A Weekend of Firsts
June 14, 2009
Annie Em’s first…
- Half marathon: 2 hours, 8 minutes, 15 seconds (on a forest trail, with many, many rocks, and a few mud puddles).
- Pure Romance party. And no, I didn’t buy anything.
- Graduation ceremony in which the number of graduating students from her once a year online class outnumbered those in all of her 11 live classes combined (and yes, I’m still grading those online final essays).
- E-mail from NPR asking me to develop the Three Books posting into an essay.
June 14, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Congrats, Annie Em! Wow, all of those are awesome!
June 15, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Wow, those ARE cool! Congrats especially on the essay invite!
June 19, 2009 at 8:31 am
That is COOL! You are kicking ass Annie Em.
June 19, 2009 at 10:40 am
Thanks Ink, Bardiac and Dr. No….
I’m struggling getting down to 500 words for NPR (I’m so damned wordy!), and yes, I am so “kicking ass” in this very non-intellectual, non-verbal physical world I’ve entered: I’m doing another half marathon next weekend and hope to beat last weekend’s time (the free beer garden at the end of the race is always a big enticement).
June 19, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Hey Annie Em, if you want an outside read for revisiony purposes on the NPR piece, please feel free to email it to me.
June 20, 2009 at 5:06 pm
That’s soooooo kind, Inky! But hey, let’s say if I’m still editing words by Monday morning, I’m sending it to you;-)
Right now, I’m making ole hubby go thru it once more (I just need to cut 50 more words and, oh, yeah, make it wittier;-(
June 20, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Deal.
Hope you’re enjoying the process. It’s SO cool that you’ll an NPR star now!
June 20, 2009 at 11:04 pm
Um, “you’re,” not “you’ll.” ::blush::