Go Reggie Go!

Last week, Reggie told me that they had a race in class to see which 2 boys/girls ran the fastest mile and then the students from the other classes would all race off at some point. He likes to run with his friends and that means they chat and don't run too fast. The girls always beat them and that is what he thought was normal. During the race, the girls ran an 8 minute mile and he and his friend Tyler ran a 10 minute mile. I explained to him that genetically boys were supposed to run faster than girls. It was an interesting thought that he hadn't considered. The next time they ran, he told me he was right behind the girls. I encouraged him to move ahead of them :o).

Well, today was the race and it was sure interesting. The Kindergarteners, 1st and 2nd graders all ran together. They took off sprinting and all of us parents were shaking our heads, knowing they were going to gas out. And, they're off:

The interesting thing with Reggie is that he all of the sudden became competitive and ran the entire way, not jogging, but really running. I was very suprised he didn't stop because they don't usually run like that and as we all know, when you run fast, your legs, lungs and everything else hurts. One of his classmates stopped and was crying to her mom that her chest hurt....it made me smile. He finished in the top 10, with a time of 7:24. I'm not sure I could have kept up! I think he was a bit surprised by his ability as he was sharing with a friend all the people he beat. It was definitely good for his confidence :o).

Lap 3-looks like he was pretty tired, but he kept going :o):

Washer/Dryer:

So, we’ve been wanting a new washer/dryer since we moved here, but never got around to buying one. The washer has been smelling like sewer a lot more frequently and bleach didn’t seem to do the trick, so I had been looking on craigslist for a used set. I found one right here in Livermore, but the people weren’t moving for about 3 weeks, so he held it for us and I have been counting down the days. It is sad when you get so excited about a washer and dryer.

Ryan went and picked it up last week and it was going great until they went to load up the dryer and the guy gave him the gas attachment. This was not in his ad and we have an electric dryer, so Ryan told him that it wasn’t going to work. Unfortunately, he had already paid him and the guy was moving the next day. Unkind words were exchanged, but he ended up taking the set because we didn’t really have any other option. He told me what happened when he got home and I was trying to figure out what we could do. We could use the washer and sell the dryer, but it was a nice front-loading set and they really should stay together, so I was thinking, “great, now we have to start over”. Anyway, it was very disappointing.

Ryan got a bright idea of checking to see if there might be a gas line there and God is good because there was!!! We just had to get the connectors and shut off valve and we were good to go. Several hours later and a couple trips to the hardware store and bingo, we fired it up last night. It seems like any house related project we do has more challenges than it should, so it is nice that this is the first one we have had to do here!