My Summer

My summer began like many of yours, with the Alabama Jubilee.  What an absolutely perfect weekend we had for the balloons!  The Sunday morning flight brought the balloons right over my house.  Mr. Upton and I were able to watch them drop right behind our house.  We LOVED it!  Having balloons fly over our house is truly a rare thing living on the Southwest side of town.

I have also seen balloons almost every Saturday morning since the Jubilee weekend.  Each Saturday morning I get up early to go run with some friends.  We saw these balloons preparing to take off one morning out at Point Mallard.  Other mornings we have just seen them in the air.

 I have spent a lot of my time running this summer.  Crazy, right?  It's only 90 degrees outside and I'm outside running!  I actually have been getting up around 5:30 in the morning to get a couple of miles in before it gets too terribly hot outside.

I used to run a whole lot but when Mr. Upton and I got married 2 years ago I quit.  This summer I decided I would start again and began by running a 10K (6.2 miles) sponsored by Chick-Fil-A.  Amazingly, I won 1st place in my age division.  

Now I am running about 40 miles each week and can run about 15 miles at one time.  I'm running that much because I have decided to run a marathon in October and it takes about 18 weeks of training before you can run one.  A Marathon is 20 more miles than a 10K.  

Last week I got together with other teachers from Leon Sheffield and went to Smith Lake for the day.  We had a blast and it was so fun seeing everyone that I haven't seen during the summer.

I'm slowly getting back up to the classroom to get things reorganized for the next group of awesome 4th graders that will enter room 27!  I must have the room completely ready in the next few weeks though because Mr. Upton and I are going to enjoy some time at the beach before school starts back.

I hope you are having a great summer!!

Click on the pencil right below these questions to leave your reponses.

1.  Tell me some fun, exciting, or interesting things you've done this summer.  

2.  Did you figure out exactly how many miles I will be running in my marathon?

3.  Tell me two books you have read this summer.  If you've only read one then I will accept settle for one :/