Welcome to the eleventh instalment of my Thankful Thursday, Taking a Break!
This week I’m focusing on gratitude for taking a break, I’ve definitely been doing in many areas of my life over the past two weeks. I even skipped a week of posting this series!
Here’s my Thankful Thursday for the weeks of June 22 – July 5, 2018!
Things I am thankful for over the past two weeks:
- My carbo-loading dinner with Andrew on Saturday evening before the half marathon (pretzel bites with cheesy dip, chicken pot pie with salad, and yam fries).
- Finishing my half marathon just 40 seconds past 2:30, my goal time due to my hip injury
- My hip injury being finally COMPLETELY HEALED!
- The new Panic! at the Disco album, which is really great
- My two other new favourite songs, Not a Love Song by bülow and by Jocelyn Alice.
- The amazing teacher book club meeting we had about reading a non-fiction book about a person who inspires us (I read I Am Malala, which I will be reviewing on my book blog in the near future)
Tom’s contribution was particularly amusing. - The fun but exhausting weekend of Provincial Regional Championship (PRC) rugby where I coached the VRU N-E-W U16 girls.
My U16 girls, and my co-coach, Georgia! 
The U18 team, which I helped coach at practice, who won bronze! 
My two Sentinel girls who made the U18 team, love them so much <3 - The amount of sleep I’ve gotten over the past few days since work and rugby ended (I slept 10:30-5:30 on Monday night, then went back to bed Tuesday morning at 7:30 and didn’t wake up until 2:30.. bliss).
- Finally, the amount I’ve read since work ended. I’ve already finished three books this month, and I’m starting another today!
My happy place.
And the theme for these two weeks, Taking a Break!
Two major areas in my life are taking a huge break this week: work and running.
First, work!
- The first week covered in this post was the last week of the school year, and aside from invigilating a provincial exam and prepping a modern language educational activity, it was all admin work and prep for next year.
- I don’t usually realize how much work takes out of me until I take a break. I typically get sick right at the start of the Winter holidays, of Spring Break, and of the Summer holidays. It was really nice to have this transition week from full-out working to more relaxed working, to fully off.
- I was so tired by Friday that I fell asleep at my desk after arriving at 7:30 (Good thing I technically don’t start work until 8:30! Don’t get me started on traffic, I’ll go on for days.). It was nice to have no other real responsibilities aside from helping set up at the staff end-of-year party which I helped plan as part of the Social Committee.
Second, running!
- My training for my second (and last) half marathon of 2018 finished up and I ran the race on June 24. The weather was as perfect as could be for the time of year (it did get quite hot toward the end). Along Cornwall Ave, people were on their front lawns spraying us with sprinklers, it was awesome!
- It was a really great way to end off 6 months of training, and now I’m going into my six month off-season with a couple of weeks of post-race rest and planning for my cross-training months which will see me through December. It’s been nice to give my body a break; half-marathon training is quite intense. I don’t think I could ever do a full marathon.
There you have it!
So, that’s my Thankful Thursday list for this week. I hope it inspires you to make your own, and get on that gratitude train!
Peace and love,
Bee