The Week in Update: The Good, The Bad, and the Amazing

The Good: I know, I know, I have been a bad little blogger this past week or so, but once I tell you why you may forgive me (or at least understand what I've been up against!) The last anyone heard of me, I had just run another 5k in Nelsonville. I found out that my time was 40:02, so I only ended up improving 15 seconds, rather than the minute or two that I thought. But whatever, 15 seconds is 15 seconds, and I had a great time with the 5k...It will not be my last, by any means. In fact, I will be doing another on August 18th in Columbus, called the Defend Your Friends 5k--the money raised goes to benefit the Columbus Area Humane Society Cruelty Investigations Unit. I could not have picked a better race to be a part of--it is another fun run/dog run, so there will be lots of doggies to watch and take photos of! I've always been passionate about the safety of animals, so I'm glad to be participating, even though it starts at 7pm and will likely be HOT HOT HOT!!

The Bad: One of the reasons that I have been missing from the blog world is that I was in a car accident. I was stopped in traffic (not that traffic gets bad around this small town, but there is the requisite 9am, 12 noon, and 5pm slowdown) on my way to work at  9am, when I looked in the rearview mirror and noticed that the car behind me was not slowing down!! So this 80-something year old man ends up plowing into the back of my car:

I had just paid the car off a couple months ago (my first car that I paid for all on my own too). To top it off, the man that hit me finished our conversation, not with "I'm sorry.." but with "If I were 30 years younger, I'd be asking you for a date.." WTF????? Are you kidding me?? This man just totaled my car, and has the gall to hit on me!!! Such is my life....

The Awesome: My little brother called me last Sunday to tell me that his wife's water had broken and she was in labor!! Two weeks early, but (and this was before the car accident) I was so excited!! I got my work shift covered, and drove the 3 hour drive to get to the hospital. I met up with my mom, and some of Sis-In-Law's family, and settled in for the night. At about 3:30 or 4am, my nephew Warren was born (via emergency C-Section because the labor was not progressing the way they'd have liked), and he is by far one of the cutest things I've ever seen in my life:

Just minutes old

Does it get any more amazing?

I got to hold him just after he was born, and OMG it is an awesome feeling. My brother was so proud and nervous and in love. It was great to watch....

So now you have it, the good, the bad, and the amazing--all the reasons I've been absent from bloggy-land for awhile....I will let you all know how my car shopping goes, since I have to replace my other one (thanks 80-something year old creeper)....I will let you know how running goes too....I'm scared to do anything until I see the chiropractor tomorrow to get things put back in line. Either way, walking or running, I will be doing the Defend Your Friends 5k on August 18th!!!
I hope to catch up on reading your blogs this week too--depends on how that car-shopping goes!! Miss you all!

--Marge