Andy is (cross your fingers) hopefully in his last year with classes. If all goes well, he'll be done with class work in May and will finish up in August after a summer-long internship. I think he's ready to be out of school for a while...
Things here are going very well. It's a totally different feeling, starting my second year. I spent so much time my first year wanting to a.) crawl under my desk and come back out the following summer or b.) just quick and find a job that was more 8a-5p no weekends. But this year, we have a new staff, loads of new students, and I've got a different/better attitude. Oh, and I've been through the system once, which certainly helps.
Spike is still a holy terror, so we've decided to put him into obedience classes. Those start next Saturday evening, and I'm anxious for good results. I think the classes are going to help BOTH us and Spike out.
Dad and Debbie are coming up to visit at the end of September and I'm oh so excited! Dad hasn't seen the apartment since I moved in, so I'm pumped that they'll be up here for a few days. Hopefully we can get Mom and Trent up here in November and maybe a friend or two up in the spring. And if Aubrei and Dan would ever travel up, that would be stellar as well.
Today I ran my first 5k in about 2 and 1/2 years and it was great! Rough...but great! Actually, the organizers of the race apparently started the race at the wrong place, so instead of doing 3.1 miles, they think we did more like 3.5 or 3.6 miles. Now, to the average reader, that probably doesn't sound like much of a difference, but believe me, I'll soak up every bit of the glory of running farther than expected! haha. I've already told the gals that I ran with this morning that we're running the 1/2 marathon next year, so here's to a year, yes a YEAR of training for that (don't judge!)!
Andy and I are going to enjoy some tailgating this afternoon, so I better end the blog here.
With love,
Ashleigh
