{"id":3728,"date":"2016-02-26T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T21:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3728"},"modified":"2016-03-01T08:50:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:50:01","slug":"taper-madness-and-awana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3728","title":{"rendered":"Taper Madness and AWANA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in third grade, (back in 1970?), my parents put me in AWANA Clubs. \u00a0This is a club that churches can run. \u00a0You play games, sing songs, memorize Scripture, earn awards, etc. \u00a0It&#8217;s a nice, wholesome club.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3733\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3733\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3733\" alt=\"awanalogo\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/awanalogo.jpg\" width=\"1475\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/awanalogo.jpg 1475w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/awanalogo-300x132.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/awanalogo-1024x451.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/awanalogo-500x220.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1475px) 100vw, 1475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the staples for this club is the game circle. \u00a0All games, which usually involve running individually or as a team effort, center around the game circle. \u00a0Points are earned and the team with the most points wins.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I started having race dreams. \u00a0Last night in my dreams, I ran my 50 Mile race. \u00a0It. Was. Dreadful. \u00a0The entire 50 Mile race was run around that silly AWANA circle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3729\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3729\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3729\" alt=\"10351013_931850953601708_1859789845739568732_n\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/10351013_931850953601708_1859789845739568732_n.jpg\" width=\"472\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/10351013_931850953601708_1859789845739568732_n.jpg 472w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/10351013_931850953601708_1859789845739568732_n-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/10351013_931850953601708_1859789845739568732_n-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around and around and around and around&#8230;all night long. \u00a0What a night!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3730\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3730\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3730\" alt=\"AWANA Games - Em 012\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AWANA-Games-Em-012.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AWANA-Games-Em-012.jpg 400w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/AWANA-Games-Em-012-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, after about the zillionth time around the circle, they declared that I had run 50 miles. \u00a0Myself and all the other runners.<\/p>\n<p>We stopped running and they got ready to hand out the awards&#8230;.just like they did when I was a kid back in 3rd grade.<\/p>\n<p>First they handed out the overall winner award, then they started handing out the AG (Age Group) awards. \u00a0I came in 4th in my AG. \u00a0I was puzzled seeing as there were only two of us registered in my AG, but I woke up before I could find out why I came in 4th and the only other person in the AG got 1st.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3731\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3731\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3731\" alt=\"dreamanity-dream-interpretation-guide-healing-through-dreams\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dreamanity-dream-interpretation-guide-healing-through-dreams.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dreamanity-dream-interpretation-guide-healing-through-dreams.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dreamanity-dream-interpretation-guide-healing-through-dreams-300x187.jpg 300w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/dreamanity-dream-interpretation-guide-healing-through-dreams-480x300.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dreams are funny that way.<\/p>\n<p>4 days until race day!!!<\/p>\n<p>#IRun4Aiden<\/p>\n<p>#teamZensah<\/p>\n<p>#AbbottWMM<\/p>\n<p>#MoveItMonday Ambassador \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?attachment_id=3732\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3732\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3732\" alt=\"image001\" src=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image001.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image001.png 180w, http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/image001-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was in third grade, (back in 1970?), my parents put me in AWANA Clubs. \u00a0This is a club that churches can run. \u00a0You play games, sing songs, memorize Scripture, earn awards, etc. \u00a0It&#8217;s a nice, wholesome club. 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