First Annual Fallin Family Turkey Trot

Talk about looking at life through different eyes, look what Margaret and I are planning for Thanksgiving Day Morning! Several of my family has responded that they will be there! Probably a lot of Walkers and a few Fool Hearty Runners, but it is better than lying around on the sofa!

First Annual Fallin Family Turkey Trot

Have you have ever wanted to enjoy your Thanksgiving Dinner without feeling too guilty afterwards? Or, have you ever just wanted a good excuse to eat a little bit more? Join Margaret and I at Vastwood Park (Hawesville, KY) at 9:00 AM on Thanksgiving Morning for a Fitness Trail Walk/Run. Margaret and I will lead the running group and I am looking for a volunteer to lead the Walking Tour. Plan on a hour plus or minus visiting time and a little stretching time. We look forward to seeing you there and burning off a few pounds or making room for an extra piece of Pie (Harold). Please forward this invite to anyone in the friends and family circle that you see I have left out and please feel free to bring friends. Drop me a line and let me know if you plan on coming, thanks and Happy Turkey Day!

Thought of the Week from My Aunt Sarah's Trainer

Every Friday I look forward to receiving Urban Fit Facts from my Aunt Sarah. It feeds the mind with good and inspirational thoughts and ideas on how to live a wellness lifestyle. Her trainer always ends with a saying of the week and I thought this one was quite applicable to how this Project is so successful. It is as follows:

Collaborate

Be the light that others can come to with their ideas, visions and dreams! Never doubt that blending your talents with those of others can change the world!

I know that my collaboration with Chris and my fellow test pilots has changed the way I see the World, and that is good enough!

Namaste!~

Grant Park and Random Thoughts!

I know that my blog is supposed to be about my project, but I had an incredible experience a couple of weeks ago and I just had to share. As many of you know my candidate won the presidential election and I was so Happy! But I could not have imagined how crazy my election day was going to be when I got up! Before I left Indianapolis on Monday I was trying to figure out a way to get off my connecting plane on Tuesday night and stay in Chicago for the "potential" acceptance speech, but I thought it was a pipe dream. I was meeting with Michigan State on Tuesday Morning (I had voted three weeks earlier) and was scheduled to fly back to Chicago on my way to Indianapolis at 5:50 PM. In the meantime, Aquinas College had asked me to stop by Grand Rapids while I was in Michigan, so I pushed my flight back to 7:50 PM. As I am in East Lansing I get an e-mail from mt Aunt Sarah and it it is a picture from Grant Park that simply says, "Guess where I am?". I responded with the message, got room in your hotel room for me. She told me she did, but she was concerned about me being able to get in to the hotel because the President-Elect was in her hotel! I decided I have to find a way to do this with out costing my Company ANY extra and without costing me a fortune! I called American Airlines and they wanted nearly $350 to allow me to switch my connecting flight to the next day! I knew I could not justify that expense, but I thought speaking to someone in person is more effective! So I flew to Chicago on my 7:50 PM flight and with the time change I landed at about the same time. I walked through the airport and looked for an American Airlines employee that I thought had a good spirit, I found two people that were the right people. They switched my connection at NO cost! I grabbed a ticket for the Train and headed downtown. I got to my Aunt's hotel and security is everywhere and entertainment tonight is out front trying to catch someone famous. I meet my Aunt Sarah and her co-worker Barry Russell who were both in Chicago for the National Association of College Auxiliary Services. I grabbed a Salad, changed clothes and the only Project Related thing was, I ran the mile and half to Grant Park and made it just in time to hear the beginning of the speech. It was INCREDIBLE! I stood among hundreds of thousands of people in Grant Park and there was so much joy and fellowship that it was Awesome! As a Political Science major that comes from a family that has always been in Politics, I have often been envious of people that have lived in the times of some of the Great Leaders in US history! I have waited most of my life to be inspired by someone! To hear someone that reminded me of Lincoln, or FDR, or JFK or Martin Luther King, Jr. and at that moment I knew I was at that point! The most amazing thing occurred as we all walked out of Grant Park shoulder to shoulder. People chanted his name, and sang the National Anthem together, it was incredible! I promise to blog soon about the Project, but I had to share my incredible experience!