so, sunday was the race. monday i went to work fyt felt like arse, headed home early with a fever. tuesday i just stayed home with the fever but by the end of the day i was feeling better. i did work on tuesday but just being home and being able to take a nap in the afternoon did me wonders. another plus to staying home was that i was able to take seamus to preschool and pick her up. i made eric and sirus go with me and i made them go inside to drop her off since i wasn't sure what all needed to be done, but it was fun and she was cute. she did have a complete meltdown before we left the house because i made her change out of her pink tights with flowers, camoflauge shorts and brown dress and gasp! i made her put on some pants!! she kept screaming that those were 4 year old pants and that she couldn't wear them until she was 4 and then she would flail and throw her body all over the place. apparently she has said this to eric before, too but he just ignored it and got out something else for her to wear. only after it all settled down did i realize the problem. when she first got the pants they were way too big on her, and i do remember saying that maybe they would fit her when she was 4.
wednesday i still felt like crap and thursday i felt like crapola. i don't remember anything about either of those days at work and i don't remember anything about those evenings either. today i was still feeling a little arse like and my head was full of snot. my sinuses were killing me and my head hurt so i called the doctor to make an appointment. i got in on a saturday but now that i am home i am feeling better so i wonder if i will go in there totally healthy. don't know.
when i came home from work i could see eric through the window in just a t-shirt and boxer shorts running around the house. apparently eric had sat down at the kids little table to try to get sirus to eat since he hadn't eaten any of his dinner. sirus walked up to him and just threw up on him. he then threw up again. then i came home. i picked him up and cuddled him. he was resting on my shoulder and threw up all down my back then another time on the tile floor. i then took him up to his room and we sat on the rocking chair and watched his biker lamp for a while. i asked him if he wanted to lay in his bed and he quietly said yeah. i asked if he wanted me to lie down with him and he quietly said yeah. then i asked him if he wanted me to sing to him and he quietly said yeah which was shocking because he usually screams nonono when i sing. he made himself laugh a little bit and then he just kind of relaxed. i asked him if it was ok if i turned out the light and he quietly said yeah. the little guy is such a sweetheart, its so sad that he isn't feeling well. hopefully he will be better in the morning.
my body on the otherhand has been dealing with my sickness in some weird ways. the other day all of my organs felt like they were going to fall out of my body. thank godness that passed. now i am just dealing with how my body is ridding itself of all the toxins - by giant crazy zits on my chin. GIANT. like, i don't even know what these things are and am a little concerned about even going to the doctors tomorrow with them because i am pretty sure, me, the zits and the doctor won't all fit in that little examination room. HUGE i tell you.
eric asked me to stop at the likker store on the way home from work. in this house we get our tequilia by the gallon. when i went to the cashier, the guy paused and looked at me. i could tell he was thinking - ok, so this lady looks like she is 40 but she has the remains of what looks to have been a great hairdoo and those zits! could she be? hmm, i don't know. do i card her? and no, he didn't, instead he said credit or debit? and off i went with the gallon of tequilla.
Friday, November 30, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
knocked up
saturday i decided to go for a little jog outside to test two things - how i was feeling and my sweet new gear. it was so cold out but my choice in clothing was pretty good. i love my new knickers and my apparently anatomically left and right socks, which i bought by accident work great, too. i went further and harder then i prolly should have but it was so cold and i wanted to get in a 1/2 hr. i decided that i could at least start the race on sunday and that i could wear the knickers and shirt since i would have worn them and washed them avoiding the no new on race day. i would not wear the new socks though since i forgot to wash them.
we loaded the kids in the car and took a trip to blockbuster. seamus picked out peter pan and i picked out knocked up. i had heard from several people and had read several reviews that it was a good movie. for the most part it was but it was the longest movie ever. that could have been because we apparently picked out the version that had 25 extra minutes in it. i also felt that a lot of the improvization betwen seth whoever and paul rudd felt really forced and over used. i really lkes katherine heigel in it despite really not liking her very much and i am srry, she would have never tried to make it work with that guy in real life. despite all of this, twice, yes two times during the movie i was brought to tears. NO ONE expected that. once when the sister was telling whats his name that she likes spiderman, too and the other was at the end. i am struggling every day as to what to do about our baby situation and i just bawled and bawled. i had thrown out the bottle sterilizer on saturday too which was weird and made me sad. i just don't think i am done yet.
saturday night i couldn't fall asleep. at all. the alarm went off at 545 and everyone started to wake up and get ready to go. there was no traffic like there was last year and there was no rain either, but it was cold. eric and i made a plan that he would be at mile 4 with various clothing items incase i needed to adjust what i was wearing and/or if i needed to stop racing. i got out at the EMP and stood on the vent with about 30 other people since it was about 1/2 a degree warmer. then the walkers went off. we all started lining up, and mashed with the thousands of other people at the start i was feeling pretty much ok. i threw out the garbage bag i had brought but did keep on eric's ratty old 2002 team cliff bar work shirt. then the horn blew and off we went. i stuck to the 1:45 pace guy for a while. at around mile 2 in the international district, i saw eric and the kids. they had my stuff but i didn't need any of it. i can't remember when i ditched the cliff bar shirt, but i did drape it on the side of trash can by a bus stop, so i hope someone who needs a shirt found it and put it on. i stayed on that 1:45 guy until we hit a hill somewhere between 2 and 3 and he dropped his sign down into the crowd somewhere and i never saw it again. the tunnel was warm and then at the water station at mile 6 a girl slipped on an empty cup and fell flat on her face. she got up and kept running for a little bit and then stopped. i don't know what happened to her after that. i was still doing ok but was really starting to think about stopping. it was cold along the water and you could see everyone's breath. i had worn my ipod and was glad i did. it covered up my heavy breathing and made me unaware of the inevitable ear clog i get at mile 3 of every run that is even slightly cold. i was getting worried about the steep uphill on galer and then the forever hill of madison because i knew it was coming soon. during the summer eric and i drove it and i was amazed. i had told him i was an animal for being able run it last year. this year i was worried but then i saw eric and the kids sitting on the side of the road freezing their arses off just to cheer me on! when i got to galer i took tiny tiny steps and i don't think my breathing changed at all. the turn onto madison went well, too. it went by super quick and i was suprised to see specators on the sidelines with big bins of pretzels and gummy bears. at the top it was time to head down the arboretum. i was thinking about stopping. vere left onto interlaken and the foreverness of interlaken goes on and on. it is brutal since its all sort of up hill and it is FOREVER. the kids had hiked into it somewhere and i got a hand slap from seamus which was fun!! when the interlaken was done at around mile 10 there is a slight downhill to a water stop and i did stop to walk. for a while. it was becoming very obvious that i really do need new shoes and in looking at my watch i knew i wasn't going to break 2hrs, so i said i wouldn't kill myself. i even entertained the idea of walking the last three miles but since there wouldn't be an * next to my name point out that i was sick, i knew i could be a little above 2 but not like 1/2 hr above it. i started to run again. for a little bit. at mile 11 i walked again. but i ran all the uphills and all the down hills. at mile 12 i walked some more. a lot. i couldn't believe i was walking in the last mile. then i passed a volunteer who said .4 mile to go. i started to run and i started to run pretty fast and i felt good!! my breathing wasn't stressed and my legs felt awesome. i passed the finish line and the clocked said 2:01:59.5. I was ok with that despite it not being under 2. the recovery area was a mess. they just mashed thousands of people in that hot stuffy room. there was no traffic control in that room so i had to leave. i was meeting eric and the kids and mcdonalds and managed to find my way there pretty easily but just as i was 20 feet away i saw a black passat pulling out. i checked the license plate and was like, how many can there be that end in those three letters!! i ran towards them - what are you doing??? they had far exceeded the time limit there. he said they were going to drive around. yikes! i told him if i would have seen him drive away the world would have opened up and swallowed us all, it would have been that bad.
went home, showered, napped and then we all went for a drive.
today i feel like arse. i am way sicker then i was last week. i found out that my official chip time was 2:00:30.8 a PR but NOT UNDER 2. totaly messing with me. i did learn a few things at the race though. apparently when my legs start hurting more then anything and i feel like i have to walk, i just really need to speed it up a bit like i did at the end of this race. HAD I REALIZED THAT earlier i would have been under 2. eric said when i saw him in interlaken i was on pace to do 1:55 which i believe since i did all the walking after that point. next time i will not be so sick, i will have shoes that aren't so worn out, i will have traveled less in the weeks prior to race day and i will continue to do more longer runs on the weekends. i might also not give up on the speed workouts!
we loaded the kids in the car and took a trip to blockbuster. seamus picked out peter pan and i picked out knocked up. i had heard from several people and had read several reviews that it was a good movie. for the most part it was but it was the longest movie ever. that could have been because we apparently picked out the version that had 25 extra minutes in it. i also felt that a lot of the improvization betwen seth whoever and paul rudd felt really forced and over used. i really lkes katherine heigel in it despite really not liking her very much and i am srry, she would have never tried to make it work with that guy in real life. despite all of this, twice, yes two times during the movie i was brought to tears. NO ONE expected that. once when the sister was telling whats his name that she likes spiderman, too and the other was at the end. i am struggling every day as to what to do about our baby situation and i just bawled and bawled. i had thrown out the bottle sterilizer on saturday too which was weird and made me sad. i just don't think i am done yet.
saturday night i couldn't fall asleep. at all. the alarm went off at 545 and everyone started to wake up and get ready to go. there was no traffic like there was last year and there was no rain either, but it was cold. eric and i made a plan that he would be at mile 4 with various clothing items incase i needed to adjust what i was wearing and/or if i needed to stop racing. i got out at the EMP and stood on the vent with about 30 other people since it was about 1/2 a degree warmer. then the walkers went off. we all started lining up, and mashed with the thousands of other people at the start i was feeling pretty much ok. i threw out the garbage bag i had brought but did keep on eric's ratty old 2002 team cliff bar work shirt. then the horn blew and off we went. i stuck to the 1:45 pace guy for a while. at around mile 2 in the international district, i saw eric and the kids. they had my stuff but i didn't need any of it. i can't remember when i ditched the cliff bar shirt, but i did drape it on the side of trash can by a bus stop, so i hope someone who needs a shirt found it and put it on. i stayed on that 1:45 guy until we hit a hill somewhere between 2 and 3 and he dropped his sign down into the crowd somewhere and i never saw it again. the tunnel was warm and then at the water station at mile 6 a girl slipped on an empty cup and fell flat on her face. she got up and kept running for a little bit and then stopped. i don't know what happened to her after that. i was still doing ok but was really starting to think about stopping. it was cold along the water and you could see everyone's breath. i had worn my ipod and was glad i did. it covered up my heavy breathing and made me unaware of the inevitable ear clog i get at mile 3 of every run that is even slightly cold. i was getting worried about the steep uphill on galer and then the forever hill of madison because i knew it was coming soon. during the summer eric and i drove it and i was amazed. i had told him i was an animal for being able run it last year. this year i was worried but then i saw eric and the kids sitting on the side of the road freezing their arses off just to cheer me on! when i got to galer i took tiny tiny steps and i don't think my breathing changed at all. the turn onto madison went well, too. it went by super quick and i was suprised to see specators on the sidelines with big bins of pretzels and gummy bears. at the top it was time to head down the arboretum. i was thinking about stopping. vere left onto interlaken and the foreverness of interlaken goes on and on. it is brutal since its all sort of up hill and it is FOREVER. the kids had hiked into it somewhere and i got a hand slap from seamus which was fun!! when the interlaken was done at around mile 10 there is a slight downhill to a water stop and i did stop to walk. for a while. it was becoming very obvious that i really do need new shoes and in looking at my watch i knew i wasn't going to break 2hrs, so i said i wouldn't kill myself. i even entertained the idea of walking the last three miles but since there wouldn't be an * next to my name point out that i was sick, i knew i could be a little above 2 but not like 1/2 hr above it. i started to run again. for a little bit. at mile 11 i walked again. but i ran all the uphills and all the down hills. at mile 12 i walked some more. a lot. i couldn't believe i was walking in the last mile. then i passed a volunteer who said .4 mile to go. i started to run and i started to run pretty fast and i felt good!! my breathing wasn't stressed and my legs felt awesome. i passed the finish line and the clocked said 2:01:59.5. I was ok with that despite it not being under 2. the recovery area was a mess. they just mashed thousands of people in that hot stuffy room. there was no traffic control in that room so i had to leave. i was meeting eric and the kids and mcdonalds and managed to find my way there pretty easily but just as i was 20 feet away i saw a black passat pulling out. i checked the license plate and was like, how many can there be that end in those three letters!! i ran towards them - what are you doing??? they had far exceeded the time limit there. he said they were going to drive around. yikes! i told him if i would have seen him drive away the world would have opened up and swallowed us all, it would have been that bad.
went home, showered, napped and then we all went for a drive.
today i feel like arse. i am way sicker then i was last week. i found out that my official chip time was 2:00:30.8 a PR but NOT UNDER 2. totaly messing with me. i did learn a few things at the race though. apparently when my legs start hurting more then anything and i feel like i have to walk, i just really need to speed it up a bit like i did at the end of this race. HAD I REALIZED THAT earlier i would have been under 2. eric said when i saw him in interlaken i was on pace to do 1:55 which i believe since i did all the walking after that point. next time i will not be so sick, i will have shoes that aren't so worn out, i will have traveled less in the weeks prior to race day and i will continue to do more longer runs on the weekends. i might also not give up on the speed workouts!
Friday, November 23, 2007
dude, i am sick
but i am getting better.
wednesday at work it started. or maybe it was tuesday evening i am not sure, but wedensday evening it was certain that i had a 100 degree fever and i couldn't fall asleep. and i kept eric awake all night because of it. thursday was thanksgiving. we went to eric's sister's house. she is getting ready to move to vegas and boy seamus sure isn't goin to know what to do when reality sets in about that one. seamus and triniti held hands the entire time we were there. dinner was tasty and i fell asleep on the couch despite 6 kids running around screaming, football blaring and everyone yapping all over the place. when we got home i found i had a 101.4 fever. sweet. i took some tylonol pm at 9 but couldn't fall asleep. at 1230 i asked eric to rub my one leg since it was what was keeping me awake. he did and i passed right out. and he slept on the couch so he could get some sleep in. morning time came and i felt better. seamus and i went down town to to pick up my race packet (race shirt is BRIGHT YELLOW, and to do some shopping. i love the nike store. i love their running clothes. i held back and only purchsed a fraction of what i was looking at. then i came home and sorted through all my stuff and put a bunch in the trash or into the goodwill pile. i threw out a bunch of underpants, too. eric grabbed a white pair out of the trash and said i couldn't throw them away. i said yes i can and back in they went. then seamus started freaking out yelling "don't throw away my ghost! i want my ghost! don't throw it away". funny.
we are watching the movie elf, one of my favorites. i hope i feel better.
wednesday at work it started. or maybe it was tuesday evening i am not sure, but wedensday evening it was certain that i had a 100 degree fever and i couldn't fall asleep. and i kept eric awake all night because of it. thursday was thanksgiving. we went to eric's sister's house. she is getting ready to move to vegas and boy seamus sure isn't goin to know what to do when reality sets in about that one. seamus and triniti held hands the entire time we were there. dinner was tasty and i fell asleep on the couch despite 6 kids running around screaming, football blaring and everyone yapping all over the place. when we got home i found i had a 101.4 fever. sweet. i took some tylonol pm at 9 but couldn't fall asleep. at 1230 i asked eric to rub my one leg since it was what was keeping me awake. he did and i passed right out. and he slept on the couch so he could get some sleep in. morning time came and i felt better. seamus and i went down town to to pick up my race packet (race shirt is BRIGHT YELLOW, and to do some shopping. i love the nike store. i love their running clothes. i held back and only purchsed a fraction of what i was looking at. then i came home and sorted through all my stuff and put a bunch in the trash or into the goodwill pile. i threw out a bunch of underpants, too. eric grabbed a white pair out of the trash and said i couldn't throw them away. i said yes i can and back in they went. then seamus started freaking out yelling "don't throw away my ghost! i want my ghost! don't throw it away". funny.
we are watching the movie elf, one of my favorites. i hope i feel better.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
mis-representing
after i got home from NYC i spent a day in the office here then got up at 4am on thursday to head to LA. they called my name to the podium and i was hoping my upgrade went through, but it didn't. instead they wanted to move me further back in the plane so that a family could sit together. i was fine with that, but what is it with people?? once again i was traveling with a collegue. we boarded at the same time although my seat was now way in the back of the plane. when she got to her row she started to put her laptop bag in the overhead compartment when some dude essentially pushed her out of the way and was like "uh uh. that spot is taken. he then put his totally open suitcase up in there and messed around with it. totally lame. the family that bumped me out of my seat made space for her, so that was nice of them. i fell asleep pretty much as soon as i sat down. an hour later i woke up and the woman and guy next to me were having the most boring conversation ever. not only that but while i was sleeping the lady put all her garbage under my legs in my seat area. she also put her arm way over the arm rest border. she was a normal sized woman and didnt need the space so i was totally annoyed. we got to la, got the car and got to the office. its always great to see the LA team and it was my first time to their office. they have internet for everyone. we had a huge chinese lunch and then hung at the office. we then had some great margarhitas and i had a totally crazy delicious chocolate box filled with white chocolate mousse and berries. SO TASTY. i wonder why i came back feeling like crap? i could barely stay awake long enough to watch survivor!! kelly picked me up in the morning and we went for a run along the beach in manhattan beach and saw the beverly 90210 beach house. i was now feeling considerably better. the LA team convinced us to catch and earlier flight so after lunch we headed to the airport. i got on the plane, went to my row and WHO was sitting there in the middle seat? the boring guy from the boring conversation from my first flight. he recognized me and we had a laugh. i told him it must be fate because the first flight that wasn't even my seat. he said it wasn't his either - he got moved so a family could sit together. weird. then i told him i wasn't even supposed to be on that flight home, and he said he had caught an earlier flight as well. weird. then we chatted and he gave me all the same lines he had given the boring lady on the way down. it was weird. he was a nice guy, i will give him that, but it was weird.
i got home in time to give sirus a kiss good night and to take seamus to bed.
saturday i took seamus to see Disney Princess Wishes ON ICE. it was fun. before the show we walked through seattle center. there are some fun carnival rides, so i stuck seamus on one and round and round she went. later we met up with the cousins and seamus wsa on cloud 9. the show was entertaining, but i hate to admit that Dancing with the Stars on Tour was more entertaining but seamus really liked it and that is what is important. she got some binoculars, too, which is good because she has always wanted some.
i am totally upset and embarrassed. i have been going around telling people that i like the show nip/tuck. i watched two episodes in a row, the first two of the new season i think where the docotrs had just moved to LA. i thought the show was great and told everyone. but then today. TODAY!! we watched a tivo'ed episode. and IT WAS NOT GOOD. eric said he was suprised when i said i liked the show becaus he KNEW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. i didn't know. now i need to track down every person that i may have told that i liked it to and told them i had no idea what i was talking about.
the seattle 1/2 marathon is next sunday. i have not been running as much as i should, or maybe i have been tapering really well?
and now it is late and i have to go to bed so that i can go to work tomorrow.
i got home in time to give sirus a kiss good night and to take seamus to bed.
saturday i took seamus to see Disney Princess Wishes ON ICE. it was fun. before the show we walked through seattle center. there are some fun carnival rides, so i stuck seamus on one and round and round she went. later we met up with the cousins and seamus wsa on cloud 9. the show was entertaining, but i hate to admit that Dancing with the Stars on Tour was more entertaining but seamus really liked it and that is what is important. she got some binoculars, too, which is good because she has always wanted some.
i am totally upset and embarrassed. i have been going around telling people that i like the show nip/tuck. i watched two episodes in a row, the first two of the new season i think where the docotrs had just moved to LA. i thought the show was great and told everyone. but then today. TODAY!! we watched a tivo'ed episode. and IT WAS NOT GOOD. eric said he was suprised when i said i liked the show becaus he KNEW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. i didn't know. now i need to track down every person that i may have told that i liked it to and told them i had no idea what i was talking about.
the seattle 1/2 marathon is next sunday. i have not been running as much as i should, or maybe i have been tapering really well?
and now it is late and i have to go to bed so that i can go to work tomorrow.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
NYC + maui part 3
the ny trip was good. sunday at 345 am the phone rang and someone was leaving a message. i couldn't hear it but figured that if it was important they would call back. no call back. i got up at 6 and was about ready to leave the house at 615 when i checked the message. it was the airline saying my flight was delayed 2 hrs. nice. through all my message playing and subsequent airline calling, seamus woke up. i told her to get her clothes on, we were going out for breakfast. we drove around for 45 minutes - out to the u district, eastlake, capitol hill - nothing was open!! we wound up at starbucks. seamus was irritated because i told her she could eat cereal at a resturant but the chocolte donut eased the pain. but as soon as we got home she wanted cereal. then i went to the airport. the flight was good, i think. i do'nt remember. we caught a cab, checked in then went looking fro dinner. and the start of my terrible week of gourging and weight gain began. we had some of the best indian food i have had in a long time. it was damn tasty. the next morning i overcame my fear and went running in central park. i did two laps around the south portion of the park. it is not scary. i was imagining that i would come up to ben afleck and run with him for a bit. but i didn't see him.
work was work but it was good to see the team. they took us out for crazy tasty dinner and i ATE mini hamburgers. i was getting fatter by the second. tuesday i slept in at the urging of eric. we got into the office, had no internet and whatever. i think on monday i went to the american girl place and got seamus and her doll matching shirts and got the doll a hair care kit. tuesday i got to see liz!! so fun. we had some lunch although we forgot to get her sandwich although we paid for it. we went to fao schwartz. it was scary in there. i imagined taking the kids, their heads would have spun on top of their little bodies but there really are some scary things going on in that store. but it was fun and i appreciated that liz let me do my touristy thing. the flight home - i fell asleep on the plane as it started to taxi. but get this - the plane returned to the gate and we all had to get off. one of the engines wouldn't start. so i met up with my collegue when we were off the plane and she told me about her boarding story. she got to her seat and a woman was in it. the lady basically just told my friend to sit in the seat accross the aisle. she was fine with that until the lady whose seat that was came up to her. she went back to the lady who stole her seat and was like hey - thats not cool. and the lady turned away and totally ignored her. the lady who came into the picture last, got really uncomfortable and told my friend to go ahead and take the isle seat, she is pregnant after all. my friend graciously accepted but felt really abd about it. then we deplaned. i told her that if the first lady was in her seat when we got back on that she should call the flight attendant right off the bat. the nerve of it all, but the lady took my friends seat!! again!! the third lady interjected right away and said she really didnt mind the middle seat and it was no biggie. i was annoyed by the whole thing. we started to taxi and the captain got on and said we were 10th in line to take off. but eventually we did get home and i rolled into bed around 1am.
now, backtrack a week or so and we are at day 3 of the maui trip and the day of the Xterra! eric got up really early and went with charles to the race site. the rest of us slept in a bit, had some breakfast and then CHERI met us at the condo! it was so great to see her! she looks like a million bucks!! totally amazing!! we all piled into the car and went down to the race site. cheri, seamus and i went down to the beach to watch the race start, grandma and sirus hung up a little higher up and walked around some. seamus was happy as a clam playing in the sand while we waited for things to get going. the race start was very exciting, with a helecopter and the beautiful view. the swim consisted of two laps, with a short beach run between the laps. eric said he saw some fish on the second lap. i followed eric out of the water and over to transition. off on the bike he went. cheri and i took the kids to the beach for a while. when we met back up with grandma, sirus was all about laying on the ground so we packed everyone up in the car and took grandma and sirus back to the condo. then off to the race site again. we hung out and watched people continue to come in from the bike and head out on the run. i figured we missed eric which it turns out we did, i think. i can't quite figure it out. it was hot and i kept trying to get seamus into the shade and to wear a hat and to drink some water. cheri doesn't get tired and spent the whole day tossing seamus in the air, twirling her around and playing with her non stop. seamus loved it! i suggested that maybe she would like to go slap some hands. she was diligent and kept her hand out, but no one slapped her hand.
okokokok, maybe because it was the world championships and maybe because these people were working on winning world championship titles, but you'd thing someone would slap a little girls hand? well, no one did, but she did get her photo taken by the local press and her photo was in both the printed paper and the online version with her name and everything. at some point eric came up to us to say hey. he looked terrible. his shorts and jersey were white from all the salt. his eyes were sunken he looked aweful. he didnt finish the race. he got a mile or so into the run and then had to lay down for a while. the heat, the bike portion, the fact that the first few miles of the run were all up hill, all of it was just oo much. he decided that we were on vacation and that he would rather not wind up in the hospital which i think was a wise decision. so he layed down in the shade for a while and then back tracked down the hill. had he continued on and gotten to the top of the hill he probably would have felt ok since the next mile is all down hill, but if he hit big beach feeling the way he was, he would have been stranded on that beach feeling as though he had been stranded by a ship wreck onto a deserted island. we found out that many of the people we knew who raced had problems with the race and that all of them finished close to an hour longer then expected.
we packed up and went back to the condo. eric took a shower then he and i went to get some dinner. he made the right decision to stop when he did since he was able to eat and rehydrate without getting really sick, so we were all happy. i think we even took the kids to the pool later that evening. and that was sunday.
work was work but it was good to see the team. they took us out for crazy tasty dinner and i ATE mini hamburgers. i was getting fatter by the second. tuesday i slept in at the urging of eric. we got into the office, had no internet and whatever. i think on monday i went to the american girl place and got seamus and her doll matching shirts and got the doll a hair care kit. tuesday i got to see liz!! so fun. we had some lunch although we forgot to get her sandwich although we paid for it. we went to fao schwartz. it was scary in there. i imagined taking the kids, their heads would have spun on top of their little bodies but there really are some scary things going on in that store. but it was fun and i appreciated that liz let me do my touristy thing. the flight home - i fell asleep on the plane as it started to taxi. but get this - the plane returned to the gate and we all had to get off. one of the engines wouldn't start. so i met up with my collegue when we were off the plane and she told me about her boarding story. she got to her seat and a woman was in it. the lady basically just told my friend to sit in the seat accross the aisle. she was fine with that until the lady whose seat that was came up to her. she went back to the lady who stole her seat and was like hey - thats not cool. and the lady turned away and totally ignored her. the lady who came into the picture last, got really uncomfortable and told my friend to go ahead and take the isle seat, she is pregnant after all. my friend graciously accepted but felt really abd about it. then we deplaned. i told her that if the first lady was in her seat when we got back on that she should call the flight attendant right off the bat. the nerve of it all, but the lady took my friends seat!! again!! the third lady interjected right away and said she really didnt mind the middle seat and it was no biggie. i was annoyed by the whole thing. we started to taxi and the captain got on and said we were 10th in line to take off. but eventually we did get home and i rolled into bed around 1am.
now, backtrack a week or so and we are at day 3 of the maui trip and the day of the Xterra! eric got up really early and went with charles to the race site. the rest of us slept in a bit, had some breakfast and then CHERI met us at the condo! it was so great to see her! she looks like a million bucks!! totally amazing!! we all piled into the car and went down to the race site. cheri, seamus and i went down to the beach to watch the race start, grandma and sirus hung up a little higher up and walked around some. seamus was happy as a clam playing in the sand while we waited for things to get going. the race start was very exciting, with a helecopter and the beautiful view. the swim consisted of two laps, with a short beach run between the laps. eric said he saw some fish on the second lap. i followed eric out of the water and over to transition. off on the bike he went. cheri and i took the kids to the beach for a while. when we met back up with grandma, sirus was all about laying on the ground so we packed everyone up in the car and took grandma and sirus back to the condo. then off to the race site again. we hung out and watched people continue to come in from the bike and head out on the run. i figured we missed eric which it turns out we did, i think. i can't quite figure it out. it was hot and i kept trying to get seamus into the shade and to wear a hat and to drink some water. cheri doesn't get tired and spent the whole day tossing seamus in the air, twirling her around and playing with her non stop. seamus loved it! i suggested that maybe she would like to go slap some hands. she was diligent and kept her hand out, but no one slapped her hand.
okokokok, maybe because it was the world championships and maybe because these people were working on winning world championship titles, but you'd thing someone would slap a little girls hand? well, no one did, but she did get her photo taken by the local press and her photo was in both the printed paper and the online version with her name and everything. at some point eric came up to us to say hey. he looked terrible. his shorts and jersey were white from all the salt. his eyes were sunken he looked aweful. he didnt finish the race. he got a mile or so into the run and then had to lay down for a while. the heat, the bike portion, the fact that the first few miles of the run were all up hill, all of it was just oo much. he decided that we were on vacation and that he would rather not wind up in the hospital which i think was a wise decision. so he layed down in the shade for a while and then back tracked down the hill. had he continued on and gotten to the top of the hill he probably would have felt ok since the next mile is all down hill, but if he hit big beach feeling the way he was, he would have been stranded on that beach feeling as though he had been stranded by a ship wreck onto a deserted island. we found out that many of the people we knew who raced had problems with the race and that all of them finished close to an hour longer then expected. we packed up and went back to the condo. eric took a shower then he and i went to get some dinner. he made the right decision to stop when he did since he was able to eat and rehydrate without getting really sick, so we were all happy. i think we even took the kids to the pool later that evening. and that was sunday.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
busy busy and maui - day two
so tomorrow i head to ny for a few days, fly back to seattle then go to LA for the next few days, THEN on saturday i am taking seamus to see disney princess wishes on ice!!
went for an 11 mile run today with feather and dave. it was all uphill it seemed. but it was actually pretty good, although now i feel a little bit like i am getting a cold.
so on saturday morning seamus woke up telling us that we weren't in hawaii. we had told her that hawaii had the beach and sand and she didn't see any of that so we must not be in hawaii. eric took her to the lanai and said, see over those buildings, thats hawaii. she was good with that.
so i was racing in the makena 10k.
after planning the trip and coordinating flights and cars, condos and directions, i did not check to see what the race start time was. eric said 9, the neighbor said 9 i said, ok 9 sounds good. we took our time, did our thing and mosied over to the race. passing the hotel grounds while looking for parking it sure seemed strange that so many people were already lined up when there was still an hour before the start. they took me to athlete drop off, i jumped out and asked some volunteers when the race wsa to start. 8am. what time was it? 7:55. i ran towards the crowd saw a dude with a number and asked him were registration was. it was closed! but there were people there, they ran with me over to a lady who ran with me to a guy, i signed some paper they handed me a number, someone else handed me some pins and i asked if there were potties on the course. no. damn. where was one? waaaaaay over there. i thought and thought and thought, quickly. and i decided i would wind up totally a mess if i didn't do it, so i went, did my business and made it to the start with enough time to stand for about a second and the cannon went off. this was all actually good because it meant i didn't have to sit around waiting, getting thirsty and getting worried.
i decided to start off slow since it was so hot and i had no idea what the course was like. it was a lot of road at first. then it turned and went on some gravel road. but all of it was up hill. 20 minutes in, the 5kers caught up and we got to the split. i thought, i could go that route and be done in 10 minutes. but i stayed my route. lots of people were walking, and i stopped to walk some, too. i walked at each of the aide stations getting some gatorade and water and mixing them together. i walked through any tiny bit of shade i could find, really there wasn't any. i talked to a guy who was pasty white who was coming from honolulu. i don't know how that happens, but he said while although it was actually considerably cooler then last week, the heat was killing him. it made me feel better. it felt like we were at altitude and it was killing me, i was prepping myself for a 1:30 time. then we started down hill. and we just went down hill for a really long time. i passed a few people which was good and i was feeling considerably better. then we went into the woods, i think the spooky forest maybe, i don't know. then it was to big beach. and it was long, but beautiful.
i tried to stay by the water since the sand is easier to run but i got hit by a wave and now was stuck with wet, heavy sandy shoes. and the end no where in sight. note to self, don't get your shoes wet in the sand. but i ran the whole beach which was impressive for me. then into some more woods for a bit then out onto another shorter rockier beach. i picked off 4 women and one man during this time. i was pretty stoked and felt like i was racing. at one point i adjusted my finish time to 1:05. but then during the last stretch, maybe a 1/4 mile to go one of the women picked me back off. i told her good job as she passed but then i thought to myself, what??? 
so i sat on her for a bit and once in the finish shoot i sprinted her at the end. then i sat in the shade for a bit.
i met up with eric and the kids and grandma. eric picked up his race registration and i went to get my registration packet and shirt since i dind't get it before the race. we saw eric's friend jason and they chatted and eric got some tri shorts to race in. then we hiked to the car and loaded up. eric went off on his bike for a bit and the rest of us went back to the condo. sirus wanted to nap but seamus wanted to go to the pool so we did. then eric came home and we took the kids to the beach for a bit. by this time i was started to get what i thought might be a migraine. we decided to go to dinner and sho'nuff in the car thank goodness i had the where with all to bring a bag because i spewed all over. the kids were all freaking out patting me on the back since i was wedged between them. everyone got out except me, i handed the bag to seamus and could hear her asking whats that whats that? eric's response - soup. dinner out was nixed, groceries and dinner back at the condo were in. i went back and slept for a few hours and felt waaaaay better.
that was saturday.
went for an 11 mile run today with feather and dave. it was all uphill it seemed. but it was actually pretty good, although now i feel a little bit like i am getting a cold.
so on saturday morning seamus woke up telling us that we weren't in hawaii. we had told her that hawaii had the beach and sand and she didn't see any of that so we must not be in hawaii. eric took her to the lanai and said, see over those buildings, thats hawaii. she was good with that.
so i was racing in the makena 10k.
after planning the trip and coordinating flights and cars, condos and directions, i did not check to see what the race start time was. eric said 9, the neighbor said 9 i said, ok 9 sounds good. we took our time, did our thing and mosied over to the race. passing the hotel grounds while looking for parking it sure seemed strange that so many people were already lined up when there was still an hour before the start. they took me to athlete drop off, i jumped out and asked some volunteers when the race wsa to start. 8am. what time was it? 7:55. i ran towards the crowd saw a dude with a number and asked him were registration was. it was closed! but there were people there, they ran with me over to a lady who ran with me to a guy, i signed some paper they handed me a number, someone else handed me some pins and i asked if there were potties on the course. no. damn. where was one? waaaaaay over there. i thought and thought and thought, quickly. and i decided i would wind up totally a mess if i didn't do it, so i went, did my business and made it to the start with enough time to stand for about a second and the cannon went off. this was all actually good because it meant i didn't have to sit around waiting, getting thirsty and getting worried. i decided to start off slow since it was so hot and i had no idea what the course was like. it was a lot of road at first. then it turned and went on some gravel road. but all of it was up hill. 20 minutes in, the 5kers caught up and we got to the split. i thought, i could go that route and be done in 10 minutes. but i stayed my route. lots of people were walking, and i stopped to walk some, too. i walked at each of the aide stations getting some gatorade and water and mixing them together. i walked through any tiny bit of shade i could find, really there wasn't any. i talked to a guy who was pasty white who was coming from honolulu. i don't know how that happens, but he said while although it was actually considerably cooler then last week, the heat was killing him. it made me feel better. it felt like we were at altitude and it was killing me, i was prepping myself for a 1:30 time. then we started down hill. and we just went down hill for a really long time. i passed a few people which was good and i was feeling considerably better. then we went into the woods, i think the spooky forest maybe, i don't know. then it was to big beach. and it was long, but beautiful.
i tried to stay by the water since the sand is easier to run but i got hit by a wave and now was stuck with wet, heavy sandy shoes. and the end no where in sight. note to self, don't get your shoes wet in the sand. but i ran the whole beach which was impressive for me. then into some more woods for a bit then out onto another shorter rockier beach. i picked off 4 women and one man during this time. i was pretty stoked and felt like i was racing. at one point i adjusted my finish time to 1:05. but then during the last stretch, maybe a 1/4 mile to go one of the women picked me back off. i told her good job as she passed but then i thought to myself, what??? 
so i sat on her for a bit and once in the finish shoot i sprinted her at the end. then i sat in the shade for a bit.i met up with eric and the kids and grandma. eric picked up his race registration and i went to get my registration packet and shirt since i dind't get it before the race. we saw eric's friend jason and they chatted and eric got some tri shorts to race in. then we hiked to the car and loaded up. eric went off on his bike for a bit and the rest of us went back to the condo. sirus wanted to nap but seamus wanted to go to the pool so we did. then eric came home and we took the kids to the beach for a bit. by this time i was started to get what i thought might be a migraine. we decided to go to dinner and sho'nuff in the car thank goodness i had the where with all to bring a bag because i spewed all over. the kids were all freaking out patting me on the back since i was wedged between them. everyone got out except me, i handed the bag to seamus and could hear her asking whats that whats that? eric's response - soup. dinner out was nixed, groceries and dinner back at the condo were in. i went back and slept for a few hours and felt waaaaay better.
that was saturday.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
maui update - getting there
our flight was 1pmish on friday. we got to the airport with plenty of time, checked in at the sky cap, got through security and went to the gate. then they changed the gate. then it was delayed. then we got on the plane and found out that not only must car seats be by the window (which ruined all my seating arangements plans) but they stuck us in a row on the wing. apparently no car seats on the wing either.
the flight was good. at one point we hit some turbulance and seamus told me all about how it made her tummy hurt.
as we started to descend sirus fell asleep.
our layover had gone from 1 hr down to 15 minutes. we had to get off the plane, catch a shuttle, transfer to a different shuttle, change terminals, and run run run!! grandma was dragging poor little sirus, which was quite funny because his legs are just so short. but we got there and got on the plane and took off. this flight was good, too.
once again as we started to descend, sirus fell asleep.
then we got off the plane and headed to baggage claim where we saw charles the neighbor who was also coming out for the race and we saw bruce from bend, who was there for the race, too. charles took eric's bike, eric went to get the car and the kids, grandma and i gathered all the luggage and waited. the computers were down at car rental, so we had to wait an extra forever.
5 seconds into the car ride and both kids were OUT.
got to the condo and it was about 3042387 degrees. the kids slept through it all, got them in their jammies and put them in their beds.
eric went to the grocery store and spent $45 on milk, eggs, pb&j, bread. milk was $6.00!!! Bread was $5.00. I had to yell a little asking if he went to the 7-11 or something but no, hawaii is expensive.
grandma and sirus bunked together, seamus, eric and i shared. we all went to sleep.
the flight was good. at one point we hit some turbulance and seamus told me all about how it made her tummy hurt.
as we started to descend sirus fell asleep.
our layover had gone from 1 hr down to 15 minutes. we had to get off the plane, catch a shuttle, transfer to a different shuttle, change terminals, and run run run!! grandma was dragging poor little sirus, which was quite funny because his legs are just so short. but we got there and got on the plane and took off. this flight was good, too.
once again as we started to descend, sirus fell asleep.
then we got off the plane and headed to baggage claim where we saw charles the neighbor who was also coming out for the race and we saw bruce from bend, who was there for the race, too. charles took eric's bike, eric went to get the car and the kids, grandma and i gathered all the luggage and waited. the computers were down at car rental, so we had to wait an extra forever.
5 seconds into the car ride and both kids were OUT.
got to the condo and it was about 3042387 degrees. the kids slept through it all, got them in their jammies and put them in their beds.
eric went to the grocery store and spent $45 on milk, eggs, pb&j, bread. milk was $6.00!!! Bread was $5.00. I had to yell a little asking if he went to the 7-11 or something but no, hawaii is expensive.
grandma and sirus bunked together, seamus, eric and i shared. we all went to sleep.
Monday, November 05, 2007
since i'm not embarassed
eric is funny. ya know in that way that isn't so funny, ya know that way where a birthday hickey is only funny to the one who doesn't have to go to work with it. so, i was out in the ocean there in hawaii and he grabbed the camera to get some bikini shots. oh joy. just what i love more then anything.
but because i am not embarrassed, here is the photo:
but the best part and what makes me ok with the whole thing is when you zoom in, this is what is happening up close:
but because i am not embarrassed, here is the photo:
but the best part and what makes me ok with the whole thing is when you zoom in, this is what is happening up close:
chocolate cake
so, earlier in the month, before becoming part of the throughth3wallchallenge, i had made a quick food log to document the crap that i eat on a daily basis. i mentioned some chocolate cake. the reason there was chocolate cake was because a guy i work with not only had an incredible marathon pr of 2:18 but at the same time qualified for the olympic trials in NYC this past weekend. so absolutley amazing. as i grow older i find it fascinating and reassuring that people who are amazing athletes or who hold high power positions in the corporate world are just like me. and you even. they are normal ordinary people. i have met my share of both types and ya know, they are just normal people who do interesting things. i try to do my best in both of those areas so it gives me reassurance that while people do have special gifts that may help them be extra amazing, they are normal, too. realizing this has helped me imensly in the past year to overcome HUGE obsticales at work. i am now public speaker extraordinare. ok, maybe not, but really, i can do it and i am fine.
on that note, i did some super modeling this past weekend. i was feeling old when i showed up there and the people doing hair and makeup didn't want to do my hair since it was short, until this lady came along and put in pin curls and made it all 1940's which i loved, then when all the girls were wearing grey and black and red with leather hand bags, they put me in this super frumpy mustard yellow dress with a canvas bag that said to kiss my canvas. all outfit changes after that were good though. i am going to try to dig up some photos from it.
there is lots to tell about the trip to hawaii. a few quick comments though, it was hot, the kids had a blast at the beach, we got to see cheri and we want to go back. even the redeye flight back was ok. we managed back to the house by noonishon saturday and sirus went down for a nap probably around 3pm and didn't wake up until 8am on sunday! he was a tired little guy! more about the trip and the races later.
on that note, i did some super modeling this past weekend. i was feeling old when i showed up there and the people doing hair and makeup didn't want to do my hair since it was short, until this lady came along and put in pin curls and made it all 1940's which i loved, then when all the girls were wearing grey and black and red with leather hand bags, they put me in this super frumpy mustard yellow dress with a canvas bag that said to kiss my canvas. all outfit changes after that were good though. i am going to try to dig up some photos from it.
there is lots to tell about the trip to hawaii. a few quick comments though, it was hot, the kids had a blast at the beach, we got to see cheri and we want to go back. even the redeye flight back was ok. we managed back to the house by noonishon saturday and sirus went down for a nap probably around 3pm and didn't wake up until 8am on sunday! he was a tired little guy! more about the trip and the races later.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
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