It's hump day already?

It's funny how slowly the days go by but in retrospect, the weeks FLY! I start to recognize days not by their dates but by what evening gatherings we're doing... aka tonight is the prayer walk! I'm excited, I think I might be giving my "testimony" so we'll see how that goes.

This is such a great week of volunteers! We have a sign-up sheet to be our "Mom & Dads" for the day, so essentially the v's have been showering us in gifts like trash magazines, carrots & hummus, M&M's, and any other sweet you could want. It's delishhhh and I'm loving every second of it! Plus these guys are really flexible, which is awesome because we had a bit of a rough morning yesterday due to some miscommunication.. I'm glad that today we made a sweet comeback and got everybody what they needed on time and pretty much everything went swiftly on sites. Except for a break in a water main....... that phone call was hysterical! The volunteers were yelling in the background about how much water there was and weren't sure what to do, so calmly I said, have you turned off the water yet? Silence followed my question until I heard a volunteer yell "GO! GO! TURN IT OFF!!" Hahaha, needless to say I brought them the materials to fix it and the water was successfully hooked up again by the end of the day.

On Friday we're having a dodgeball tournament for a fundraiser! I'm super excited because when we played last year it was a ton of fun, and this way we'll make at least $400 bucks in donations since we're charging $5 a head. Eaaasy money right there.

What else...... OH! This weekend I went to the county that I staffed in last year -- Buchanan County Virginia! I stayed overnight in Russell Prater Elementary with Tayli and Becky (who were both on my staff) and Becky's younger brother Jay, and it was sooo much fun! We ended up hanging out until midnight with our old facility managers and catching up, I definitely had this overwhelming sense of deja vu a few times. Paul, the facility manager, told us earlier that they haven't seen a trace of a bat in months.. and of course when I walk in the gym with the girls we see one on the floor and one on the wall!! It must be a curse.

After visiting the county (we also went to the hardware store and visited a family, which was AWESOME to catch up with them!), we and about 70 other staffers went to the Breaks Interstate Park! We went to a rope swing in Kentucky (I went there last year with my dad for those of you who remember me writing about this last year), followed by dinner at a Mexican restaurant called Me Finca, and then we all camped out in our vans and tents in a huge spot at the park! It was soo0Oo fun to see everyone and hang around a bonfire and just relax for a night with everyone :-) On the way back John and I stopped by a local mine, I really hope I get a chance to take a tour of one this summer because it just blows my mind how intricate they are.

I had such a good day today. Runs went well, I bonded with the volunteers and families at worksites because I actually had time to spare (notice how cute the two kids are!!), I showered for the first time since Sunday... Ahhh life is good :)