There have been three noteworthy events since I wrote last--marathon, trip to New York and Joan's graduation.
First, Debbie and I were in the Lincoln Marathon again on the first Sunday in May. The entrant limit was raised to 6000 this year, so imagine our surprise when Niki bounded through the throng outside the football stadium to greet us. As you can see, she was more athletically dressed than her elderly relatives.
Neither Debbie nor I had done any "training" prior to the race so we were a bit concerned about our stamina for 13 miles. One of us was able to match last year's pace and one of us tried to keep up with a younger sister, but after about 4 miles, gave up and walked at a more reasonable rate :) My assistant from work also did the marathon, so she and I had several hours to visit as we looked at houses, landscaping, other walkers, etc. My time was >30 minutes longer than last year, but I didn't care at all, until this week that is, when all the Fillmore County participants' names and times were listed in the Geneva paper. All the others were runners, so my 3 hour, 45 minute time was considerably more than the others.My second event was to spend two days riding with Mark as he drove to his internship site--Turning Stone, a golf resort in Verona, NY. It's quite impressive; you can see it at turningstone.com. I know he was nervous about spending so much time with his mother trapped in a car for an 18 hour drive, but at the end, he said it didn't feel like we had been driving for two days. I saw it as a huge gift, having the time to tell him about the day we found out we were going to have twins, the day he and Beth were born when we were on every prayer chain in Geneva, and other memorable times. He seemed to enjoy the stories. He left me at the Syracuse airport to fly home; he'll be there until November. There are nine interns from all over the US and Mark is the only one from the midwest; they live in intern housing in Oneida, a small town near Turning Stone.
This is one of the two hotels (includes a casino and spa) & the golf practice dome.
There are three golf courses and two clubhouses, which is where Mark will be working.
It was very hard to leave him so far from home where he knew no one, but he's braver than his mother so was able to fight down his apprehensions and is now (according to his phone calls) enjoying his grand adventure.
Last Friday, the Bull family gathered in Manhattan for Joan's graduation. It was an impressive ceremony and we were all bursting with pride at her accomplishment.
Here she is getting hooded--Dr. Talbott!! Proud brothers...........
Proud parents.....
When Allison graduated from Wesleyan with her BSN, she didn't want to go through the ceremony and we respected her wishes, although I was disappointed. For the time being, I'll have to experience graduations vicariously through family members, so I was glad to see Suzanne's pictures. Congratulations to you!!We were surprised and happy that Theresa came from OK City; here we are..........
Stan and I are heading to Syracuse tomorrow for his 40th class reunion. How is that possible?!? I won't be able to attend Football 101 this year, but if any of the cousins go, please publish a post afterwards, OK?
Love, Nancy
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