Way out of the loop!

I'm so far behind on blogging!  Just can't keep up with it all. 

Season has started in Naples.  Which means for the full-timers, our town is taken over.  It takes twice as long to get anywhere, you have to watch for your life in parking lots, grocery stores are a serious test of patience, and restaurants are too packed to even try to go out to eat. 

Went to lunch at Shula's yesterday with the Greater Naples Phi Mu alumnae group.  I'm the president of the group, even though I have a hard time keeping it all together.  We have a lunch scheduled monthly that sometimes included business meetings.  November is always an auction that we call the Make It/Bake It/Donate It.  We all bring items and auction them off to each other to raise money that we give out in December to a charity.  We had an assortment of items and 8 ladies.  I scored a candle and a tin of chocolate chip cookies.  We raised almost $100 and will decide where to donate.  It's a small group but we do our best to stick with the Phi Mu Philanthropy goals. 

Got home just in time to get ready then for the Sunset & Suds 5K.  This was a local race to benefit the Rotary Club that was not contracted to GCR, so we actually got to go and participate with no work to do.  Since we have the 20K on Sunday, this 5K was done as a casual tempo run.  Turned out to almost be a 5K PR for me at 28:00 for 3.06 miles - about a 9:10 pace.  Having that pace at an "easy" run is really great for me.  I'm looking forward to really pushing it and seeing what I can do later in the season at some official measured 5K's. 

Looking so forward to a casual Saturday today.  Lots of email to catch up on and laundry and weeding.  But otherwise I plan to take it easy - which I LOVE!