Mevorah Family: June 2012

I cannot believe that we are leaving in 5 days. There is so much to do between now and Wednesday night before we leave. The movers are coming on Tuesday in the morning and then the carpet cleaners are coming on Wednesday and we're leaving Wednesday at around 10pm. Yes, 10pm. We want to make sure to make it to Vegas before the Property Management Company closes for the day.


We'll be passing by Stockton, Fresno and Bakersfield. I went to college and grad school in Stockton from 2001-2006. I lived in Fresno from 1986-1989 and Bakersfield from 1984-1986. We won't be passing by Colorado Springs, which is where I was born but we'll be closer than we were before.

I am getting anxious to leave Sacramento. I've been here for the majority of my life and I truly dislike change. My mom told me that when I was a child that I threw a tantrum when I found out that we were going to Sunrise Mall instead of Arden Fair. Thankfully, I'm a lot better now. I do know that if we don't like Vegas, that we can always come home to Sacramento. I will always be a California girl at heart. I still consider myself a California girl even though I was born in Colorado.

My last day at Safeway in Sacramento is on Monday. I am sad to be leaving because I have met some amazing people that I do not think I would have met otherwise. As much as I hate retail and working in the deli, I truly appreciate the friendships that have come out of working at Safeway. I start at Von's (Safeway is the umbrella company and Von's is one of their stores) on July 2nd. I also need to set up my interview with the Clark County School District for Substitute Teaching. If I cannot secure a full time teaching job for the school year, then I would be more than happy to work at Von's and substitute 4-5 days a week.

The next few days are going to be complete chaos. Jason's boss here in Sacramento is taking us out to dinner tonight and then I'm going to be packing all day tomorrow. Jason will be in Chico for a fraternity reunion so I can blast my music (pop hits from the 80's, 90's and today and Broadway musical soundtracks).

The marathon was a flop. I wrote a review on active.com

For my 7th marathon, I decided to do the California Run Festival. I was very excited to do a trail run and was hoping for a PR.

The race started off fine but the chaos began when we got to the first turn. The volunteers didn't know what direction the course headed. There were two options and a bunch of us picked the wrong direction and ran past a whole flock of sheep. I think we added on 2 miles to our trek. It began to feel like "pick your own adventure."Once we got back to the "course", there was a sign for 5K/10K but in direction of where the marathon was supposed to be headed.

The rest of the course was pretty easy to navigate and I finished the first loop... or so I thought. I embarked on the second loop of my journey and when I finished, someone asked me if I had done the other part of the course. I was incredibly confused. Evidently there was another part of the course that I had missed the first time around. At that point, I was on the verge of just calling it a day.

The next time around, I navigated the other part of the course, which was a maze. I'm not even sure if I ran it correctly. At that point, I began to put the idea of a PR out the window and I decided to just enjoy the views.It was a very pretty race and it was nice for my boyfriend to be able to bring the dogs out during the race.

My suggestions for next year would be to have better signage. The color coding system was good but not good enough. From the runners standpoint, it is necessary to see big gaudy signs telling us which direction we should be heading in. The arrows were helpful but they weren't big enough and sometimes they were pointed in the wrong direction. I truly think mile markers would help out tremendously. Additionally, the volunteers need to know the course.

Overall, I had a good time out there. I'm not sure how many miles I did but it was a very scenic journey.For my 7th marathon, I decided to do the California Run Festival. I was very excited to do a trail run and was hoping for a PR.

The race started off fine but the chaos began when we got to the first turn. The volunteers didn't know what direction the course headed. There were two options and a bunch of us picked the wrong direction and ran past a whole flock of sheep. I think we added on 2 miles to our trek. It began to feel like "pick your own adventure."Once we got back to the "course", there was a sign for 5K/10K but in direction of where the marathon was supposed to be headed.

The rest of the course was pretty easy to navigate and I finished the first loop... or so I thought. I embarked on the second loop of my journey and when I finished, someone asked me if I had done the other part of the course. I was incredibly confused. Evidently there was another part of the course that I had missed the first time around. At that point, I was on the verge of just calling it a day.

The next time around, I navigated the other part of the course, which was a maze. I'm not even sure if I ran it correctly. At that point, I began to put the idea of a PR out the window and I decided to just enjoy the views.It was a very pretty race and it was nice for my boyfriend to be able to bring the dogs out during the race.

My suggestions for next year would be to have better signage. The color coding system was good but not good enough. From the runners standpoint, it is necessary to see big gaudy signs telling us which direction we should be heading in. The arrows were helpful but they weren't big enough and sometimes they were pointed in the wrong direction. I truly think mile markers would help out tremendously. Additionally, the volunteers need to know the course.

Overall, I had a good time out there. I'm not sure how many miles I did but it was a very scenic journey.