Good News Weekly 12 April 2014

Well, I had these plans to possibly get the good news out early seeing as it was kind of a shortened week.  My man Timah had put the logic together in a short post.

Because Friday is Good Friday and we are off I'm declaring today as Wednesday. We will call it "fake Hump Day!"

But then I fell asleep and then Agents of Shield came on and that was that.  Of course actual Hump Day came and eventually it was bed time and excuses and more excuses.  So here I am on the Friday of the week.  In any case it was a great gathering of good news this week.  Lets get to it and I will start it off.

Good News for the Week of 12 April 2014

•  I had an interesting scare with an extremely low phosphate concentration in my blood.  The interesting part is that when this happens other electrolytes make radical changes along with the phosphate but that did not happen.  The doctors were befuddled which is funnier than you might think.  Then my phosphate levels returned to normal that night and I broke the rules and set a land speed record by getting out in just one day.
• More me.  I put out the notice to save the date for my 39th birthday for a 39 mile run.  More details will be coming soon.
• Donna's daughter, Kelly, turned 14 on Friday and so far she has survived the teenage thing so far.  Also her running buddy is ready to run again and it kicking cancers butt.  She has also come to terms with an internal struggle which is awesome.  Donna also is racing in the Run or Dye this Saturday.
• Tracy reports that her sweet newborn baby is no longer colicy and she is feeling better. 
• Helen is visiting Michael's grandmother who is 93.  That is awesome, thanks to modern technology I can video chat with my grandmother since I am not able to visit her.  
• Laura says it's spring break.  She it taking the time to visit some national parks with the family and some amazing friends.  I have thought about going on the national park circuit but my tendency is to run through them and that will leave out the family.
• Cindy's husband visited the ER and had a stress test and they were all negative (which means good).  Evidently, he is going to de-stress with some machine guns this past weekend.  I remember the soft gentle touch of the firing off an entire mag from a well cleaned M16.  It was like pillows bumping my shoulder.
• Over half of Susan's lab is on mandatory PTO so it should be a quiet week.
• At Alpha Omega Matt and Jen are helping to initiate brothers from Beta Iota for the first time in forty years. Brothers at the Swamp will be awesome.
• Maggie is doing a little spring cleaning and it is going great and it helps relieve the stress.  Also, the last kumihimo class of the season is done.  I don't know how she will go so long without teaching.
• Melissa's mother -in-law took the kids and she had the day to herself and she got garden in piece except for one helpful chicken.
• Jen had a great time at an initiation at the Tampa pre-colony.  More brothers come from Florida.  Awesome!
• Abbey had date night with the "hubby."  I think I remember dating.  Space and I may have actually gone on one recently. 
• Patrick interviewed at the University of Iowa and they want him.  A formal offer is forthcoming, soon.  They also like is idea for a course, Development in Ghana.
• More from Patrick, high of 77 and it is Springfest on campus.  And, there is a shepherd in Scotland that dyes his sheep different colors to delight passers bye.
• Danielle reports, that despite the forecast for a wintery mix, she has finally clear the house of the last signs of winter.  She got her first sunburn of the year and that means it was nice enough to be outside for most of the day.  Perhaps, the rain delayed enough for her to break in her new shoes and/or run some errands on the bike.
• Pam's son Mathew turned 10 on saturday and had a nice day with family and new friends.  She also reports that her mom is driving short distance again.  It is good to see my Aunt regaining her independence.  Great news from the Texas branch of the family.
• Josie took Max and Dolce to the vet and they had clean check ups.  Max is going to be 14 this week and has some old man issues but it is all good.  
• Jen got her spring on last thursday.  She got to play outside in some 75 degree weather.  So lucky you guys are with spring weather.  Not so much of that here in SE Pennsylvania.
• Susan come backs with here Taxes are done had a beautiful day at the beach.  She had dinner with her parents and some aunts.  
• Jason found his lost wedding ring.  Hoorah!  I could imagine the grief that may have caused.
• Diana finished her sixth half marathon and her third one with her mom. Amazing.  The hardest part was not getting to the finish but getting to the start.  Congratulations.

Well, that was bit of great news.  So many victories and so much sharing.  It is such a shame that I got lazy and it took so long for me to get out the post.  I promise to be more diligent in the future.  Of course we know from past data that the trend would have an outlier.  Well, I got some great news to share next week and I hope you guys continue to share.