This week marked the first full week of school for the kiddos. They seem to be settling in nicely. My memories of first days are a bit blurry, but I always remember being very nervous about what the next grade will bring, will my teacher be nice, and whether I might poop or pee my pants on that first day (no one wants to associate with that kid -- for the record this never happened). It was always nice to rekindle friendships that had a summer of seperation, and you never knew if there was a new friend waiting around the corner.
As adults we don't get many first days or maybe we don't get first days that bring the emotions that kids experience on their first days. I am always amazed at how bravely my kids go about what we ask of them. Example...they both went to a Y camp this summer, and they knew absolutely no one, and yet they put their shoes on and hit the ground running. As adults, we are able to draw upon our experience to make walking into a room not knowing anyone much easier on ourselves. What do kids have? Most five and seven year olds are not well versed on conversation starters, so they go about being themselves. I think it would be nice to bring your trueself to those situations, but too often we have to feign interest in conversations about the weather or sports to build relationships. Challenge for the week, let's all try and bring a little bit of our true-selves to a new situation this week.
Training has gone well this week, in large part because the weather has been much nicer. An early wake-up tomorrow to tackle a twelve miler to bring this weeks tally to 23 miles . Anyone interested in joining?
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