Friday, August 31, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
catch up
whoa! havne't posted since aug 4? has it been that long since i got my fabulous haircut? what all has been going on. work? more work? oh, yeah, and some more. i went to new mexico for work. which was way fun. it was for a conference at a fancy resort outside of albequrue. i got off the plane, got in a car, got dropped off, checked in then went for a run in the 32485293 degree heat at about 24232 feet elevation. needless to day, it about put me on my arse! but then i went to the pool and hung out. never got into the water because it felt too cold but rested and relaxed. it was sooo luxurious. by the end of the conference, it was rumored that caroline rheah, oprah, kevin costner, dennis hopper, and benji and the gang from so you think you can dance were all at the resort. good fun. cocktail reception that evening was lovely. had some margahitas but they about killed me. i felt totally hammered in the morning but i got up and ran on the treadmill in the morning then off to the conference. i have never been to anything where everyone was so friendly! it was really quite pleasant!! at some point in the day eric got there! horray!! it was so fun to have him there even tho i was working pretty much the whole time!! tuesday eric and i got up and went for a run together. it wasn't too hot so it was fun. tuesday was only a 1/2 day because there were off site activities. eric and i took this as sit by the pool, go down the water slide 100 times and then head to santa fe. we walked all around there and then i eventually went to the conference dinner while eric headed out and then hung at the bar. wednesday at the conference i lead a session which was not very well attended but then i had to get on the microphone and give a summary to the whole group. that was exciting. i couldn't wait for wednesday to be over but that also meant we would be heading home. the flight was uneventful, except for the girl from tampa who sat next to eric who had the magic bag of food that she managed to pull an entire pizza out of and a hogie and apparently some other things. i slept through most of it. i knew it was dry in new mexico, but i had no idea until i got him and when i pulled the covers back to get into bed the bedding felt damp. weird.
friday allie came to visit, which was very exciting!!! she brought her husband and little boy and we had so much fun!! i did a triathlon saturday morning which was exciting, my swim was 2 minutes faster then the same race last year and my run was almost 5 minutes faster, i think. i was really please with the swim, even before i knew the time, i felt really like i had tried pretty hard. it was short but i was happy. i always feel like i am working sort of on the bike and can't figure out why my time is so slow. i was about 3 seconds slower on the bike then last year, but ya know, when you don't train on the bike, you can't really expect anything. allie met me on the run and ran with me. it was very funny because allie was telling me stories about the people as we passed them, such as "she got back from the bike two minutes before you" and "you were 23 in your wave out of the water but ya know that girl with the amazing abs and the broad shoulders was 21 out of the water in her wave" or something of that nature. it was all fun.
after the race we met up with the rest of the crew in the mini van and headed down town. we went to pikes place market and then to the aquarium, which was a huge hit. the kids LOVED it. sirus was laughing and yelling and just so excitied. seamus was so interested in everything!! the two families split up, but i hear that zach enjoyed it just as much as our kids!
everyone came home and napped and then i don't really remember any more of saturday.
sunday allie and eric went for a 12 mile run, then we headed out on a hike. the kids were amazing! they hiked and hiked and hiked! up hill and down hill and running every where! i can't wait to go again.
friday allie came to visit, which was very exciting!!! she brought her husband and little boy and we had so much fun!! i did a triathlon saturday morning which was exciting, my swim was 2 minutes faster then the same race last year and my run was almost 5 minutes faster, i think. i was really please with the swim, even before i knew the time, i felt really like i had tried pretty hard. it was short but i was happy. i always feel like i am working sort of on the bike and can't figure out why my time is so slow. i was about 3 seconds slower on the bike then last year, but ya know, when you don't train on the bike, you can't really expect anything. allie met me on the run and ran with me. it was very funny because allie was telling me stories about the people as we passed them, such as "she got back from the bike two minutes before you" and "you were 23 in your wave out of the water but ya know that girl with the amazing abs and the broad shoulders was 21 out of the water in her wave" or something of that nature. it was all fun.
after the race we met up with the rest of the crew in the mini van and headed down town. we went to pikes place market and then to the aquarium, which was a huge hit. the kids LOVED it. sirus was laughing and yelling and just so excitied. seamus was so interested in everything!! the two families split up, but i hear that zach enjoyed it just as much as our kids!
everyone came home and napped and then i don't really remember any more of saturday.
sunday allie and eric went for a 12 mile run, then we headed out on a hike. the kids were amazing! they hiked and hiked and hiked! up hill and down hill and running every where! i can't wait to go again.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
so much
a lot has happened since the last post.
a family triathlon at seafair in which i was talking to a woman in the transition area who was telling me how a friend of hers said ironmans were like childbirth and had to say - yes! that is exaclty what i posted about the other day.
a trip to san diego to see jen in which the beach was so cold that we sat in the car and looked at it instead of sitting on it. we were planing on a detox cleansing thing but wound up gettting too drunk the night i got in and we decided it would be unsafe to detox all hung over. we spent most of the weekend at the outlet mall which was way fun and even funnier is that we both showed up at the cash register with the same exact outfits in our arms.
a 1st place, yes i said 1st place finish in my age group 5k run and pr at the torch light run. 60 people in my age group, unbeleiveable!!
a trip to nyc which was scary and fun and exciting all at the same time. i got to meet liz which was loooooong over due and i am so excited to have gotten the opportunity! and i got to see dug, too, which is always a treat! and i disovered what might just be a cult, The American Girl Place. I got one of the dolls for Seamus and i can't wait to visit one of the stores with her some day so we can get the doll's hair done.
and i got a hair cut. my curl is mostly gone and my last hair in march was terrible. i hadn't had what i would call a bad hair day in probably years but boy after that cut i had one almost every day. i hadn't gone to the fabulous team of richard and james dean downtown, but instead opted for a random person in redmond who trnaslated i want something young and hip into lame soccer mom. lo and behold - james dean saved the day! he is my hero. i was trying to take some photos of my sweet new dooo and this one came out of the camera. i love it. click on it and check out the eyes. no photo shopping that one, looking like a cyborg.
a family triathlon at seafair in which i was talking to a woman in the transition area who was telling me how a friend of hers said ironmans were like childbirth and had to say - yes! that is exaclty what i posted about the other day.
a trip to san diego to see jen in which the beach was so cold that we sat in the car and looked at it instead of sitting on it. we were planing on a detox cleansing thing but wound up gettting too drunk the night i got in and we decided it would be unsafe to detox all hung over. we spent most of the weekend at the outlet mall which was way fun and even funnier is that we both showed up at the cash register with the same exact outfits in our arms.
a 1st place, yes i said 1st place finish in my age group 5k run and pr at the torch light run. 60 people in my age group, unbeleiveable!!
a trip to nyc which was scary and fun and exciting all at the same time. i got to meet liz which was loooooong over due and i am so excited to have gotten the opportunity! and i got to see dug, too, which is always a treat! and i disovered what might just be a cult, The American Girl Place. I got one of the dolls for Seamus and i can't wait to visit one of the stores with her some day so we can get the doll's hair done.
and i got a hair cut. my curl is mostly gone and my last hair in march was terrible. i hadn't had what i would call a bad hair day in probably years but boy after that cut i had one almost every day. i hadn't gone to the fabulous team of richard and james dean downtown, but instead opted for a random person in redmond who trnaslated i want something young and hip into lame soccer mom. lo and behold - james dean saved the day! he is my hero. i was trying to take some photos of my sweet new dooo and this one came out of the camera. i love it. click on it and check out the eyes. no photo shopping that one, looking like a cyborg.
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