On a cold grey, misty Saturday morning, I joined thousands of New Yorkers in support of women’s cancer research, sponsored by Revlon. This is one of two charity runs I participate in every year, always in honor of my grandma, who is a breast cancer survivor. Lots of people run or walk in groups, and one of the more creatively named groups I saw was called “Save Second Base.” Luckily it didn’t rain, and I was able to finish in my normal time. Next up, the Koman Race for the Cure!

I arrived at the starting point so early, there were only a couple hundred people there!

This group was identified by their fuzzy blue hats.

Even the canines came out to support the cause!

Cute pink Cadillac, but I didn’t really want to run behind a car leaving a trail of carbon monoxide.

The front of the starting line - most of these people walking, not running the 5K, so you can imagine the chaos in the first mile.

Elvis came to drive the pink Cadillac!

I’m ready to go!

I made it! (yes, I took my camera out of my pocket as I ran towards the finish line)

These people stopped for a hot dog somewhere around mile 2. Seriously. I saw other walkers munching on dirty water dogs as they walked the race route.

This was the crowd of walkers somewhere near the halfway mark, an hour after the race started. How exciting to see so many people participating in this great cause!

One night, when Matthew and his buddy Ness were out, I enjoyed a night to myself. While I relaxed in front of the TV, something near the turtle tank caught my eye, and to my horror, there was an inch long cockroach walking around! I quickly trapped it, since I had been told that if you step on it, you risk squishing eggs onto your shoe and then tracking them around the floor, thus planting roach babies all over your house. Not sure how true that is, but I’d rather not find out, thank you very much. Anyway, I left it on the table for the boys to see how brave I am in the sport of cockroach wrangling.

I dumped the plastic container, roach and all, into the recycling bin outside, and the next day, I placed roach killers all throughout the department.