Memorial Day Weekend

So Friday night was the big dance recital. Megan was in about four dances, including one solo that she did. I may be a biased Dad, but she was totally awesome. It was so much fun to watch her perform, she looked so beautiful and so happy. Her solo performance was amazing and having now been a dancer myself, I understand how hard she worked to put that together.

The Dad's Dance went about as well as we expected. Luckily the bar was set pretty low and I think we barely got over it. I haven't heard that we got signed to any other gigs yet, but we'll see how that turns out. Even if I don't become a professional dancer, it was a lot of fun. It was really about showing the girls that we support their dancing and we now know how hard it really is.

On Saturday I ran a 5K race in Tempe. It is part of the summer series that I signed up for, so it was the first of five races over the next couple of months. I did well, about what I expected. My official time was 26:37, I was hoping to get under 26 minutes. The race didn't start until about 7:45am, which it was getting warm by then. They also didn't have mile markers so I couldn't keep track of my pace as I was running. It was an out and back race so I knew when I was about half-way but that is all. Also with that, the path was pretty crowded and made for some tough going but was not nearly as crowded as Pat's Run.

So I got a SF Marathon Newsletter and there was an article about a company that creates running shirts with your bib printed right on it. That way you don't have to pin your bib onto your shirt while you run. Along with your number, they also can print either your name or a message on the shirt. I was thinking I would get one but I am not sure about what message to put on the shirt. I don't really want to put my name on it because I already know my name, and anyway, I think that would look wierd. So they had some suggestions and I have narrowed it down. I was thinking about letting everyone vote but the turnout may be a little low. I will list the finalist though and if you would like to let me know which you prefer, it would be appreciated. In no particular order:

1. Believe
2. Do or do not....there is no try
3. To believe is to achieve

I kind of liked those three choices but I will also take write in votes if anyone has a better suggestion.

So Memorial Day weekend was great, dancing, running, BBQ & swimming with family. I even watched some baseball and got a nap in. I appreciate all those who have served or are serving our country. (Shout out to Mike, in Iraq...what up Bro?)

Well that is all for now. BTW (that's by the way for you non-hip people), sorry if last week you got several of my post notification things on your FB. I believe there was a technical issue in trying to update FB with my post but since I am technologically inept, I may have overdone it. I will try not to be annoying, I am just trying to be helpful in letting everyone know that my blog had been updated.