How is it that I have another cold? This year is ridiculous. I’m so over it already. You’d think I didn’t get enough sleep or eat well, but I honestly think I treat myself well and get plenty of sleep, exercise, vitamins and nutrients. I also wash my hands a lot…I’m blaming my students

So instead of being out to dinner at House of India with Louie and his family, I decided it would be best if I stayed home and rested (and stayed near kleenex.)

Last night we had a low key evening—dinner at Bahn Mi So 1 with Louie. We split the bean curd spring rolls (the best!) and I had a tofu curry dish which was delicious. We split the mung bean pudding for dessert, and I would highly recommend you do the same. It might sound weird, but I promise, if you like rice pudding you’ll like it! After dinner we watched a few episodes of The Americans and dreamed about being spies.

I had to get up really early today to head downtown. April and I had signed up to volunteer for the Girls on the Run 5k. We were course marshals, which meant we were in charge of watching a small intersection and not letting anyone through. We only had about 3 people drive up to it—one guy wanted to know how to get to the highway and we tried to help him. Two other women needed to get to a bank for work, and we couldn’t help them. (I did suggest parking and walking, but they insisted they had to park in the garage.)

I’d brought some cowbells for us to cheer on the girls, and I was glad we did! One thing that I was surprised by was how many of the runners wanted a high five. While I will do a high five or a fist bump with friends, it’s not my favorite thing to do with strangers. I kept finding myself get stuck doing a few in a row–I mean, the kids are sweet so you can’t flat out refuse…but you can try to pretend you are too busy ringing your cowbell?! But I’m glad we volunteered. It was good to see the other side of a race and get to help the runners have a good time.

And the Volunteer shirts were PURPLE. Though they look blue to me in this photo…

Manning our station.

Girls on the Run! It’s a good program and we saw kids of all ages (boys too) running, walking, and pushing themselves to do their best. I hope everybody had a good time!

And an early Happy Mother’s Day to my mom (or late, or just on time!) I’m not sure if this cold means that the hike tomorrow will fall through…it goes to show that you can’t plan everything and that some things are just out of your control. Or it goes to show that the universe is conspiring to keep me from doing day long hiking trips when I plan them, since a similar thing happened in April. Like I said, I’m over this. I guess I’m not eating enough oranges or something.

I guess I’m feeling a little bit down. Sigh. This too shall pass.