Meet Jake. Jake is the latest stray to come into our life. He found us on February 28th, a block and a half from home . . . one day after my second weekend recruiting event in a row, and four days before my third weekend recruiting event and a trip to Colorado.
Jake is a sweet boy and fast friends with Stella. In fact, he gets along great with the whole pack. So we're back to a Party of Five. Yeah, it's a little silly to compare it to the 1990's TV drama, but it works for me. Here you have 3 male and 2 female "orphans" just trying to make it work together. Of course, Zoe is more like Charlie and Stella is more like Bailey, but together they're a family with all their ups and downs.
My Party of Five is one of many reasons I haven't posted lately. The 3 recruiting events haven't helped either. Nor have they helped my training! Sadly, I have fallen off the wagon so to speak. I haven't been running in a couple of weeks and I only just returned to my P90X workout on Wednesday. SIGH. I was going to run on the 28th after our walk, but that's when Jake arrived. And I was going to workout in KC, but our hotel charged to use the treadmill. Yes, really. So, no way. However, I am under the impression that Jake will be good running company and on Tuesday I hope to test him out with a short run. Stella will naturally be a part of the test. So I'll keep you posted.
Work has been really nutty and my pile of grading just keeps replacing itself. As soon as I hand something back, something else comes in. I have only myself to blame for it all. One of these days I'm going to figure out how to plan my syllabi without killing myself.
The latest fun is I have TWO grants to get in . . . one for a visit of an old friend who was a part of the original Laramie Project in conjunction with our production this fall and one so I can teach a Restoration Comedy class with all the accoutrement. I still can't believe we don't have ANY stock for this! GRRR.
Oh, and I'm headed to LA with our Senior Showcase in April. Busy busy busy!
So yeah . . . the running has taken a hit. I don't think the half marathon can happen in one month, but I will get back to regular training this week. The weather is FINALLY supposed to improve (we might get 9 inches of snow tonight through tomorrow - WFT?) so it won't be quite so hard to motivate.
So I'm back. Forgive my absence. I'm sure there will be more stories about this crazy Party of Five. Come to think of it, if you include me and the cats, I guess we're more like Eight is Enough!
