Update, at the end of my personal hurricane season

Life continues to be rich and full here in Enoughsville.  This is the kind of week it was:  by 7:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, I'd already run 10 miles with a friend as the sun rose, and was heading for the shower and a good stretch of stretching.  That run was the first 10 miles of a 30-mile week; there were a few other miles with another friend and a lot of miles that were by myself (which is hard, just hard), and then the last 7.85 miles  was with my sister, on Saturday morning.  I'm feeling kind of happy-sore, and glad that the half-marathon is a month away, after which I'll get to do only those runs that involve other people, and ditch the solo runs.

I also got to do an opera screening, hiring interviews and hiring meetings, Bachata dancing demonstrations, a lovely Black History Month event, and a visit to join my dad and sisters to celebrate my dad's birthday.  (Also, the usual teach-my-classes-and-grade-all-the-papers things).  It has been rich; it has been full.  I'm feeling glad to have so much good stuff in my life, and -- as with the runs -- glad that the future holds good stuff but not as much of it all at once!

Matching sticky notes with awesome African Americans.

So many photos matched -- this is part of what it looked like
the next morning (there was a whole other wall, too).  

From the kids and spouse, a variety of kinds of news:

From Nelson: 

I had a job interview at Arby's in [nearby location] today and I am proud to announce I got the job

From Gosling:  

Guinness [the dog] has had an increase in seizure activity over the last few months. Well, we went to a specialist, a veterinary neurologist to be exact, and while I could take or leave the customer service, we learned that G-force (aka Guinness), is a fast metabolizer. So basically his body is an over achiever . I guess he takes after the family in that way... we all over achieve at various things, sports, travel, medicine, waste reduction, fiber arts, etc...Some med changes are being made and we are hoping we will get better control moving forward! So, that’s the pupdate .

From Kinderling:  

So, I went to the urgent care because the spots haven't gone away, and I started worrying it might be staph... it's shingles!

My jaw dropped.
I was not expecting that!
I have antiviral medication prescribed. The Dr. Was like, have you been stressed out lately? LOL
I'm like, I have 3 kids Wild.

From my guy:

I landed in Miami a little while ago. My flight to NYC is in 2.5 hours. I should be there late and on the way home tomorrow morning. Assuming no problems with the next flight I will be home between three and four pm.  

I listened to a BBC podcast "In Our Time" about Paul Erdos. Three math profs from the UK talking about his life and why he is so amazing.  The panel had Erdos numbers of 3, 2 and 2.  

I am glad you are resting and having fun with your visit. 

See you in 24 hours or so!

And that's the news from our family, which continues to be wealthy in our adventures.  May you and yours be similarly prosperous.