The Lost Tooth

I arrived early to pick up the kids from school yesterday and my son was the last one out. When he finally moped through the double doors his teacher asked him, "Did you find it?" He shook his head trudged over to me and offered me a toothless grin. He lost one of his two front teeth! And then he lost one of his two front teeth. Somewhere, in the plastic corner of a labeled baggy, a front tooth is wedged, cold, and alone. I vacillated between the generous and non-generous tooth-fairy in me. Do I sneak some money despite the absence of a tooth? What is the statute of limitations on time of payment after a tooth is lost, and found. I decided to wait. The tooth may show up at school or in the crevice of a backpack and if it doesn't, I'm sure the tooth-fairy will accept a note. She's very understanding, this tooth-fairy.

In other news:
Now hear this! My running spirit can not be broken! Oh, but the adversary forces will try. I have split my jogs between my gym and the campus gym since I am spending more time at school these days. I have a locker with shampoo, conditioner, body wash, and a towel ready for my use. On Monday, everything was spectacular. I ran, I showered, I dressed. Granted the treadmills are big and non-bouncy, so the run was a bit harder than usual. These treadmills are designed to simulate running on pavement which explains my fatigue yesterday. Today however, the first treadmill I started running on stopped working after five minutes; the speed buttons were being stubborn and refusing to change my pace. So, I moved over to the next treadmill and everything was fine. Then I got in the shower and again, after about three minutes, the water went completely cold. I was FREEZING! I actually turned off the water to apply conditioner and body wash with the intention of just turning it on to rinse quickly and then get out, but when I turned it back on, the warmth slowly returned and I was able to thaw out before wet-footing it back to my locker. WTF?!

The nice thing is that my runners-high has lasted all day and none of those tiny obstacles stood in my way.  Tomorrow, however, I may need a nap.