It's the Final Countdown...in more ways than 1

In less than 48 hours, I will have run more distance in one period than ever before. This is from a girl who despised running, who up until training remembers the distinct moment when Coach Donley forced me to run the quarter mile in high school track, thinking that would be the death of me. And now, I loosely utter the words "I ran 5 this morning", not thinking much at all about what I just said. I may be obsessing over this slightly, but I never thought I would make it this far, or anticipate that I would show up on Sunday morning. Thankfully, I had my partner in crime, my best friend Heidi, join me in this adventure, which kept me honest and running. I can't wait to see that finish line.
We have another countdown occurring at the Clark household. Emma has gone 1 week at school with no potty accidents. This, too, has become a slight obsession. Emma has had #1 mastered for some time, but had no interest in using the school bathroom for #2 - yippee for us and laundry :-) Well, she has come home everyday in the same outfit and her teachers are giving her so much praise, that she is so proud of herself. She shows me her daily sheet and points to all "P" notes - which means sent to the potty and SUCCESS. She even gets smiley faces when it's #2. Isn't life grand at 2 years old?!?
And I don't want to leave out Lauren. She is working on her addition tables at school. Brilliant. She brings home papers where she writes in the number in each square and what they equal. 1 + 3 = 4, and all that good stuff. She's also learning about fractions -two halves make a whole, three thirds make a whole, etc.