The Sonic Turtle

Think back to last Saturday...did you hear it? The sonic boom? That was me. I was out on the road churning out a 6.23 mile run. It was my first time to do that distance and boy was it worth it. I had never experienced the "runner's high" until about 5.5 miles. The for the next .75 miles, it was like my head was in the clouds. I couldn't believe it. I have heard of this phenomena, but had yet to experience it. It was awesome!

Easter Sunday as a great day. I got to spend it with my family. After church and the Easter Egg hunt for the kids, we headed over to my parents for some lunch with my brother and his family. My dad and brother went out back to hide eggs for the kids and we did another hunt at the house. The cool thing was, we had some confetti eggs. They were basically hollowed out egg shells with confetti inside and the hole in the egg covered with some sort of light weight paper.

With that in mind, I guess you can imagine what happened. The egg hunt quickly turned into a confetti egg war with all McMahan's involved. Of course, this was started by my darling wife, Shannon. I couldn't believe it. She launched the first egg right at the center of my back. It nailed me, yet it didn't break. The it was on! It was a free for all. Had I not dodged my head to the left quickly enough, my brother would have nailed me in my cheek with one. Fortunately, it hit my earlobe and I was able to pelt him on the back with the return volley.

The kids were kind of taken aback by the whole thing, then they joined in and started pelting each other. We new it had gone too far when someone grabbed a hard boiled egg and let it fly. Then I think I heard someone say..."The yolk is on you....hehehehehehe!" It was terribly punny. Oops, funny!

We went inside and had a smorgasbord of my mom's desserts care of "Paula Deen's Cooking for Dummies". Chocolate pie, lemon pie, coconut cake, apple pie, and of course candy. We topped off the day by watching the Masters and then each went our separate ways.

Looking back on the day, I was glad I ran my 16.3 miles for the week. It was definately an Easter to remember.