Another April is gone, and another finals week begins. Commencement is a week from yesterday, and (if you haven't heard) Michelle Obama will be speaking at the graduation ceremony at UNI. Controversy surrounds the decision to host her, but the day should be exciting--and somewhat stressful for those of us who are on the commencement committee.
The bad news is that I am still struggling with the kidney stone. The good news is that I have an appointment at Mayo in Rochester on May 10. Without going into detail--and boring folks with my negativity--I have low grade pain much of the time but fortunately it rarely becomes intense. In the few months since this started, I am grateful that the pain hasn't gotten worse overall. It's just discouraging that it continues. I've only missed a couple of days of work, and I am still able to run and work out most days. It could be much worse! The only thing that sucks is that it's been a few months!
I ran a 5k yesterday. It wasn't a fast race at all for me. However, it was mostly college students since it was on campus. After the race, I look around and thought for sure I won my age group because there were so few people over the age of 23--but then I learned the age groups--which were 18 and under, 19 to 40, and 41 and up. I went from first in my age group to probably the slowest 10%! Anyway, it felt good to run a race. I would like to register for a few more (longer ones!) but I hesitate because I don't know what the kidney stone has in the store for me. I will probably put some on my calendar tentatively but not register.
I went to Iowa City today to have lunch with my dad and his wife. After that, I stopped over to see my friend Erin and her husband Cory. It was a fun day and good for me to get out and do something rather than sit around on a Sunday.
On to finals week and graduation!
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