Austin day 1

New year, new race.
Tomorrow I will be running my first half marathon of 2017.  I will be running the 3M, a  downhill race that ends in downtown Austin. I am hoping the half I am doing tomorrow, and the half marathon I will be doing in Houston next week will help me get my groove back.
I am still getting used to my new routine. I feel like all I need now is a new house, and new boyfriend. ( But I know those things will come in their own time.) 
The day went by alot quicker than I thought. At 9:30 mom and I met up with Kathryn, Irene, Kathryn's boyfriend Ralph and we took off for Austin. We stopped at the Austin Convention Center to get our race gear. It was a small, but nice convention. We got alot of office supplies in our gear bag, I got to try some free samples of clif bars, and ofcourse got some cool expo pictures.
But the race came at an interesting time because today people where marching for womens rights. So when we where trying to go get lunch, we had to go around the path people where marching. We went to HomeSlice for lunch , and it was a little bit of a wait. However, the pizza turned out to be really good.
Now we are checked in our hotel, and we have the movie Hook on. I forgot how liberal the city of Austin is.  At Homeslice, they had unisex bathrooms, and we happened to come on the day people where marching for womens right, so we had to take some alternate routes because of the march.
Honestly, when it comes to womens rights, I think  we have come a long way. But we still have a long way to go. We still have a double edged sword in society. We're told yes we can vote,  go out and have fulfilling careers. But we're still supposed to  be the primary caretakers at home.
I say make sure we all get paid the same, and treat one another with respect ;we'll all get along fine, and weither you are a stay at home mom or a career woman as long as you are able to do what you love, you are a rockstar.