just some stuff while i'm studying...

well i'm sitting in eastern's library with my kids, (who are acting amazing by the way) and i have not blogged about the half marathon yet. the main reason is that i'm waiting on the professional pictures so i can add them to the blog. another is that it's dead week and that means at eastern that you will want to die there is so much due this week. anyway, the race was really an amazing thing for me. i cried a couple of times during the race, especially at the finish line when i realized i had accomplished something i never thought in a million years i would do. a friend in chattanooga told me that i'll either love it or hate it. well, i don't hate it...

anyway, here's a picture of the two amazing ladies i ran with. we've been training since i got back and they've gotten me past some rought spots. who knew running could be so therepuetic. we came to school on monday with out t-shirts (because it is always about the tee shirt) and our medals. what's funny is all the students in school said,"Did you win Mrs. Martin, or what did you place?" yeah, we won. more than i could have imagined. i value there friendship and we plan on running a few more races together this summer. who knows, maybe i'll qualify for the Boston or New York someday...

anyway, i'll blog about all the details of the race when the pictures come in. it will be like a documentary only it won't be about anybody famous. like a VH1 special on gary coleman or something like that.

hey teachers, testings over tomorrow!!!!!! WOOOOOOO!~!!

What's that have to do with the price of rice in China?

While i was getting ready for school this morning, i was listening to the famous "Today" show (which by the way is much inferior to "Good Morning America") and there was a story about how there is a rice shortage overseas and that is increasing our price of rice here in the U.S. Now it doesn't matter that America doesn't have a shortage of rice, we export most of it, and oh yeah...people don't eat carbs here. The food shortage is really overseas, a REAL food shortage. That is disheartening to hear. But, we still will have to pay more for rice and it will be rationed to us at 4 bags per shopping trip. Sam's Club and GFC will arrest you if you buy 5, you hear me! That's not really my ranting.

The next story was how Hillary Clinton has raised 10 million dollars in the last two days for her campaign trail. Two days, and it was all raised on the internet by her campaign lackeys who don't care about people hungry overseas, because there is a 1 in 10 millionth chance she could be Democratic nominee for the U.S., who does not have a rice shortage but will be paying more for it anyway. Is there something wrong with this? Seriously.

It's the end of my semester. Can you tell? more to come...



And i'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free...

First Time for Everything

ok, i LOVE these comic strips called cyanide and happiness. i will be sharing some of my favorites with you as i find them. when i find them that resemble some part of my life and my day it makes it a double bonus.

ok, a lot of you know that i'm runnig my first mini marathon this weekend. it sounds so motivated, so exhilarating and monumental...and i'm scared to death. i'm running with basically the greek goddess of running who lovingly screams at me when i want to slow down. i love her and want to punch her in the face all at the same time in those moments. we joke about it. she's that non-sissy friend. we all need those. i also am finishing my semester in school and it's an odd feeling to be talking about history homework at 34. i may blog about my thoughts of the non-traditional students at eastern another time. i don't want to be thougth of one, so i try not to belly ache about it. all i know is when i see my fellow oldies on campus with their stewardess suitcases and perfectly organized notebooks and all their assignments were finished before the syllabi was ever published i think...i'm so glad i am who i am. i like that i enjoy comic strips on nothingness. and then their suitcases turn over on the curb and they're scrambling to get it back on it's wheels to show up 10 minutes early for class and think all if fair in the world...

i'll blog about the race after saturday. maybe we can have awesome pictures too. oh yeah...one more comic

getting started

soooo...i'm going to start blogging. i'm pretty addicted to keeping up with every nuance imaginable so this should really come easy to me. let me warn you, i will give advice (it will be bad but given in good spirit), i will post pictures and comic strips (to come later), and i will probably tell of my parenting genius and you will be jealous.

ok, i don't have time to start this correctly, but welcome to jennblog.