Since I worked for the Federal government for 26 years starting my own business and a non-profit organization was definitely a stretch outside my comfort zone.
My kids have entered that nebulous no-mans-zone known as the middle grade (or tween) years: too old for simple chapter books (like The Magic Tree House series), but too young to demolish YA books about vampires by the dozen.
"At 5-1, I went into the zone and I felt really strong and I just fought my heart out, " said Baltacha, who still had to save two match points in the breaker.