Race Recap | 2026 Grandma’s Half Marathon

One of the best weekends of the year, and I had a good race too!
Running, Reading, & Random Life Things
Running, Reading, & Random Life Things

One of the best weekends of the year, and I had a good race too!

It was so fun to start the long weekend (I took PTO on Friday) with a long run! I made a neighbor friend and she needed to get 10 miles in, so I decided to attempt to go with her.…

I’ve always known moving is stressful, but I never expected to be living through a horror story . Yet here we are. A few weeks ago, we hired a moving company to handle packing and loading for us. The plan was simple…

Up early for running club on Thursday! Both kids had a sleepover in Hailey’s room, and I took Miles’s room so I could sneak out without waking Joel. We ran a few miles on the track. After the run, we…

We hit the road to Duluth 7:30 a.m. on Friday. I had to swng by the office to do something quick, so was able to grab a Caribou from the office before picking up my coworker Cathy to hit the…

Weekend Getaway to Duluth A couple of weeks ago, Joel’s parents graciously watched the kids, giving us the opportunity to take a short break from work. We decided to take off from Friday through Monday and headed to Duluth for…

Friday: I kicked off the weekend with a day off work, which started with a work call with a potential intern. Later, Joel and I had a meeting with our financial advisor. Multitasking as usual, I took the call while…

This past week wasn’t exactly as productive as I’d hoped. I started feeling sick on Monday, so I worked from home on Tuesday and Wednesday, trying to recover. Thursday, I had to go into the office for a couple of…

It’s officially fall, y’all, and things have been busy, hence this post getting posted on Wednesday instead of Sunday! Joel was out of town this (last) week, which always adds a layer of complexity, but thankfully his parents were able…