My baby bro finished his first Ultra Marathon (31 miles) in under 5 hours–4:59:16 to be exact.  I had a great time, even though I was only gone for a little over 24 hours.  It was a nice bonding experience and my brother really appreciated that I would literally fly out for the day to cheer him one. 

I had high hopes of getting some school work done…didn’t happen.  I spent just over 5 hours in the beautiful Colorado sun cheering these crazy runners on.  My face is a shade of red I haven’t seen in a long time.  I didn’t think about sun screen–I mean it’s only April.  On the bright side, I have a nice base burn for my trip to New Orleans. 

I am also up to my eyeballs in school work.  I have lots of projects due and lots of papers to grade and did I mention, I am going out of town this weekend?  I am overworked and totally under compensated–in all departments of life. 

I cannot wait til May 5th and then I get to walk in my Master’s robe and hood across the stage on May 11th.  I’m excited to be done with this phase.  Of course the PhD phase is going to be long, but it opens up so many more doors across the country. 

I will try and post before I leave for New Orleans, but can’t guarantee it, as I am so frickin’ busy.  Otherwise I will fill you in on my fun girls weekend. 

Hope life is treating  you all well.