Graduating

Today Ione's teacher called me in after school.  She was thrilled with our Field Day, but wanted to talk with me again about Ione's writing.  She has come along with her reading and other things and I was informed she will graduate to first grade.  There is concern with her writing though as she will need to do more of it.  So now I have another project.  My crash course and intensive reading program will shift to writing.  Her teacher is phenomenal and I was honestly okay with her doing kindergarten again if she could stay in her class.  But first grade will make her happy as she has great friends and all those parents will be a nice circle for us to stay with. 

At the same time she again wanted to thank Lisa for her service and praised the job I have done with three girls by myself.  I admitted that I feel I could have done better, but I did the best I could at the moments along the way.  I always want to have done more.  I always want to do more.  Crossfit, running, child rearing. . . I want to live up to my own expectations. 

Tonight I am carrying around some weird guilt about a toilet that I can't unclog.  Tessie flushes entire rolls of toilet paper and this time the toilet won't drain.  I can't plunge it.  I can't snake it with the makeshift coathanger.  So tomorrow it is off to the hardware store for reinforcements.  I hope this isn't my "bad luck" Kevin posted about.  If the toilet is the whole of it I will take that though.  I am hoping it slowly drains overnight so I can assess the situation tomorrow.  I think I might be getting sick to boot.  I felt bad yesterday and today.  Working in a cesspool of a bathroom is not making it better. 

Field Day was a smashing success.  Ione's class dominated the long jump, which I took great pride in as that was the one thing I had an effect on with coaching.  They finished second in the relay, which I attribute to the hundreds of miles they have done at Running Club.  We are trying to push so every child earns at least a medal at the end of year ceremony.  Some are going to come up short, but many will get a medal and quite a few ran even more and will get a trophy.  Two more months of kindergarten.  I will have to start dropping the girls off to run alone on Tuesday and Thursday so I can make it to the gym for 9 AM.  Life evolves however and they have had my support every day this year.  Gwen and Ione will each reach the 100 mile mark and Tessie is nearing the 50 mile mark (47.25 as of today). 

In honor of all that running the WOD for tomorrow:

Run 5 miles for time.