly grateful to have a hard working, kind, social, bright kiddo who does well in school and enjoys being there (or at least enjoys being with her friends 😉) but I know she is really looking forward to summer 😊 

Dad and Ryan played golf in the morning and I had an early morning meeting and then a work training, so Mom picked Sam up after her half day and they went downtown for lunch and gelato. What fun, and a good way to kick off summer!

Got out Thursday morning for a run on the cart paths Thursday morning. One deer, one possum, towhees calling and sheep laurel blooming along the powerlines, plus the blueberries are getting big. Still green but I'm guessing it will only be another week or two before they ripen. (6.0 miles)

It rained overnight and was very overcast, humid and muggy on Friday morning. I headed out around 8:00 to pick up a few things at the farmer's market and then drove over to run on the Chase and Calderwood trails. I always forget that these trails are so unrunnable 😂 but it was a fun meander. Slick roots, overgrown, grassy trails and slow going but on the plus side, it was cool enough that there weren't a lot of bugs! Saw one osprey and enjoyed running through the many patches of sweet smelling hay scented ferns. (7.3 miles)

Ryan joined us for Friday swim practice and it was nice to have company for an afternoon walk! (2.0 miles walked) Then, on the way home, we stopped for ice cream before dinner 😋🍦

Breezy, bright and beautiful on Saturday morning when I headed out for my run. And cool too! Very lovely. Stopped to take a photo of the milkweed starting to bloom along the powerlines and found that it was already host to a monarch caterpillar! 😍Also, so.much.pollen 😶(10.0 miles)

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Sam went over to Anne's in the late afternoon, and then we joined in a few hours later for pizza and s'mores and a few hours of hanging out. Always nice to catch up with friends and let the kids have fun together! Thanks, Kristen and Phil!

Cool, windy and overcast on Sunday morning, and with rain in the forecast, I got out a little before 8:00 for a run around the Highland Green block. Not much to report but did see a board winged hawk alight on a branch above me with a stick in its mouth, which was a fun sighting! (6.0 miles)

Then it was a mellow afternoon before we headed over to Mom and Dad's for dinner. Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads in my life! 💕