Molly's Molly: 2007

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Again... it's been a while since I've blogged anything. Really my life isn't worth blogging. But I thought I would catch the world up on my 'really exciting' doings...

First I must say "Merry (very late) Christmas" and "Happy (not as late) New Years". I wish the best for everyone in 2008!

Happenings.... Hummmm....

My Grandpa Henry Townsend III passed away at the end of November. He lived to be 91 and simply died of old age. I think it is possibly the best way to go. This brought some unexpected family to town for Thanksgiving. It was great to see them all, but sad to see my Grandpa go.

My mom Sarah, and my Grandpa Henry
at one of the last 'Club Dinners' that I have documented.

Tara and my little cousin Alex

Fall semester ended December 10th, and my roommate Greta graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in Anthropology. Congrats Greta!!

Greta, Ilana, Molly

I went to Steamboat for a few days with some friends for some skiing in the fresh pow pow. We were all lucky enough to have comp tickets and a friends' house to crash at, making our few days of skiing almost 'kosten los'.

Katie, Sasha, Molly, Ali, Nick, Corina, Amy
Eric

Theresa flew home from Germany for the Holidays, and Tara drove home with one of her new roommates (although he crashed at a friends house near the slopes to go skiing everyday). It was great just being 5 peas in a pod at the newly remodeled Rumery house (if I had pictures, which I thought I did, I would post them, I guess that will be for the next blog). We went skiing, sledding, and shared some great laughs all being together.

Sledding is a big event in my family. Our driveway has to be simply icy, the temps must be low, and the sled must be working. All three of us pile onto one sled and we make our way down the 'Rumery Luge', crashing into a snow pile at the bottom if we haven't already crashed along the way.

We are simply 5 crazy people!

New Years Eve was exciting. Some good friends from high school and I made our way to Aspen for a party. Originally we wanted to go to the bars, but there was about a $50.00 cover to get into the bars and if there wasn't a high cover then there was a minimum drink buy per person. A bit out of a college student's budget.

Bridget and Molly

Lastly my Aunt Sherry turned 80 years old (this is my dad's oldest sister, and yes, my family is VERY spread out). So all 5 Colorado Rumerys and all 4 Oregon Rumerys met up in Seattle, Washington for a small family reunion with my dad's side of the family.

My little cousins,

Brooke and Kylee

Molly, Theresa, Tara,
Kylee, Nova, Nahane, Brooke

Seattle,
from the Space Needle

My last semester at CSU starts on Tuesday... and what's next is the BIG question that is pondering my mind day and night.

Monday, November 19, 2007

My Life...

I was flipping (I guess you can't flip, but rather scrolling) through my blog the other day, and I realized that I needed to change the name for my blog. "Willkommen in Bamberg" just doesn't seam right, considering I'm not living there... hummmm. But at the same time I can't change it to "Willkommen in Fort Collins" that is just not exciting... I might just have to leave it until I can think of a name that will accentuate my blog.

Sorry for the delay of posting any random happenings in my life. Now that I'm back in Colorado my life is 'oh sooo exciting.' I get up, go to school, do homework, on weekends I work and somewhere in there I'm finding time to do random half marathons, and ride my road bike, and on the occasion I make my way out to the bars, but those nights are either not worth blogging or I forgot my camera giving me nothing to blog.

A few weeks ago (and by that I mean maybe about 6 weeks ago) my roommate got a dog. Ransom as we call him is a German Shepard Husky mix. So beautiful!

Greta and Ransom

Molly and Ransom

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Live to Run
Run to Live

Colorado Outward Bound Relay 2007
3 Mountain Passes, 24 Hours, 170 Miles

It was time to turn crazy, and run 17.4 miles of the 170 Colorado Outward Bound Relay. My roommate and friend Greta and I were on a team of 10 people, with 2 drivers and 2 volunteers that went over 3 mountain passes from Idaho Springs, CO to Glenwood Springs, CO (my home town). Everyone was required to run 3 different stretches of the relay, my total mileage amounted up to 17.4 miles. My first run was at about 10:30 in the morning, the next one was around 6:30pm and my last one was at 2:30 am. My team, Mountain Madness finished 18th over all and completed it in about 23 hours and 45 min.

Our Team Number

Greta gearing up for her first run
at 7 to early in the morning.

The exchange from Steve to Greta

The exchange from Greta to Alyssa

So strong!

Running up Granella Pass, at dying
(the altitude was killing me)

The end of my fist leg.

Greta and Molly

Fall in the Rockies

Waiting for our next run

The second exchange between Greta and Steve

Run Greta Run!

Right before my second stretch.
After 5 pm it was required to run with a head lamp and a reflector vest. FUN!

The second exchange between Daryle and me

Beyond this point we were either to tired to take more picts,
and/or it was to dark to take more picts.

The race finished in sunny Glenwood Springs, where Greta and I were able to go back to my house eat some hearty food and sleep the day away. So glad that we didn't have to cram back into the Ford Excursion and make our way back to Idaho Springs.