My Fourth!

On Saturday Sept. 20th I ran my fourth marathon. I am writing about it because I find it interesting that it really isn't getting any easier. I beat my best time by only a couple of minutes. This is after lots of training and the belief that I was going to blow my Ogden time out of the water. Running still is a mystery to me. When I am running in a long race I really do doubt my sanity. I definetely don't do it for anybody else. I think for most people my running is not that interesting anymore. My first marthon was a big deal but the oohs and ahhs are no more. I am now just the crazy person who keeps running marathons. What am I trying to prove? I have asked myself that question and decided I am going to do it till I get bored with it. I want to do it when I don't have little kids and see if I can improve. I want to stay in shape and I want to have a fitness goal to help keep me in shape. Brandon without fail before each marathon asks the question, "Are we really going to run for 4 + hours tommorrow?" He is never really that excited about the day of. I am very impressed that he just finished his eighth. He wants to run 50 by the time he is 50. Not quite as impressive as Dean Karnasas who ran 50 Marathons in 50 days. But impressive enough to me that I have the same goal. On another note, I want to thank all those who have helped me train by taking care of my kids. I couldn't have done it without you. I know you don't all understand my craziness but you still support me and that brings a tear to my eye. And to Katie Lila, I will wait until your fifty and hopefully realize my dream of running a marathon with my sister who hates running but for some reason has taken it up. I know that she is going to learn to love it one step at a time. She is awesome! And, unlike me, she is getting skinnier and skinnier with her running. I am glad it works for one Corrigan girl. Heather my sis is running her first in two weeks. She is going to do great and I will ooh and ahh! Yeah Heath! You are great.

Abby Returns

I picked Abby up today at the airport. Flight was on time and everything good but they lost her bag! 10 year olds don't do well with this! She has surprises for everyone and her favorite blanket in her bag. I hope it comes tomorrow or things are not going to be happy for Abby. It is so good to have her back. She is so great! I really missed her. I am still tired from my week. I hope I can get my energy back tomorrow. My mom will be home tomorrow. Don't try and call her till tommorrow evening or saturday. I will send Hawaii pics as soon as I have them. TTFN

I added a slide show!

Check out the slide show! I can't believe I actually did it and it was relatively easy. At least you can look at those pics and I can update them every so often. I also changed the lookof my blog because it was to hard to read.

Craziness unfolds!

So I guess I have a minute that nobody is bugging me so Yay! I am touched today by service. My friend Shannon Fowler and her entire family helped me out of a very sticky situation last night and I really don't think I know how to thank or repay them. I was having a really bad day! It was the kind of day that when you wake up in the morning you allready don't have enough time. I have been trying to get this mid-week activity together for a month and it has been looming over me in the back of my brain through everything else that I have done. I just really have not had the time to do it. But just like any other scheduled event the day of the class came. And that was yesterday. I woke up and started designing and cutting paper. I only did the bare minimum. I had a shower, but skipped hair and make-up. I fed the kids toast for breakfast and put lunch off till my stomach grumbled and I couldn't ignore it anymore. But inevitably evening started to approach and at about 5:30 I stopped looked at my house, my kids, my hair, and my project and had a nervous break down! I was never going to make it. I was at least 4 hours away from having my project ready and my house was a wreck. I panicked and called Shannon and said,"I have to cancel I cannot do it." She was down the hill with her entire family no doubt having a nice dinner and propably wasn't thrilled to get the call from a friend near a psychotic break. She was so nice and offered to come get the kids but I knew that even with the kids gone I would not be able to pull it together. I told her please call and tell a few people that it is cancelled. I hung up the phone but then realized I didn't have phone numbers for the people that were coming from 30 minutes away. I called her back still bearly coherent. I have to have it! I can't cancel. I hung up and started bringing stuff upstairs so I could leave my basement mess behind me and in a crazed stressed fog I hear the doorbell ring. Shannon and her whole family, including her husband, Doug, are standing at the door. It is like the calvary had been called in. A little bit later Wendy Nagy showed up and took Megan and Emma to her house. Shannon, Doug, Maddy, and Jaqlynn stayed and helped, cleaned, cut paper, made dinner, put the kids to bed etc. for several hours. I still tear up when I think about their generosity. They are all wonderfull people who helped me out of an impossible situation. I still finished the day bone tired, stinky, and make-up free. But I had a smile on my face because they really did make the impossible happen. I am so thankful for good friends in my life! Thank you for helping me out of a situation that really did seem hopeless. I stand ready to serve and help another out of a sticky situation. I also learned that we are all only human and the only way we can become anything more is with the help of others. My prayers were answered in a way that even I could not see. I also learned that I need to be more realistic. It took 6 extra people to do what I had to get done. Hello Lori you are not superwoman. I hope we can all learn from my crazy day and plan ahead, realize our limits and pray when you can't think of anything else to do!