I decided to join my coworkers and signed up for the Kaiser sponsored run in San Francisco last Sunday.  I registered for 5K while the rest of the girls signed up for 10K.  I had to wake up at 5am that morning and met up with Nicole at her house, then she drove us up to Golden Gate Park.  We were in the midst of the storm last weekend, but fortunately we had a break that morning and our drive was smooth.  We picked up our bibs and met up with a couple more girls before the run began.  The 5K race started first and so I took off with the other 3000 5K runners. The park was beautiful and it was nice to walk and jog through it.  After a couple of miles, I started jogging consistently and I ended up keeping the same pace until the end.  I finished my race in 40 minutes, and I was happy with that.  I was surprised that they gave out medal for this run and I got another nice long sleeve shirt for completion too.

    Nicole and latter other girls finished their 10K, and we walked around to check out the expo.  I ran into some old coworkers from Oakland days and also met up with Jennifer and her family too.  It was starting to drizzle on and off again, so it was time to head out.  Nicole and I decided to just walk from 48th Ave there back to our car at 17th Ave.  We walked, talked and jogged, and eventually made it back.  I ended up with 16,000 steps when I got home.

    After lunch and a short nap later, I felt better.  I was able to join the boys and Stuart for some tennis in the afternoon.  The rest of the evening we watched Superbowl and relaxed in the house.

   Two weeks ago we had the parent teacher information night at Bret Harte.  The boys were invited to stay at Cole’s house, so Stuart and I could both attend.  It was nice to meet the principal there and to hear an overview of our new school.

    Then last week was a school tour for the students.  Logan chose me to go with him, so on Wednesday after dropping off Connor at school, Logan and I walked to Bret Harte.  I looked forward to this day, and Logan seemed excited to have this visit as well.  The big group of parents and students was divided into 4 small groups and each was led by an advisor and an 8th grader to share her experience.  We were taken to the cafeteria, the library, the pool, playground, and some interesting elective classrooms, like robotic and computer room.  The advisor shared many good information and answered the parents’ questions.  It was very nice for both Logan and I had this overview of his new school and we both felt more comfortable after this tour.  Afterward we had to walk very fast to return to Graystone as Logan did not want to be the last one coming back to his class.  We made it back just in time before his recess, and I could return to work.

    Coach Bob had agreed previously to take the boys in for a semi private lesson but unfortunately he had not found a time slot.  We decided to sign up for another intermediate group class, so we all could spend one hour a week to play.  When we showed up to the first class two weeks ago, coach approached me and offered me an hour on Sunday late afternoon.  He felt that it would be more beneficial for him to work more closely with the boys and told me to cancel the group class.  I was excited that he finally offered us a time, but of course the first Sunday was raining.  Finally we had a nice Sunday last weekend.  While the boys hit with the coach, Stuart and I played a nice match together.  Watching the boys periodically, they did fine and trying their best.  Glad that they did not tell us afterward that they did not like the class.

     We took a short bike ride on Saturday to get exercise and fresh air.  We had not used our bikes for awhile.  We took the trail to a different direction and headed to the creek for a quick visit.  Fortunately Connor did not have any falls especially since we had forgotten his knee pads.

    Logan had a big project around the holidays.  He was assigned with North Dakota to write about and to make a presentation.  He used Google Slides to make his slides.  He was dragging his feet to work on the project during the holidays, but once he was almost finished, he got more into it and enjoyed perfecting his slides.  Then he was nervous about the presentation.  He prepared his speaker notes and finally he was willing to present to us.  At the end, he did fine in front of the class and he was relieved.

   After this project, Logan was inspired and wanted to make more slides.  Last weekend, he asked us to all do a presentation; we agreed and we decided to present on a planet.  Connor was very excited and Logan was willing to teach him to get started.  We spent less than an hour together to work on our projects, and presented to each other.  Connor did a great job with simple information and good pictures.  Logan’s slides were more sophisticated, and we were impressed how much he could do in the short time.  Stuart and I also presented ours which seemed less exciting after watching the boys’.  Even now, the boys asked to work on making more slides after dinner sometimes. 

    I had taken my birthday off on Wednesday and Stuart took it off as well.  After we dropped the boys off to school, we went for some home remodeling shopping first, then headed over to Santana Row next.  The storm had not arrived yet, thus we were able to walk around the stores for a bit.  Then I chose one of the restaurants for us to have lunch.  We enjoyed some oysters, spicy tuna rolls, grilled fish tacos and crispy Brussel sprouts along with a cocktail and a beer.  After lunch, the rain had started and we headed home to relax for awhile.  That day happened to be a fundraising Diner’s night for school.  By the evening the rain was really coming down, we rather stayed home so we picked up a pizza from that restaurant to enjoy at home while watching the Warriors instead.  We were happy with a win from the Warriors, and we also wrapped up the night with our family favorite ice cream cake for me.

   The Sunday before that, the girls and I had gone out for dinner to celebrate Kathy’s and my birthdays.  We chose a Korean barbeque and hotpot place for dinner. It was nice to see the girls and catch up with them.