OMG, y’all!!! What an afternoon! Here’s the story:
A little while back, I received an email from the Mississippi Blues Marathon inviting me to apply to be a Race Ambassador for their 2016 event. Now, I know that they didn’t single me out specifically but still, it was nice and I applied. Then I promptly forgot about it.
I do things like that. Forget, I mean.
I have learned not to get up my hopes on things. Especially the NYC Marathon lottery. I’ve tried the last two years in a row and they STILL have not let me in their race…but that’s a totally different story.
Anyway, I drove to Starkville, Mississippi, early this afternoon to pick up my mom for a trip to Walmart. While I was waiting on my mom, my phone blipped. I glanced down and saw that it was an email from the Mississippi Blues Marathon coming in.
I wondered, ?????
So, while mom was finishing up, I opened the email.
“You’re receiving this email because we’ve selected you to be part of our new Blue Crew, supporting and promoting the Mississippi Blues Marathon!…..”
Now, you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I get just a tad excited about stuff. Just a tad. I want you to know, I tried very, very hard to maintain my composure. Seriously! What I really wanted to do was do a happy dance and shout for joy!!! Woo-Hoo!!! Sqquuueeee!!!!!
My mom was very kind. “That’s nice. Good for you.” kind of stuff. That was nice. 🙂
We went to Walmart and shopped. Got back to their house and chatted for a bit. I was dying to go home and get online and post about the Mississippi Blues. It was killing me!!! Hahaha!
Towards the end of my visit, my phone rang. It was my running buddy, Bonnie!
I was trying to figure out why in the world she was calling me. I answered the phone.
“Girl! Did you check your email!?!” she yelled into the phone.
Immediately I knew she was a Race Ambassador, too! She gets as excited as I do. HA!
I yelled back into the phone, “You got it, too!!! YAY!!!”
Hahaha!!!! Any resemblance of acting mature, composed…anything, flew out the window! It was soooo bad! HA!
Bonnie and I were both yelling into the phone because we were both so excited! I cannot tell you how strange that must’ve looked to my parents.
Funny stuff!!!
I got home, put Paxton out and then parked myself firmly in front of my laptop and posted to my little hearts delight. Then I got on Instagram. Then back to FB because I thought of a few places I had missed. Then to MFP. I’m really rather pathetic!
So, now here I am telling you about it, too!
The Mississippi Blues Marathon held the applications to be a Race Ambassador for the entire country and only selected 20 runners. This truly is an honor and I am humbled (and excited).
I think I’m pretty calm about the whole thing. Don’t you? 😉
Keep your eyes open about this event. January 9, 2016 in Jackson, Mississippi. I have a $10.00 discount code for registration. MHMBM19. Feel free to use it! I would love to meet you in Jackson for the #1 Marathon in Mississippi!!! Great race. Great people. Blues bands everywhere along the course and afterwards. Super post race food! Can’t beat the Blues!
http://www.msbluesmarathon.com/blues-news.html
