What a week!

So what a great week and weekend it was - filled with lots of great weather, great stuff brewing at work and a quick trip to DC for some soccer (nothing like converging on a place crawling with buff soccer players...oh, and congrats US Men for 6-1 victory over Cuba and good luck in Trinidad & Tobago this Wednesday!) and to see The Best Damn Running Partner that Lives Nowhere Near Me, Kerry. She gave me the kick in the butt I needed to kick up my training for 12.7. We did this of course over a couple of glasses of wine and some great food at the Chophouse thanks to Meaghan and David!

The best news of the week though came on Tuesday, 10.7. My new niece Ellie Rose made her way into the world. She's the 4th daughter of my sister and bro-in-law John. In addition to being super mom, she's also another running partner of mine when she's not off having babies all the time! In fact, she kept running into her 7th month or so of the pregnancy (over the Brooklyn Bridge) and she'll be out there again as soon as she gets the green light from the doctor. And, no rest for the weary, this time next year she'll be completing the Westchester Marathon! Me, probably the half and will cheer her Finish on with her four girls by my side!

So, we all welcomed Ellie Rose, a possible future runner! Her big sisters CeCe and Carrie Anne have already run a couple of races and it's only a matter of time before other big sis Mary Grace (22 mos) stops running around in circles and I get her to the track!

Cheers to Ellie Rose and thank you for the reminder of miracles happening every day on this earth!