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13.1 miles, yes please! Yesterday was a great day. Kirby, Deborah and I all finished 13.1 miles in the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. There were about 21,000 people in total of all the races ran that day. We started off at about 6:30, it was crazy with all those people at the starting line. We ended up having to crawl through these fence/gate things in order to get in line. The gun went off and we were off to the races! I was a little nervous about that race, but by the time the gun went off it was more just excitement about running my first half marathon, what an adrenaline rush, seriously. We chatted and chatted through all neighborhoods and streets. Sometimes there were bands playing and sometimes people cheering on the sides of the streets waiting for their Aunt Rhonda or whoever to run by them, it was great. We got to the last corner to turn to finish and I'm pretty sure we were all smiles from that point on. All the thousands of people cheering as we crossed the finish line, it was such an amazing accomplishment for all of us! I don't think I can think about the race without smiling, well today I'm a bit sore, but tomorrow, it'll be better. I am hoping that I can run another one sometime this summer with my sister (she doesn't know that) or with mom or brother. Anyways, Hope you had a wonderful day!

-Andrea

In less than a week I will be in home sweet home, Oregon! Can't wait until after finals when I have time to soak up that last few days in Oklahoma!

Don't worry, I still love Boyz II Men

I never thought it would happen, but it did. I look back at where I was a year ago at this time. So ready to be home in Oregon with all my family. Yes, I would still love to be with my family in Oregon, but I never would have thought I would debate staying in the heat of Oklahoma for a summer. It must be a God thing. I debated transferring at this time last year, but I knew it just wouldn't have felt right so I stuck it out. This year has been completely opposite of last year.
For starters, I don't have a broken foot and am running my first half-marathon next sunday with Kirby, Deborah, Teaven and Sarah. It has the potential to be a little rough, due to the fact that we haven't ran in the last week but we'll stick it out. Oh yeah, and I've realized that in order to get to know people it takes a little bit of work. And it also has the potential to be really awkward but that eventually goes away, hopefully haha. I truly just can't get over how great of an impact the people here have had on my life in these past 8 months. It never hit me until I realized my sister is graduating in two weeks, it's crazy. I wish I could slow time, but I can't wait to continue growing and see what's in store for the rest of my years at OC.
With that I leave you with this:


I just love this picture.

P.S. 12 days until we hit the road!