Think Pink!

The first Saturday in October, my mom, sister and I participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 5K. We had to get up pretty early, but we got lucky with cool, overcast weather. We also lucked out because Jeremy's building downtown is basically where the race started, so I zoomed through traffic paying to park elsewhere and we parked for free right there. (Maybe it's sad we wanted to walk the least amount on our way to a 5K, but that's the Beck girls!)

We met up with the team my mom and I were part of, lead by a friend of my mom's and breast cancer survivor. It took a while to get started and even then, since we were walking and not running, it was really crowded and slow-going. We walked down Allen Parkway away from downtown, turned left up Montrose for one block, turned right onto Dallas, then right again onto Waugh to Allen Parkway and took that back into downtown. I decided next year my mom and I needed to start a "Competitive Walking" section. Especially if I'm walking a 5K before breakfast, I am in no mood to meander. I want to start, walk quickly and be done. We kept getting my mom to do her "mall walk." Though she is a mere 5'-2", my mom propels herself surprisingly quickly through the mall. We had a lot of fun being together and laughed most of the way. It was fun to see all the different teams and their cute team shirts (i.e. "Save the TaTas" and "We Love Jugs").

After the race we got to have brunch at Empire Cafe, which Amanda and I already love and now my mom loves also! It was delicious! Then I napped away most of the day - first a true nap in bed, then I moved onto to couch and still kept dozing off! Good thing there wasn't a UT game on that day.

It was a fun thing to participate in, and even more fun to do together. Thanks, Mom & Amanda!