Post Race Kaos

As I said before, little has slowed down now that the race is over.  I am still working on the paper work.  It has been amazing though.  I feel as though I actually accomplished something.  Not that the laundry and making dinner are not something.

I have seen articles in several papers about the race.  We were the front page story in the Catholic Herald.  The Herald even sent a photographer to cover the race.  He sent me an email the other day and included his entire archive of the photos from the race.  He said he wanted to contribute to the cause.  I have included some of those photos.

I feel as though I could not get much more uncomfortable with this baby though.  I even washed up the car seat yesterday.  My hubby helped put everything back together, and I could tell he was grateful for not having to do it on his own.  ( Is using a q-tip to clean out all the little corners overboard? or just another aspect of nesting?)

Last night we all went to the Hubby's softball game.  This is his last early game.  He has one more game next week, but it doesn't start until 8 and that's when the children start going to bed.  Besides it is getting pretty cold once that sun goes down.  Last night was cold.  We took thermoses of hot chocolate with us.  Although the children didn't seem to mind, they played on the playground more than watch the game anyway.  I am sad for the loss of fall.  It is only a short time away.   Halloween in around the corner and then the snowfall.  Thankfully, I will be busy with the baby and hopefully snuggled up warm inside the house. 

Okay, back to the paper work.

Run update

I can breath a little easier these days since the race was on Sunday.  It was a beautiful day and everything came together in time.  We had insurance, t-shirts looked great and about 80 people registered the day of the race.  This gave us a total of 204.  We had about thirty volunteers doing all sorts of things to make sure all ran smoothly.  And in the end we raised just over $2,000. after all the bills were paid. 

I am humbled to say the least at how well things turned out.  This was the first year and it was a lot of work.  It was amazing to see all the family, friends and complete strangers who came out to support the cause of life.  It was not perfect, but what man made invention is?  There is plenty of room for improvement.  But for the most part surveys indicated that participants were very satisfied with the overall experience and that they would come back next year, many said they would bring more people with them. 

I think that in the back of my mind I thought that once the race was over I could relax a little.  I have slowed down, but there is still some work to be done to get all my ducks in a row for this year, and then we could start to plan for next year.  I am hoping that next year will be a little less labor intensive.  Some things can be used again and there by increase the money raised for the pregnancy help centers.  I also need to write a huge stack of thank you to all those who worked so hard to help me make this dream a reality.

Hopefully I will get some pictures posted soon.  Next big event is the auction to raise money for my daughter's school in three weeks.  Followed by the baby in four.  And some where in there the hubby and I are supposed to go on this business trip to the Dells.  Let's hope I don't have a baby there.

The Panic

We have about four days and counting until race day.  I wish that I could say that all is set.  I wish that I could tell you that I am very excited at over 100 participants who have already registered.  However, I can not.  I am still waiting for the official proof of insurance to come through.  If I don't get that, I have to call all those people and cancel.

I am learning a lot of patience.  I am praying almost constantly that all goes well.  Most importantly, I am learning to delegate some tasks so I am not so overwhelmed.   And I am learning to let go of certain aspects of my vision. At this rate I doubt that we will raise any money for the pregnancy help centers.  I have come to terms with just having a fun event that raises awareness of the need to save the unborn. 

That is just the race.  I don't even want to talk about the constant contractions most days and the fact that I haven't even packed a bag yet for the hospital.  Well, the baby will just have to wait.  At least until the weekend is over.  I will have to leave it here for now.   It is almost time to pick-up the kindergartner.  It was picture day today at school.  Hopefully, the girls' hair held out until they said, "cheese".