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I KNEW this week was going to be insane before it started.


hence my tattoo for the week
No, it's not real.  
I've been on a bit of a tattoo kick lately.  I really would like one, but I'm definitely too indecisive for anything like that so I draw pictures depending on my mood.
This is tree pose.  I love that your feet keep you grounded, think of it like a tree's roots.  the things and people that are always there for you no matter what.  Then you have your branches and fingers to move around with what life sends you.  There's more to that description, but there's the short form.  
I wanted to keep myself grounded as I prepared for the week of insanity.


It started Monday at work.  (Yes, I work Tuesday-Saturday, but people don't always respect that schedule.)  We went to a school for their first day.  (track E CPS schools started monday) It went pretty well, just exhausting, as usual.  But the BEST part was what we saw roaming the halls as school was starting.
Yep, a mariachi band!  that was an AWESOME surprise =)


Today was another dome outing.  It was early and i had a 9 mile run to get in this morning so i got up at 4:30 to make it all happen.  not something i want to do everyday, but i did really enjoy watching the sunrise during my run.  





although i did not enjoy the swarms of gnats i ran through.  is it season for them or something right now?  they seem to be everywhere.
but during lunch today my co-worker and i went to the national museum of mexican art.  so that was super fun and a nice surprise.


i got back beyond exhausted, but made my way out to dinner with a friend anyway.


i guess it's time to get back to going to schools again with the dome.  which is so strange because it doesn't seem that long ago that it was the last day of school and here it is the first day of school again.
oh how time flies
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