Back to Work and Go Shelby!

so, today is over and done.  I'm officially back to work.  On one hand- ugggggh.  and on the other- it was nice.  It was a good first day.  Mason woke up at 3 a.m. ate very nicely and went right back to sleep.  It was Mama that couldnt go back to sleep though- too much on my mind.  Alarm went off at 5:15 and I was able to get ready for my day without a worry since Mason was still snoozing away.  Grandma Paula arrived at 6:30 and Mason man woke up with smiles.  Its so nice when he wakes up not starving!  I said my goodbyes and was out the door.  My first two hours flew by- mostly deleting emails and cleaning off my desk.  Then I went to the book fair and bought Mason a book!  Then Tracy and I went to Davenport for a Corporate recognition event.  I wasn't sure what to expect since I didnt have much to do with the event but was happy when they put me right to work! One part of the presentation had a video called "Abigails Story" (its going to be on http://www.genesishealth.com/).  It was about a couple who had their baby at 30 weeks and she spent time in the NICU- it was interesting to hear their story about how they had no time to react and the shock and crazy day they had when they had to do an emergency c-section.  Luckily for me, the video had some technical problems and they had to stop it...b/c the tears were about to come. By the time we got back to DeWitt it was pretty much time to head off to Aunt Shelbys Conference Cross Country meet!  She did sooo awesome!  Improved her time by over a minute from September 25th when she ran there and she was the 2nd Saber to finish! She also secured her varsity spot for districts next week- where they have a small chance at qualifying for state.  They have a very small chance behind Assumption, Wahlert and Mt. Vernon-Lisbon who are all ranked but if they can improve their time a little more- ya never know.  Anyway, I'm super proud of her for not giving up this season (not that I ever thought she would).  She started the season slow- running on JV, finishing 8th for the Sabers and has kept working hard at practice!  I have a feeling she works way harder than I ever did.  Shes awesome. Looking forward to districts next week (at Anamosa again!) and hopefully the Saber girls can pull off a little upset and we can head to Fort Dodge!