Happy St. Patrick's Day, Y'all!

We found a wee Leprechaun, but nary a rainbow nor pot of gold in sight.

View from the Street.

This past weekend we took the kids into San Francisco to participate in the St. Patrick's Day parade. A work comrade of my husband's invited us to walk in the parade with him and his family. We thought the kids would really get a kick out of it, so we willingly obliged.  It ended up being one of the funnest things we've done since we moved to California.

A little pre-parade reflection primping.

After a quick lesson in flag waving, we were off and marching.

While marching in the parade, I had an exceptional vantage point for all the colorful characters lining the parade route.  Indulge my rather blurry photos, because I found some of them quite comical.

My children were convinced this was a leprechaun.  I didn't have the heart to disagree.

I suspect this gentleman had no formal affiliation with the parade. He did have a homemade Segway constructed with a stool and a lawn mower motor.  He zipped all around us on the parade route, circling the vehicles.

Could this baby all decked out in his Irish gear be any cuter?

I thought this group of young folks was particularly festive.

Check out these smiling Irish eyes.

The most important thing I learned was when marching in a parade behind the horses, you have to watch your step and the step of your young children marching behind said horses.

Graduation Day.

Today is a graduation day, of sorts.  Nine weeks ago I started the Couch to 5K running program along with two of my friends.  Today, I completed Week 9 Day 3 of the program and I've officially graduated. I completed today's 5K training run in 39 minutes, or about 13 minutes per mile. It's not going to win me an Olympic medal, but I'm proud of it.

It's hard for me to believe that I've consistently kept up my exercise at least three days a week for the last NINE weeks.  It's almost unbelievable to me at this point.

My New Year's resolution was to complete the program and run a 5K.  We're scheduled to run our first 5K on March 21st.

I'm going to go celebrate this milestone with a shower!!