busy busy busy. so things are better. they were never really that bad just that one last day but things are nutty! work is crazy but good. for the first time ever in my professional life has things been absolutly insane but i don't want to quit! i actually want to stay because things are tough but good and only going to get better.
plus, we are moving this weekend! can't even beleive it. not sure how its going to go, but really all i want to do it throw everything in the truck. who needs boxes? who needs any of that stuff? really? we're all starting to pack and the kids are helping too.
i have done the onion man triathlon and kicked arse on the bike and went at a pace 10 seconds faster on the run then the last olympic i did.
i did the issaquah tri and was 8 minutes overall faster then last year.
i did the 5 mile lake tri this past weekend as a relay with sister and brother's gf. i had the 2nd fastest bike split in my age group had i race within my age group.
plus the other week i did a 10 miler on the treadmill.
all of this has caused me to gain like 400 pounds. i have not gone swimming except for the races and i am really not very prepared for lake stevens but i am very excited none the less.
seamus did the triathlon too and was a total trooper! even though she had the option of running on the beach instead of swimming since it was so cold, she wanted to swim the entire 75 yards. she got to the first buoy but then got a boost to the next buoy and then she swam to the finish. the same life guard guy ran with her to transition, with seamus skipping and jumping the whole way. the bike was 3.3k and consisted of three laps. each lap had an offroad section that was pretty tricky for the kids with training wheels. on the 2nd lap seamus tipped over and started to cry. she wouldn't get back on the bike. i felt like the worst mom ever. i felt terrible for having her do the race, she is only 4 and the race is intended for 6 & up. she walked the rest of the way over to transition, took off her helmet and was totally excited to head off on the run. apparently she was just done with the bike. it was too long and i should have thought to cut her off after the 1st lap anyway. but she did complete 2, which is sooo impressive. she was really fast on the run which was suprising to me. she never stopped to walk but just kept running! she did a modified run course since she was the last one on the course, but she ran almost .3 miles and crossed the finish line in a sprint! it was amazing! a few days later i asked her if she might want to do another one some day and she said of course! i wasn't feeling like a terrible mother afterall!
the issaquah was xtie's first tri, too and she was awesome! i knew she'd do well and she did amazing! and then this weekend she graduated from law school! totally impressive!
today was seamus's preschool graduation. they put on a fun gymnastics show and danced and ran and seamus was the cutest litte girl there. sirus participated too which was fun.
we also registered seamus into a new preschool by the new house. i like the one she is in now because she gets so much physical activity and i'm not sure how this new one will be but we'll have to wait till september and find out.
i think that might be it for now.
