Queen Bee Weekend

Oct 13,

I was in Cincinnati this week again for work, with some really long and exhausting days. But I had something special to look forward to as my Sofifi got there Thursday and Lionel and Bella got there on Friday. Bella has her fall break at school and Sofia skipped a couple of classes. 

We enjoyed going to several of our special places including Yagoot, Coffee Emporium, and J Alexanders. And, at my insistence that we do it as a family, we ran together the Queen Bee 4 miler. Sofia was specially not thrilled to be up at that time - especially since she didn’t sleep well - but she felt better after.

I was a bit bummed not to be running the half marathon, the way I always did, but I think my body is done with that. And running the 4 miles was a way to still be part of it. My friend Teresina, who we saw there, is in the same boat as me. We can keep encouraging each other to keep running though, regardless of the distances that we go after. Both Teresina and I got two medals, because we participated in both the Flying Pig in May and the Queen Bee now. And Bella had a great result. She finished as #65 in the entire race (out of like 2,300 people) and was place #5 in her division of 14-17 year old. The rest of us didn’t get such a stellar result, but we also did our best!

I am bummed my Sofifi has left already, and I am waiting for my flight to Boston. Lionel and Bella are staying another day and will fly back to Boston tomorrow.