another marathon visitor

Overboard's childhood friend, Michelle, came in from Iowa to watch her brother run the Chicago Marathon. The bonus was that she stayed with us the night before and got to meet Mr. Kenny.

Michelle is an outstanding writer and raconteur, and had us all in stitches with her stories, especially the ones involving her and Overboard's youth summer camp experiences. Apparently, camp memories are all about perspective. While Overboard LOVED being at camp and naturally assumed that everyone else felt the same, Michelle was not such a fan. She had me rolling when recounting how, as an 11 year old, she worked out a "deal" with her high school aged counselor involving reading said counselor's summer reading list Russian literature classic in return for being excused from physical activity. As Overboard said, incredulously, "I mean, who does that?"