Sunday, June 24, 2007
ow
i am tired. way tired. tday was the mountains to sound race and i am disapointed in how terrible i feel right now. i got the hand off from the paddlers whom i hadn't ever met, gave them my cell phone and keys to my car, and then was off. i was feeling really good! i was picking people off all over the place. it was fun! i was worried about running 13.5 miles along the burke gilamn trail but it was actualy pretty nice. i had made myself a scrug from an old pumpkin push shirt. my arms get so cold and its just my skin that gets cold. so i cut it off real short and made it into a little jacket. it worked great! but only a few miles in i took it off and my shirt, too. i was feeling really good! they said there were two water stations, 1/3 of the way in and then 2/3s. but an hour in i knew i was more then 1/3 in and no water. just then it appeared but i think it was too late. i stopped and drank a whole cup but my mouth was instantly dry. it was all down hill from here on out. this is about when i got passed by the barefoot girl! she had little bootie things on but still. then i got passed by some really fast people, and i was ok with that. then we got to where we go for the family jogs and i started to fall apart. my knees, my back, my neck, all of it. plus i started to get worried that maybe there wouldn't be a 2nd water station and whatever. a mile or two went by and i eventaully came to the 2nd water station but it didn't help my knees or hammys. they said it was about 3 more miles to go. i got totally bummed out that the stop light changed at 25th so i could go. i really wanted to rest. i did eventually stop to stretch. and walk. a few times. it really bummed me out that i was feeling so terrible and that i had to walk as much as i did. then the temperature dropped by 5 degrees or even more, the sun went away and i had to put all my shirts back on. good that i did because it started to rain. and not yer typical seattle drizzle, but it rained some good old cats and dogs. insult to injury. but it did make me feel a little better. then i got passed by someone i had passed early on. then i got passed by two other girls that i had passed way back, but i caught on them and hung on. i wasn't able to catch and take them back, but i was able to run to the finish. my watch said 2:05, which was 5 minutes faster then i was looking to do, but 5 minutes slower then i was hoping to do. had it not been for all that walking. and i feel terrible. i have to figure out what i am going to do about the half ironman. no good is that that is going to be. i might just have to walk the whole thing.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
little bugger
oh dear. poor sirus!! little guy, he's not even two and just made his 2nd trip to the er!! last time was in february when he was working on being a beach nurse. this time he went to children's hospital which is like not even a mile from our house. i was supposed to go swimming after werk but it took me an hour 15 to get home which meant that by the time i got to the pool i would have only 1/2 hour there and whatever i blew it off. eric was vacuuming when i got home and we were all getting ready to go for a walk. eric was stll vacuuming and seamus and i were in the bathroom when i heard it... the scuffle of the bike as we referr to the 4 wheeled plastic ride on toy of the kids, then the solid bump, then the cries. i ran right out to see poor little sirus with his hands on his face standing in a pool of blood!! i grabbed him and took him to eric right away. litle guy had bt his lip and was bleeding all over the place. i never saw anything like it. i had eric call the doctor and they said that although it likely was fine, its better to be safe especially since he fell on tile and we didn't actually see what happened. poor little guy's shirt was by this time covered in blood and tears and snot from his runny nose. i was worried about going to children's hospital because i was afraid of seeing sick or hurt little kids but it was quiet there and everyone was so incredibly nice. sirus got a bracelet and then seamus eric and i all got stickers saying we belonged to sirus. sirus was called right back into triage and then right into a room. not even 2 minutes later the doctor came in. sirus sat on my lap and was really cooperative. seamus wanted in on the action even, telling him how she hurt her foot yesterday but when the doctor asked to see it she shyed away. the doctor then tld us that he was a jr doctor and the other doctor would be in. not even 2 minutes later the senior doctor came in. wow, these doctors are so nice! ad they do such a great job! this doctors even put a tongue depresser in sirus's mouth, poked around on his teeth and everything and sirus just sat there. his teeth were ok although one on top was bleeding, and he had a hurt on his chin but he didn't seem to have a concussion and everything else seemed fine. they say that they try to avoid stitching up lips on little kids for several reasons, the main one being that it doesn't really do any good and the kids wind up tearing the stitches out anyway. plus they would have to put him under general anesthetic to do it and i just wouldn't be able to handle that at all! so, the doctor gave both seamus and sirus popsicles and sent us on our way. little guy needs to stop it!!
other news, at the 5k the other weekend, i forgot to mention that i saw my obgyn - the doctor that delivered sirus and that i went to for all the prenatal checkups for both kids. i wanted to say hi but wasn't sure if that was ok or not.
other news, at the 5k the other weekend, i forgot to mention that i saw my obgyn - the doctor that delivered sirus and that i went to for all the prenatal checkups for both kids. i wanted to say hi but wasn't sure if that was ok or not.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
cascade edge
hot damn, that was tough. i was totally concerned since i was so sick this week. i was really really sick. rarely am i put on my arse like that. but i managed a comeback, a short run on saturday and then off to the races.
i slept terribly. have been all week. my leg has been hurting, the old snowboard injury. i thot it was gone but i think its from the cycling. it didn't bother me at all last summer, but then again, last summer the only biking i did was on race day.
woke up early and it was cold and drizzly. not fun. charity called to see if we wanted anything from the starbucks and OFCOURSE we did. so then we were off to enumclaw. it got colder and wetter. i was freezing! when i was changing into my wetsuit it was sprinkling and i really started freezing with the shivers and everything. i almost broke down crying. really. but then i would have been the cryer. but i was concerned because although i was feeling ok, i was so sick just 3 dys earlier and had i really recovered?
as eric's race was about to start he went into the water. i watched him and he seemed ok. he even looked back and said it wasn't too cold. i felt a little better. then he was off and i saw him get dunked twice in his first 10 strokes. then it was time to line up for my race. thank goodness charity was there. we went in and really the water wasn't that bad. ok, yes actually it was terrible and eric is a lier, which he admitted to later. i went under and i about passed out. but my spirits had gone up a little since getting in was the worst part. then i did something i have NEVER done, i pulled out the neck of my wetsuit and went under and filled it up. good lord i almost passed out again!! then the race was off. i was doing pretty well, going at a nice and even pace just swimming along then i crashed into the person a head of me and it was all over. rounded the first buoy and headed to the second. the nice man in the kayak came over to see if i was ok and i said i was fine, just slow. he said that its ok to be slow. around the horn i went and down the other side. then i started getting lapped by the guys who started 5 minutes ahead. then down around the bottom buoy and off for lap 2. by now i was, dare i say, almost kind of enjoying the swim. i was going slower then slow and alternating between crawl and breast but i recently learned to wear my goggles not so tight and to spit in them to keep out the fog and the lake was really nice. then the kayaker came by and asked if i was ok, yes, still slow. i decided to crawl for a while and was totally on a roll just going along feeling like i was totally kicking arse out there in the lake by myself at this point. when i finally looked up i was totally off course and the dude on the jetski was watching me. WHEN was he going to come stop me i wonder? i was all mad. finaly around the horn and back in. by the time i was headed in the water was so still. i was no longer freezing. there was a weird currant in the water tho it seemed because i didn't seem to be making any progress. FINALLY i got out of the water! and i RAN up the hill to transition!! i am pretty sure i was 2nd to last out of the water but there were still lots of ppl getting ready for the bike.
i was pretty warm from the swim and was having a tough time figuring out what to wear on the bke. i opted for arm warmers and vest but no knee warmers.
44 minutes into the race, according to my watch i was on the bike and on my way. i quickly decided that i really would have liked those knee warmers. the first few miles went by quickly but there was this one part that was down hill but i really had to work really hard to get down that hill. i thought it was me until i came up on someone and she commented the same thing that i was thinking. at mile 9 the course started to be fun! i was frozen at this point with ice blocks for feet but i was having some fun and i started catching some people even! i also witnessed someone get called out by officials for drafting but they just got a warning.
according to my watch i made it back to transition at 1:38. ERIC WAS ALREADY DONE! and standing right there. i put on my shoes, took off the vest and put on my hat. the run was a 4 lap trail run which turned out to be pretty fun. starting off i was actually pretty happy with my frozen solid feet but they and the rest of me quickly heated up but boy did i have to pee. i just chugged along and the first lap flew by! i learned later that at this point eric was getting a massage.... i tossed off my arm warmers but i was never going to get through another 4.5 miles having to pee so i jumped into the bushes and squatted right there. ahhhh, much better. i quickly caught some of the people that passed me while i was peeing and then i really started picking them off. it was tricky to tell if i was picking them off since we were doing 4 laps, but i was passing people and i was pretty excited. heading out to lap 4 they called my name over the speakers as i headed out and off i went. i felt pretty good and picked up some speed and then finally i was done! my watch said 52:54, that included the bike to run transition, i think. but regardless i was happy with my run and i was even more happy to be done. but when i crossed the line and saw eric the first thing i told him was that i am pretty sure i won't be able to do the 1/2 iron man.
now thati think about it though, i just need to slow it down. yes, even slower then today, i am worried about the bike. we drove the course yesterday and i just don't know. but its laps... and hopefully it won't be 2 degrees like today and maybe it won't be 90 like it apparantly was last year.
the kids got eric a hammock for father's day. its portable and has a stand to it so we put it up in the house. it was very relaxing but EVERYONE wants to be on the hammock so we had to put it away. :( maybe we will get some nice weather and we can take it outside!!
i slept terribly. have been all week. my leg has been hurting, the old snowboard injury. i thot it was gone but i think its from the cycling. it didn't bother me at all last summer, but then again, last summer the only biking i did was on race day.
woke up early and it was cold and drizzly. not fun. charity called to see if we wanted anything from the starbucks and OFCOURSE we did. so then we were off to enumclaw. it got colder and wetter. i was freezing! when i was changing into my wetsuit it was sprinkling and i really started freezing with the shivers and everything. i almost broke down crying. really. but then i would have been the cryer. but i was concerned because although i was feeling ok, i was so sick just 3 dys earlier and had i really recovered?
as eric's race was about to start he went into the water. i watched him and he seemed ok. he even looked back and said it wasn't too cold. i felt a little better. then he was off and i saw him get dunked twice in his first 10 strokes. then it was time to line up for my race. thank goodness charity was there. we went in and really the water wasn't that bad. ok, yes actually it was terrible and eric is a lier, which he admitted to later. i went under and i about passed out. but my spirits had gone up a little since getting in was the worst part. then i did something i have NEVER done, i pulled out the neck of my wetsuit and went under and filled it up. good lord i almost passed out again!! then the race was off. i was doing pretty well, going at a nice and even pace just swimming along then i crashed into the person a head of me and it was all over. rounded the first buoy and headed to the second. the nice man in the kayak came over to see if i was ok and i said i was fine, just slow. he said that its ok to be slow. around the horn i went and down the other side. then i started getting lapped by the guys who started 5 minutes ahead. then down around the bottom buoy and off for lap 2. by now i was, dare i say, almost kind of enjoying the swim. i was going slower then slow and alternating between crawl and breast but i recently learned to wear my goggles not so tight and to spit in them to keep out the fog and the lake was really nice. then the kayaker came by and asked if i was ok, yes, still slow. i decided to crawl for a while and was totally on a roll just going along feeling like i was totally kicking arse out there in the lake by myself at this point. when i finally looked up i was totally off course and the dude on the jetski was watching me. WHEN was he going to come stop me i wonder? i was all mad. finaly around the horn and back in. by the time i was headed in the water was so still. i was no longer freezing. there was a weird currant in the water tho it seemed because i didn't seem to be making any progress. FINALLY i got out of the water! and i RAN up the hill to transition!! i am pretty sure i was 2nd to last out of the water but there were still lots of ppl getting ready for the bike.
i was pretty warm from the swim and was having a tough time figuring out what to wear on the bke. i opted for arm warmers and vest but no knee warmers.
44 minutes into the race, according to my watch i was on the bike and on my way. i quickly decided that i really would have liked those knee warmers. the first few miles went by quickly but there was this one part that was down hill but i really had to work really hard to get down that hill. i thought it was me until i came up on someone and she commented the same thing that i was thinking. at mile 9 the course started to be fun! i was frozen at this point with ice blocks for feet but i was having some fun and i started catching some people even! i also witnessed someone get called out by officials for drafting but they just got a warning.
according to my watch i made it back to transition at 1:38. ERIC WAS ALREADY DONE! and standing right there. i put on my shoes, took off the vest and put on my hat. the run was a 4 lap trail run which turned out to be pretty fun. starting off i was actually pretty happy with my frozen solid feet but they and the rest of me quickly heated up but boy did i have to pee. i just chugged along and the first lap flew by! i learned later that at this point eric was getting a massage.... i tossed off my arm warmers but i was never going to get through another 4.5 miles having to pee so i jumped into the bushes and squatted right there. ahhhh, much better. i quickly caught some of the people that passed me while i was peeing and then i really started picking them off. it was tricky to tell if i was picking them off since we were doing 4 laps, but i was passing people and i was pretty excited. heading out to lap 4 they called my name over the speakers as i headed out and off i went. i felt pretty good and picked up some speed and then finally i was done! my watch said 52:54, that included the bike to run transition, i think. but regardless i was happy with my run and i was even more happy to be done. but when i crossed the line and saw eric the first thing i told him was that i am pretty sure i won't be able to do the 1/2 iron man.
now thati think about it though, i just need to slow it down. yes, even slower then today, i am worried about the bike. we drove the course yesterday and i just don't know. but its laps... and hopefully it won't be 2 degrees like today and maybe it won't be 90 like it apparantly was last year.
the kids got eric a hammock for father's day. its portable and has a stand to it so we put it up in the house. it was very relaxing but EVERYONE wants to be on the hammock so we had to put it away. :( maybe we will get some nice weather and we can take it outside!!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
i'm sick!
this is baaaad. i am sick, really sick, like the flu or something. its wedensday and i need to get better by sunday for the olympic distance triathlon. ugh. right about now all my bones in my back hurt, my neck feels like it is bigger then my hips, and i feel like arse.
the day after the trail run was the 5k and i have renewed confidence. just wait!! its going to get good, if i can get over this sickness.
the day after the trail run was the 5k and i have renewed confidence. just wait!! its going to get good, if i can get over this sickness.
Saturday, June 09, 2007
like mother like daughter
so today was the cougar mtn 7.5 mile trail run. i was not up for it at all. i was totally puffy from the totaly spicey enchiladas that eric made the night before and totally disappointed in the terrible apple pie i had made. but we went. lets say the enchiladas let me know they were there before the race but they were no longer a bother once the race started. i know i can go 7.5 miles but oh how i forgot that trail is so different then road. based on last years 5 miler time (i didn't even consider the 13er) i figured i would be lucky if i finished in 1:30, but thought i better mentaly prep myself for 1:45. the race started out good. the main thing that wsa different this year then last was that i aways had someone in sight in front of me and someone directly behind. last year i was by myself most of the time, in both races. at about 30 minutes i thot i might pass out it was so hard. so i decided to take a gu. i took it out of the little internal pocket of my running shorts and tore off the top. put the top back into the little pocket. tok the gu but shoved the empty part into the water bottle hand thingy. about 5 or so minutes later i realized that the little top that i tore from the top of the gu hadn;t made it back into the little pocket and was instead taking a tour of the inside of my shorts. now, you may recall what i did last year, but this year i decided to just deal.
and it was just funny. at 45 minutes i was feeling pretty good again. that may have been at the point where we had just deceneded for 5 minutes straight because not too long after that i thot i was going to die. so i walked up some of the hills and let a group of about 10 go past then i ran again. a little later and another uphill section later i let another 10 go by. i had thot my postion was good but i could see it getting worse and worse. at an hour i decided to take the other gu since i had geared up for it being another 45 minutes. as i was finishing it off i came accross a crossing and asked what the mile marker was. the lady said i had another mile and 1/2. wow! i was totaly suprised! so i started to kick it in a little, got to the water station that said only 1/2 mile left and then got to the gate that said .3 mile left then saw eric, tossed him my water bottle, sprinted past a little girl and crossed the finish line in 1:14. lets just say i was pleasantly suprised. although eric tried to burst my bubble and say it was really only 6.5, i will believe for myself that it was the whole 7.5. results are posted only up to the top 151, but a 10 yearold girl finished in 1:09. that is amazing to me. eric came in 8th overall, possibly 2nd in his age group, or maybe 4th. he did get beat by a girl though. but at least she wasnt 10.
we had originaly planned to go to the lake to swim after but it was colde and rainy and we were really tired so we came home anyway. i passed out.
tomorrow is a 5k. for this one i am actually going to warm up a little and then see what happens. it will have a big hill in it that might kill me but we will see!
here is a photo of seamus looking bad:
and sirus looking like the saddest baby ever:
and it was just funny. at 45 minutes i was feeling pretty good again. that may have been at the point where we had just deceneded for 5 minutes straight because not too long after that i thot i was going to die. so i walked up some of the hills and let a group of about 10 go past then i ran again. a little later and another uphill section later i let another 10 go by. i had thot my postion was good but i could see it getting worse and worse. at an hour i decided to take the other gu since i had geared up for it being another 45 minutes. as i was finishing it off i came accross a crossing and asked what the mile marker was. the lady said i had another mile and 1/2. wow! i was totaly suprised! so i started to kick it in a little, got to the water station that said only 1/2 mile left and then got to the gate that said .3 mile left then saw eric, tossed him my water bottle, sprinted past a little girl and crossed the finish line in 1:14. lets just say i was pleasantly suprised. although eric tried to burst my bubble and say it was really only 6.5, i will believe for myself that it was the whole 7.5. results are posted only up to the top 151, but a 10 yearold girl finished in 1:09. that is amazing to me. eric came in 8th overall, possibly 2nd in his age group, or maybe 4th. he did get beat by a girl though. but at least she wasnt 10.
we had originaly planned to go to the lake to swim after but it was colde and rainy and we were really tired so we came home anyway. i passed out.
tomorrow is a 5k. for this one i am actually going to warm up a little and then see what happens. it will have a big hill in it that might kill me but we will see!
here is a photo of seamus looking bad:
and sirus looking like the saddest baby ever:
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Wednesday, June 06, 2007
not any more
the issaquah triathlon was this weekend and it was fun. somehow i seemed to have pulled off an 8 minute mile pace for the run! amazing. after the race i felt as though the cascade edge olympic distance race will be nothing at all. until sunday morning when i tried some more open water swimming and was tired. real tired. eric said it was ok that i was tired cuz it meant that i worked hard the day before. but it made me lose confidence again. then we went for a run and it was hot and eric made me go up hill a lot. but a little into it i felt good and although i wanted to do 7 miles we stopped at 4 because there were some kids selling lemonade and it was hot and we needed some of that.
later i took the kids to rei and sirus cried his giant crocodile tears because i took his shoes off before he could play in the treehouse they have.
so, i went swimming today and did the whole 84 laps. i am REALLY slow. when i told eric that i was slow, he reminded me that the point of the lake stevens race was for me to cover the distance which is true, but i would like to not be last. ok, whatever, but the times for last year seem really fast and my pool swim was still considerably longer then the slowest time from the event. okokok then i have to remind myself that lake stevens is a world qualifier so there will be fast people there. and then ok i JUST pulled results again and now that i know approximately how long it might take me there are some folks to might come in around the same time, so that makes me feel better. but i think its all going to work out and i am excited about the olympic distance race coming up!
i am no longer a slave to the numbers that are in my pants. i went to the banana republic and saw somw cropped jean pant things that i wanted to try on. they didn't have my size so i opted to try the next size down. they fit!! they did not look good, but they fit. i see people walking around all the time looking like i did in them, but it was not good. and despite the number on the pants, i did not make the purchase. this is a good thing. instead i got some comfy yoga pants so that i can retire the black velour maternity pants i lounge around in these days.
plans for the rest of the week: ride bike home from work tomorrow, run n' bus (maybe bike if i am up to it) to work on Friday, 7.5 mile trail run at cougar mtn on saturday, bbq in the afternoon then maybe 1/2 mile pool swim, 5k on sunday and cirling back to catch up with xtie and seamus and mom and sirus! possilbe 40 mile bike ride later that afternoon. rest, rest, rest followed by the national sales meeting at work with 2 full hours of me presenting all kinds of ad operations and data goodness!
later i took the kids to rei and sirus cried his giant crocodile tears because i took his shoes off before he could play in the treehouse they have.
so, i went swimming today and did the whole 84 laps. i am REALLY slow. when i told eric that i was slow, he reminded me that the point of the lake stevens race was for me to cover the distance which is true, but i would like to not be last. ok, whatever, but the times for last year seem really fast and my pool swim was still considerably longer then the slowest time from the event. okokok then i have to remind myself that lake stevens is a world qualifier so there will be fast people there. and then ok i JUST pulled results again and now that i know approximately how long it might take me there are some folks to might come in around the same time, so that makes me feel better. but i think its all going to work out and i am excited about the olympic distance race coming up!
i am no longer a slave to the numbers that are in my pants. i went to the banana republic and saw somw cropped jean pant things that i wanted to try on. they didn't have my size so i opted to try the next size down. they fit!! they did not look good, but they fit. i see people walking around all the time looking like i did in them, but it was not good. and despite the number on the pants, i did not make the purchase. this is a good thing. instead i got some comfy yoga pants so that i can retire the black velour maternity pants i lounge around in these days.
plans for the rest of the week: ride bike home from work tomorrow, run n' bus (maybe bike if i am up to it) to work on Friday, 7.5 mile trail run at cougar mtn on saturday, bbq in the afternoon then maybe 1/2 mile pool swim, 5k on sunday and cirling back to catch up with xtie and seamus and mom and sirus! possilbe 40 mile bike ride later that afternoon. rest, rest, rest followed by the national sales meeting at work with 2 full hours of me presenting all kinds of ad operations and data goodness!
Monday, May 28, 2007
weekend
today was my first open water swim of the season and it was damn cold. so cold that every time i stuck my face in i would hyper ventalate. damn cold. but the water was clear and all in all it was a good swim. cold though. i did my own mini triathlon but with extra long transitions with complete clothing changes and bathroom breaks!
eric did his first olympic disance triathlon yesterday. we are not swimmers. eric managed a 111 out of 191 in the swim. but dug deep into his treasure chest of courage and pulled out a 13th overall finish with a 2nd in his age group which is pretty good considering the guy who came in first in his age group is pro and all. i was all proud, eric did great!! we showed up at the race site about 20 minutes before the start of the race because we make a wrong turn AND got pulled over by the coppers. nice police man though, let us off and even gave us directions to the race site! seamus came with us but sirus stayed at grandmas. it was so windy!! seamus took refuge at one point in my coat. she also stopped to listen to the crickets.
eric did his first olympic disance triathlon yesterday. we are not swimmers. eric managed a 111 out of 191 in the swim. but dug deep into his treasure chest of courage and pulled out a 13th overall finish with a 2nd in his age group which is pretty good considering the guy who came in first in his age group is pro and all. i was all proud, eric did great!! we showed up at the race site about 20 minutes before the start of the race because we make a wrong turn AND got pulled over by the coppers. nice police man though, let us off and even gave us directions to the race site! seamus came with us but sirus stayed at grandmas. it was so windy!! seamus took refuge at one point in my coat. she also stopped to listen to the crickets.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
love is
a bike seat that has "Silicone gel inserts with differentiated thickness" that have been "strategically placed around the anatomical cut out to improve comfort and relieve pressure in the frontal soft tissue area". how GROSS is that?? gross but true. man, i spent how many years on my man seat? the seat that eric told me over and over to get rid of and i would convince myself that it was great. finally i gave in and my soft tissues are thanking me.
i did a load of laundry this evening. yeah, so, its not a good idea to put a diaper in the washing machine. ugh. thank goodness it was not poopy but that diaper go is pretty gross.
seamus pulled her hammy! she was all gimpy this morning grabbing her hamstring. she got a little hammy rub this morning and eventually it got all better.
i was in ohio this weekend. wow! that was so much fun!!! i got me some photos taken. i am going to post some here so it will be apparent to all that i do not look terrible like in that photo the other day.
Seamus wanted to come to ohio with me.where would all my shoes fit?
sirus was just being cute!
lisa, cary & i were a bunch of hotel posers.
allie and i ran the cleveland 10k in the morning then had some jewish brunch.
i did a load of laundry this evening. yeah, so, its not a good idea to put a diaper in the washing machine. ugh. thank goodness it was not poopy but that diaper go is pretty gross.
seamus pulled her hammy! she was all gimpy this morning grabbing her hamstring. she got a little hammy rub this morning and eventually it got all better.
i was in ohio this weekend. wow! that was so much fun!!! i got me some photos taken. i am going to post some here so it will be apparent to all that i do not look terrible like in that photo the other day.
Seamus wanted to come to ohio with me.where would all my shoes fit?
sirus was just being cute!
lisa, cary & i were a bunch of hotel posers.
allie and i ran the cleveland 10k in the morning then had some jewish brunch.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
i guess i lied.
so, i just had to bask in my 3rd placeness again... and they changed the results!!! so i was 3/34 out of 30-34, but now it has been updated to be 7/71 out of 30-39. hmph. not sure how i feel about that. i do know i was 3 for at least a day. still 24 out of 259.
highly unusual
i got an eyebrow wax today. and i got a manicure. the person that did my nails was a guy. that was different. he did a good job, but it was a bit unexpected.
Sunday, May 13, 2007
apparenlty
this is what i look like after coming in 3rd in my division in the 5k race this morning. i asked eric if that is really what i look like and he said no and then he laughed. he might be lying.
this is what seamus, sirus and i look like while playing chuzzle on the computer. the kids looove it!! i look concerned but maybe that is because of my sweatshirt and my pop belly?
eric has committed to helping me train for the 1/2 iron man, as a result we ran 9 miles yesterday, swam 3/4 miles and then today ran the 5k race, yes, that one where i came in 3rd and then went for a 30 mile bike ride. i am beat.
and its mother's day! here is sirus sleeping and one of seamus, too.
she fell asleep hugging her book that jen sent her. by the time i ran to get the camera she had rolled around and got all pissed off, but its cute anyway!! those are not her pjs but instead what she opted to put on after we put her to bed. its not up to us any longer.
dude, getting life insurance is one of the most horrible experieinces ever. i will give more detail later.
this is what seamus, sirus and i look like while playing chuzzle on the computer. the kids looove it!! i look concerned but maybe that is because of my sweatshirt and my pop belly?
eric has committed to helping me train for the 1/2 iron man, as a result we ran 9 miles yesterday, swam 3/4 miles and then today ran the 5k race, yes, that one where i came in 3rd and then went for a 30 mile bike ride. i am beat.
and its mother's day! here is sirus sleeping and one of seamus, too.
she fell asleep hugging her book that jen sent her. by the time i ran to get the camera she had rolled around and got all pissed off, but its cute anyway!! those are not her pjs but instead what she opted to put on after we put her to bed. its not up to us any longer.dude, getting life insurance is one of the most horrible experieinces ever. i will give more detail later.
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Friday, May 04, 2007
cougar
i am turning into a cougar. this is bad. several signs point to it. pone being that i sat at a bar in krikland drinking by myself last night. i got the sense that the bartender did not beleive me that i was actually going to meet up with people.
another being that we now have a stoller that the model is cougar 2. that is twice the cougarness. more specifically it is the cougar 2 chassis. ewwww.
a while back i slurged and got myself a little coach purse. its cute and i like it. eric, on the other hand doesn't like it because he says it looks like a saggy sack. he is right, it does and it actually looks like the little hippy dippy fanny pack that i had in highschool that i would throw over my shoulder. my new saggy sack is just like that saggy sack the only real difference is that my currnt one wouldn't ever fit around my waist.
dude, work is killing me.
i decided that i needed to stop wearing such ugly lounge clothes. i either wear the same black yoga pants i have been wearing for the past 8 years or i wear my velour maternity pants. in a time of bvious weekness i icked up some BRIGHT pink terry juicy pants. BRIGHT pink. so pink that they match seamus's pants in this photo:
i think these pants are cute on a 3 yr old, but i am not so sure on someone of my advanced age. especially paired with my favorite bright yellow cliff bar flaor patrol shirt. i look good.
another being that we now have a stoller that the model is cougar 2. that is twice the cougarness. more specifically it is the cougar 2 chassis. ewwww.
a while back i slurged and got myself a little coach purse. its cute and i like it. eric, on the other hand doesn't like it because he says it looks like a saggy sack. he is right, it does and it actually looks like the little hippy dippy fanny pack that i had in highschool that i would throw over my shoulder. my new saggy sack is just like that saggy sack the only real difference is that my currnt one wouldn't ever fit around my waist.
dude, work is killing me.
i decided that i needed to stop wearing such ugly lounge clothes. i either wear the same black yoga pants i have been wearing for the past 8 years or i wear my velour maternity pants. in a time of bvious weekness i icked up some BRIGHT pink terry juicy pants. BRIGHT pink. so pink that they match seamus's pants in this photo:
i think these pants are cute on a 3 yr old, but i am not so sure on someone of my advanced age. especially paired with my favorite bright yellow cliff bar flaor patrol shirt. i look good.
Sunday, April 29, 2007
sheesh part 2
busy busy. the past few weeks have been nutty and busy and good lord.
we took a trip to vernal utah to visit the kids's greatgrandma. it was a quick trip, leaving friday morning and geting back sunday afternon. when i woke seamus up at 445am on friday she turned to me and told me to leave her alone because she was sleeping. i then told her we were going to get on the airplane and she jumped right out of bed! both kids were really great on the plane. eric's mom came with us, too, so it was great to have an extra set of hands. originall they gave us seats all in the middle, one right infront of the other. while it was tempting to keep those we did change them so we were all in one row. after we landed in salt lake we had to ride a bus to go get our mini van. everyone loved the bus. and it turned out that everyone loved the mini van. me included. i had been looking into them recently anyway. eric is liking the volvo and doesn't want oto switch, even tho he was a minivan driver when i first met him. the drive to vernal is supposedly only 2.5 hours from salt lake, but it took us 5.5 from the time we got off the plane to when we got to vernal. we went right to vsit greatgrandma and then to our hotel. the whole trip was swo much fun. the kids spent more time outside and at parks then they usually get the chance to and that made everyone happy.
vernal does not believe in vegetables so we had none the whole time we were there. and we went to walmart everyday, sometimes more then once. good lord. but walmart in verbal is 48976123764 times better then walmart in renton.
the trip home was good but tiring. poor eric's mom had a 3 hour drive still but she made it home ok, too.
monday i went to work. tuesday i got up at 345am to catch a 6am flight to SF. i am having some issues when it comes to foot wear. i have gotten a few new pairs of shoes lately. i have tried them on at various times of day, during, before and after various activities and every pair feels fine at the store but then i get them home and they are all too small. what is totally even more lame is that in each instance i even tried on the bigger pair and each time there will be a gap at the back of my heel. so i took 3 pairs of shoes to go to sf. the pair i wore down had caused me issues the last time i had gone but they are now my best fitting, least high heeled pair, but i totally slipped and almost fell in the airport. so, i got to sf and to my hotel and thankfully they let me check in at 830am. i changed into some less dangerous shoes but man i felt frumpy. with this new hairdu and recent 43 pounds i did not want to feel frumpy when i might be running into former co-workers. so i went right to nordtrom. it doesn't open untl 930 so i had to sit there. finally it opened. there are tons of cute shoes in the world but my toenails are totaly fuct so i can't get any open toed anything. i really didn't want to buy yet another pair of plain back high heels but i did rationailze that the pair i do have don't fit and the heel is to high. so i got a pair. i opted to not get the jessica simpson brand and got the even cheaper ones. those felt fine. wore them right ouit of the store and all over sf and to the conference. until day 2. does it really matter any more about my shoes?
ok, so my favorite part of the conference was standing in line at riteaide getting some bandaides for my fuct toes ad there was an older guy al business like right infront of ne, with an 18 pack of budwiser cans. at 9am. that and somehow i managed to go to starbucks 3 times each day. i met some of my coworkers who i totally dig, and i went to dinner with allie and luan which was fun despite the foirgra. we had steak tarter. there is more to all of that story.
we took a trip to vernal utah to visit the kids's greatgrandma. it was a quick trip, leaving friday morning and geting back sunday afternon. when i woke seamus up at 445am on friday she turned to me and told me to leave her alone because she was sleeping. i then told her we were going to get on the airplane and she jumped right out of bed! both kids were really great on the plane. eric's mom came with us, too, so it was great to have an extra set of hands. originall they gave us seats all in the middle, one right infront of the other. while it was tempting to keep those we did change them so we were all in one row. after we landed in salt lake we had to ride a bus to go get our mini van. everyone loved the bus. and it turned out that everyone loved the mini van. me included. i had been looking into them recently anyway. eric is liking the volvo and doesn't want oto switch, even tho he was a minivan driver when i first met him. the drive to vernal is supposedly only 2.5 hours from salt lake, but it took us 5.5 from the time we got off the plane to when we got to vernal. we went right to vsit greatgrandma and then to our hotel. the whole trip was swo much fun. the kids spent more time outside and at parks then they usually get the chance to and that made everyone happy.
vernal does not believe in vegetables so we had none the whole time we were there. and we went to walmart everyday, sometimes more then once. good lord. but walmart in verbal is 48976123764 times better then walmart in renton.
the trip home was good but tiring. poor eric's mom had a 3 hour drive still but she made it home ok, too.
monday i went to work. tuesday i got up at 345am to catch a 6am flight to SF. i am having some issues when it comes to foot wear. i have gotten a few new pairs of shoes lately. i have tried them on at various times of day, during, before and after various activities and every pair feels fine at the store but then i get them home and they are all too small. what is totally even more lame is that in each instance i even tried on the bigger pair and each time there will be a gap at the back of my heel. so i took 3 pairs of shoes to go to sf. the pair i wore down had caused me issues the last time i had gone but they are now my best fitting, least high heeled pair, but i totally slipped and almost fell in the airport. so, i got to sf and to my hotel and thankfully they let me check in at 830am. i changed into some less dangerous shoes but man i felt frumpy. with this new hairdu and recent 43 pounds i did not want to feel frumpy when i might be running into former co-workers. so i went right to nordtrom. it doesn't open untl 930 so i had to sit there. finally it opened. there are tons of cute shoes in the world but my toenails are totaly fuct so i can't get any open toed anything. i really didn't want to buy yet another pair of plain back high heels but i did rationailze that the pair i do have don't fit and the heel is to high. so i got a pair. i opted to not get the jessica simpson brand and got the even cheaper ones. those felt fine. wore them right ouit of the store and all over sf and to the conference. until day 2. does it really matter any more about my shoes?
ok, so my favorite part of the conference was standing in line at riteaide getting some bandaides for my fuct toes ad there was an older guy al business like right infront of ne, with an 18 pack of budwiser cans. at 9am. that and somehow i managed to go to starbucks 3 times each day. i met some of my coworkers who i totally dig, and i went to dinner with allie and luan which was fun despite the foirgra. we had steak tarter. there is more to all of that story.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
totally inappropriate
so eric and i had THE most inapropriate conversation the other day. sirus went to the doctors because we thot he had the pox. when you take the kids with the threat of the pox they don't let you in. i have heard at other doctors that they sneak in through the back door. but no, at our doctors they make you stay in the car and they come to you. so, eric was telling me how the doctor ws one he hadn't seen before and how the doctor was like, dude, what am i doing in this weird dude's car. i suspected that i had maybe seen this doctor myself one time and started asking eric about him. i then started the story about the time i saw him. after seamus was born i had a lot of issues with clogged ducts. this was terrible. it was painful and it burned and it was weird and itchy and aweful. so i went to the doctor. this doctor was just like hmph. and started checking stuff out. rubbing and pushing and just trying to see if there was something wrong. he then went on to tell me how he really hadn't dealt with this issue and he wanted to check with my normal doctor who was in the office but just didnt have an open appointment. so let me tell you about my doctor. she is now seamus and sirus's doctor but she is tall, blonde and really pretty. when i asked eric if he would ever go to see her for medical issues he said no way, are you crazy? so, she comes in and she is pushing and rubbing and doing all the same stuff that the first doctor did. i did n't think anything of this until eric and my totally inappropriate conversation in which i realized that the male doctor was there the entire time, probably planned it and was totally digging the girl on girl action. good lord. whatever.
Saturday, April 07, 2007
Friday, April 06, 2007
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
ninja warrior
seamus has a new favorite TV show. she loooooves to watch ninja warrior, ya know, that crazy japanese show where the people try to complete the crazy obsticle course without touching the water. she sits there watching and gives commentary the whole time, whooping it up when the people land in the "yucky water".
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