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Graceful
I forgot to mention my latest dance class injury... I kicked my feet up to go upside down, and as I hung there my shoe fell off and hit me in the face! Keep in mind that the shoe weight about 1lb and it fell from about 5 feet above my face. I have a nice green bruise on my cheekbone. How embarassing is that?
Creative weekend
It's been a very creative weekend so far. On Friday evening I went to the cannibal party at the Austin Rugby club. It was so much fun and I met so many really nice people. One actually worked at IBM and knew some of the same people I know. There were many elaborate costumes and people tended to congregate around one of the two fires that were burning outside for warmth. I spent a lot of time around the fire meeting people.
On Saturday morning I headed to home depot with a pillow case in hand to pick out a paint colour for the bedroom. I chose a grey with just a suggestion of warmth in it to contrast the red. It was neutral enough to highlight our new furniture set. When I got home, Tiff stopped by to try on some jeans she was going to use for her halloween costume. Afterwards I got to work on the bedroom. It took about 4 hours of dedicated working, and it looks wonderful! so much better than the yellow, wich was overstated.
Afterwards I ate some chip butties for dinner and relaxed for a few minutes before Tiff came over in part of her halloween costume. She was Axl Rose and was pulling it of extremely well with her long hair. We looked online and found some close-up pictures of his tattoos and I drew them on for her. She looked totally authentic when we were done. While I painted my own face and got ready, Tiff made an appearance at another party, then we headed downtown.
6th street was full of people in creative costumes. The best part was when people figured out who Tiff was. Some people just approcahed us and yelled "oh my god! are you Axl Rose! that's AWESOME!" while others would nudge and whisper to their friends, "dude, check out Axl Rose". Most suprising was how many people recongized that the tattoos were accurate. We stopped in at the Ivory Cat where Jenn, Jaime, and Tammy were hanging out and stayed to listen to Jaimie sing a couple of songs under his stage name "Julio". Afterwards we went down the street to Coyote Ugly to see all the women dancing on the bar.
As we made our way back to the car we saw a guy dressed as Slash. We stopped to take a picture of him and Tiff together. Probably my favourite picture of the night.
Next we headed to a party in my old neighbourhood. Everyone was there, all the people I had been hoping to see, but thought were going to the other party were there! YAY! We finished out the night there, listening to many bad renditions of Garth Brooks songs and cracking up at everyone's costumes. I think my favourite was Mendy dressed as Corpse Bride, though Lahari came a close second as Foxy Brown.
We got home at 3am, thankfully the clocks turned back an hour so it was technically only 2am.
I got up and ran on town lake with Andi this morning. We did the Dam loop, which is 10.1 miles. As we reached the end we saw Jenny V running by herself and I felt bad because running 10 miles on town lake isn't much fun when you're by yourself. Hopefully it'll go fast.
Now I'm trying to motivate myself to go clean the house and make cookies for my honey when he gets home later tonight.
On Saturday morning I headed to home depot with a pillow case in hand to pick out a paint colour for the bedroom. I chose a grey with just a suggestion of warmth in it to contrast the red. It was neutral enough to highlight our new furniture set. When I got home, Tiff stopped by to try on some jeans she was going to use for her halloween costume. Afterwards I got to work on the bedroom. It took about 4 hours of dedicated working, and it looks wonderful! so much better than the yellow, wich was overstated.
Afterwards I ate some chip butties for dinner and relaxed for a few minutes before Tiff came over in part of her halloween costume. She was Axl Rose and was pulling it of extremely well with her long hair. We looked online and found some close-up pictures of his tattoos and I drew them on for her. She looked totally authentic when we were done. While I painted my own face and got ready, Tiff made an appearance at another party, then we headed downtown.
6th street was full of people in creative costumes. The best part was when people figured out who Tiff was. Some people just approcahed us and yelled "oh my god! are you Axl Rose! that's AWESOME!" while others would nudge and whisper to their friends, "dude, check out Axl Rose". Most suprising was how many people recongized that the tattoos were accurate. We stopped in at the Ivory Cat where Jenn, Jaime, and Tammy were hanging out and stayed to listen to Jaimie sing a couple of songs under his stage name "Julio". Afterwards we went down the street to Coyote Ugly to see all the women dancing on the bar.
As we made our way back to the car we saw a guy dressed as Slash. We stopped to take a picture of him and Tiff together. Probably my favourite picture of the night.
Next we headed to a party in my old neighbourhood. Everyone was there, all the people I had been hoping to see, but thought were going to the other party were there! YAY! We finished out the night there, listening to many bad renditions of Garth Brooks songs and cracking up at everyone's costumes. I think my favourite was Mendy dressed as Corpse Bride, though Lahari came a close second as Foxy Brown.
We got home at 3am, thankfully the clocks turned back an hour so it was technically only 2am.
I got up and ran on town lake with Andi this morning. We did the Dam loop, which is 10.1 miles. As we reached the end we saw Jenny V running by herself and I felt bad because running 10 miles on town lake isn't much fun when you're by yourself. Hopefully it'll go fast.
Now I'm trying to motivate myself to go clean the house and make cookies for my honey when he gets home later tonight.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Flying solo
This weekend Brian has a driving class in Houston. He's really excited about it. It's a two day class where they teach you how to get the most out of your car, and you get to drive really fast! Brian's super excited about it. I decided to stay in Austin and try to be productive.
I plan to repaint the bedroom (this will be its third colour), clean the house, attend a couple of halloween parties, and hopefully end up downtown sometime over the weekend to check out all the costumes. I'm going to miss Brian, though. This is our first halloween apart in 3 years. Sigh.
On Monday, I hope to see Ethan in his Spiderman outfit. I don't usually buy halloween candy for many reasons, the biggest one being lack of will power to not eat all of it, and the fact that I don't like children ;-) But this year I will make an exception because I hope Ethan will show up and say "Twick or tweet aaauntie!!".
I plan to repaint the bedroom (this will be its third colour), clean the house, attend a couple of halloween parties, and hopefully end up downtown sometime over the weekend to check out all the costumes. I'm going to miss Brian, though. This is our first halloween apart in 3 years. Sigh.
On Monday, I hope to see Ethan in his Spiderman outfit. I don't usually buy halloween candy for many reasons, the biggest one being lack of will power to not eat all of it, and the fact that I don't like children ;-) But this year I will make an exception because I hope Ethan will show up and say "Twick or tweet aaauntie!!".
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Executive decision
Brian and I have been thinking about having a wedding reception for all the folks in Austin that can't attend our wedding in the Dominican Republic. Barbie and Jenn have been helping me scope out some places. My top favourite was the Austin Museum of art at Laguna Gloria. Yesterday I started researching caterers and party rentals for chairs and tables and just got totally overwhelmed. I talked to Barbie on my way home and we decided this reception crap is not for me. It's too much stress and ridiculously overpriced and for what? the reason Brian and I chose a destination wedding was to avoid all this shit so why are we even considering it? I guess these stupid wedding etiquette web sites are filling my head with other people's rules and that just pisses me off.
NO! we are not doing a reception. Instead, we are going to break tradition and do something different. Screw ettiquette! We will blaze our own trail and create new traditions.
There will be an event for our Austin friends to attend, the details will be worked out some time in the future, closer ot the date, and it will be stress free for Brian and me. Afterall, why would we want to start our new life together with an event that causes a whole load of stress? the wedding industry needs a make over and America, home of the "Bridezilla" needs a large wake up call.
NO! we are not doing a reception. Instead, we are going to break tradition and do something different. Screw ettiquette! We will blaze our own trail and create new traditions.
There will be an event for our Austin friends to attend, the details will be worked out some time in the future, closer ot the date, and it will be stress free for Brian and me. Afterall, why would we want to start our new life together with an event that causes a whole load of stress? the wedding industry needs a make over and America, home of the "Bridezilla" needs a large wake up call.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Better than crack?
My Baileys Sugar Cookies are the best cookies ever! And they're so easy to make you can even use the packages where you just add butter and an egg. Here is the recipe.
Brian stopped by my office today with one cookie that he had saved for me from his lunch! how romantic and sweet is he?
Note to self: Reward Brian by making more Bailey's Sugar Cookies
Jenn just noticed a typo on our web site. Instead of "Cooking with Mandie" where all my recipes reside, the link said "Coking with Mandie". hahaha! *snort*
Brian stopped by my office today with one cookie that he had saved for me from his lunch! how romantic and sweet is he?
Note to self: Reward Brian by making more Bailey's Sugar Cookies
Jenn just noticed a typo on our web site. Instead of "Cooking with Mandie" where all my recipes reside, the link said "Coking with Mandie". hahaha! *snort*
Monday, October 24, 2005
Adventures in Mountain Biking
On Sunday Brian and I went for our usual long run on Town lake. We were supposed to do nine miles or so, but because of my foot injury. Andi ran with us. Considering my foot hurt a lot, we had a great run. Later, Brian and Mike went mountain biking while Tara and I went for a day of shopping. We went to a couple of stores outside the mall, then went to Lake Creek to see what was on Sale at Foleys. I had seen Jodi the day before and her mum gave me a %20 off pass for Foleys (thanks! Jodi's mum). Alas, there was nothing at Foleys that I liked. They've been letting me down lately.
There was something going on at the mall yesterday, a band called Click 5 was playing, though the whole time we were there there was no music, just some guy hyping up a crowd of teenage girls and a lot of teenage girls screaming. We spent a good 4 hours shopping before heading to our respective homes. Around 6pm (6 hours since our boys left to go biking) Tara called me to see if I'd heard anything from the boys. 6 hours is a little long for them to be gone. I hadn't heard anything either. Almost an hour later Brian called me to tell me the following "we're alive... everyone's ok, but I'm in a lot of pain". Great. What happened?
Well....
Brian and Mike had gone biking in Georgetown. The terrain is rocky and rugged and quite technical. It's easy to lose the trail there, which is what they did. Many miles in they realized that they were completely lost and in the middle of nowhere. They kept going hoping that they'd eventually come to a road, but they never did. They came upon a camp site but the campers were not there so they kept going. Finally, realizing that it might be better to turn back, they went back to the camp site and this time there were people there. They helped by providing a map and directions/advice on how to get back. It was several miles of trail or they could go by road but either way it would be dark before they got back to the car. Somewhere along the line, Brian fell in to a large cactus patch and ended his day looking like a hedgehog. Eventually, the boys hitched a ride from a nice man with a truck who took them and their bikes back to the car, even though it was in the opposite direction from where he was going. Whoever that man is, thank you for being nice to our boys.
Needless to say that my evening consited of tweezing undreds of cactus needles the approximate size of hairs out of Brian in various places. He looked like he needed some pampering so I made him a yummy dinner of Chicken Kiev and garlic mashed potatoes, followed by some home made Bailey's sugar cookies.
He slept like a baby last night :-)
Sigh.... If ever there were two people who were pefectly suited as friends, it's Brian and Mike. They always get into trouble, get out of it, and have a great story at the end. I'm so glad they are safe and well.
There was something going on at the mall yesterday, a band called Click 5 was playing, though the whole time we were there there was no music, just some guy hyping up a crowd of teenage girls and a lot of teenage girls screaming. We spent a good 4 hours shopping before heading to our respective homes. Around 6pm (6 hours since our boys left to go biking) Tara called me to see if I'd heard anything from the boys. 6 hours is a little long for them to be gone. I hadn't heard anything either. Almost an hour later Brian called me to tell me the following "we're alive... everyone's ok, but I'm in a lot of pain". Great. What happened?
Well....
Brian and Mike had gone biking in Georgetown. The terrain is rocky and rugged and quite technical. It's easy to lose the trail there, which is what they did. Many miles in they realized that they were completely lost and in the middle of nowhere. They kept going hoping that they'd eventually come to a road, but they never did. They came upon a camp site but the campers were not there so they kept going. Finally, realizing that it might be better to turn back, they went back to the camp site and this time there were people there. They helped by providing a map and directions/advice on how to get back. It was several miles of trail or they could go by road but either way it would be dark before they got back to the car. Somewhere along the line, Brian fell in to a large cactus patch and ended his day looking like a hedgehog. Eventually, the boys hitched a ride from a nice man with a truck who took them and their bikes back to the car, even though it was in the opposite direction from where he was going. Whoever that man is, thank you for being nice to our boys.
Needless to say that my evening consited of tweezing undreds of cactus needles the approximate size of hairs out of Brian in various places. He looked like he needed some pampering so I made him a yummy dinner of Chicken Kiev and garlic mashed potatoes, followed by some home made Bailey's sugar cookies.
He slept like a baby last night :-)
Sigh.... If ever there were two people who were pefectly suited as friends, it's Brian and Mike. They always get into trouble, get out of it, and have a great story at the end. I'm so glad they are safe and well.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
new tatts
"Dance" class was awesome last night, though we missed Julia. We can all tell we're getting stronger with each class, which is really cool. I always leave class with a new bruise and last night's class was no exception. It is, however, in a very strange place. It's on the bottom of my foot. I know exactly when it happened. I did an un-graceful dismount from my pole and landed mostly on my right foot, right on the ball. It hurt really bad at the time and took me a good five minutes to brush it off. When I woke up this morning, I noticed I have a black bruise on the bottom of my foot, and a greenish blue bruise on the top of my foot that lines up with it perfectly.
Today (saturday), Brian and I went to a few jewelry stores to check out wedding bands for him. He picked out a couple but none are exactly what he wants so we'll continue to look. We are looking at titanium and tungsten because they are more scratch resistant than platinum, and they weigh less.
After ring shopping we headed down to the drag (for non-Texans, that's the area around the university), where I got my tattoo on my shoulder redone. It's been 10 years (almost 11) since I got it and it was looking a little old and blurry. This guy Carlos at Diablo Rojo (www.diablo-rojo.com) did it. It looks so much better now. He gave the dolphin a better blue colour and added some more detail.
Now we're camped out in front of the TV and Brian is yelling at the TV.
YEAH! HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!!!
Today (saturday), Brian and I went to a few jewelry stores to check out wedding bands for him. He picked out a couple but none are exactly what he wants so we'll continue to look. We are looking at titanium and tungsten because they are more scratch resistant than platinum, and they weigh less.
After ring shopping we headed down to the drag (for non-Texans, that's the area around the university), where I got my tattoo on my shoulder redone. It's been 10 years (almost 11) since I got it and it was looking a little old and blurry. This guy Carlos at Diablo Rojo (www.diablo-rojo.com) did it. It looks so much better now. He gave the dolphin a better blue colour and added some more detail.
Now we're camped out in front of the TV and Brian is yelling at the TV.
YEAH! HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!!!
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Dirty little secret
Ok, it's not much of a secret because several of my friends are involved in this new activity I've taken up. Some refer to it as simply "class", others refer to it as "aerobics class" or "dance class". The reality is that I, and several of my more daring friends, have taken up Pole Dancing. It's an absolute blast, too! Our teacher, Nicole, is a former "dancer" who used to make a living working at local "gentlemen's" clubs. I use the term gentlemen loosly, mind you. An enterprising woman, Nicole. Realizing that all good things come to an end, and men want to see barely legal women dancing in these clubs, she has adapted. Now she teaches girls like us how to dance around the pole, climb the poll in high heels, spin around the pole with a number of different techniques, and dangle upside down in various poses on the pole.
Why do we do this? you ask... it's quite simple... it's helping us gain muscle in our upper bodies (and lower if you wear high heels while you do this), which means we will burn more fat while just sitting. It also means we will have more tone and definition in our shoulders, back, arms, chest, and abs... what girl doesn't want that? it's already working for all of us! after only 3 classes you can see that people are starting to develop great arms.
More importanly, it's FUN! it's SO much fun! We crack up the whole time we're there. It's fun to talk about with your friends
Surprisingly, it is very difficult. If you've ever been to a club and seen a girl use the pole, you gain a whole new respect for her. Not only is it hard to just do the moves, it is also incredibly difficult to do them gracefully, nevermind provocatively, and to keep a straight face while doing it. Needless to say that none of us are planning to use this new found skill to entertain in the local clubs, but you might find us hanging upside down from stop signs occasionally to impress our friends and passers by.
Why do we do this? you ask... it's quite simple... it's helping us gain muscle in our upper bodies (and lower if you wear high heels while you do this), which means we will burn more fat while just sitting. It also means we will have more tone and definition in our shoulders, back, arms, chest, and abs... what girl doesn't want that? it's already working for all of us! after only 3 classes you can see that people are starting to develop great arms.
More importanly, it's FUN! it's SO much fun! We crack up the whole time we're there. It's fun to talk about with your friends
Surprisingly, it is very difficult. If you've ever been to a club and seen a girl use the pole, you gain a whole new respect for her. Not only is it hard to just do the moves, it is also incredibly difficult to do them gracefully, nevermind provocatively, and to keep a straight face while doing it. Needless to say that none of us are planning to use this new found skill to entertain in the local clubs, but you might find us hanging upside down from stop signs occasionally to impress our friends and passers by.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Boredom has set in
As I sit here on the couch next to Brian, who is dilligently working, I find myself entertaining myself with memes, like this:
And this:
hehe....
I'm going to go make dinner.
| Your Fortune Is |
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And this:
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hehe....
I'm going to go make dinner.
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Pervasive 10 Miler
Today was the Pervasive 10 mile race. This was my first time to run this race. It is a very hilly course going through some of Austin's nicest neighbourhoods and the scenery was great. The hills were steep but today for some reason I powered up each one of them passing people left and right. Jenny V ran with me the whole way. She's a fast runner and I really had no intention of keeping up with her but I guess today I was just in my groove and it worked out great to have company the whole race. Tiff did really well, too. She ran it a tiny bit slower, but not much! Brian wasn't able to run the race because his knee has been bothering him, but he did show up at the finish line to cheer us on and be supportive. What an awesome boyfriend :-)
The rest of the day has been pretty relaxing so far. I had some breakfast and hung out with Brian for a bit, then went to Costco with Barbie. I bought a pair of Lucky Brand jeans for $20!!! (online they're $98) what a steal! Afterwards we hung out at the house and had a whisky and coke with Brian (well, I had Baileys on ice), then after Barbie left, Brian watched three different sports on TV while I made some adjustments to a pair of jeans I had altered about a week ago. They had shrunk in length a little so I had to make them a bit longer.
Later today we're going to Salt Lick for all you can eat ribs, brisket, sausage, etc! I'm so excited. I have been eating light today to make sure I'm good and hungry for dinner. Right now I could eat a horse. Most likely I will eat a whole pig ;-)
Last night I went over to Jenny V's with Barbie and Tiff. She had just moved into a new house with her man, Aaron, and the place is just awesome! very roomy and a great floor plan. We drank wine, ate brownies, chips and guacamole, cheese and crackers, and popcorn (a good carb selection), and watched a movie in their media room. It's so cool to have a dedicated "media room" in your house. Barbie entertained me and Tiff on the way home with her musical ass.
Life's good.
The rest of the day has been pretty relaxing so far. I had some breakfast and hung out with Brian for a bit, then went to Costco with Barbie. I bought a pair of Lucky Brand jeans for $20!!! (online they're $98) what a steal! Afterwards we hung out at the house and had a whisky and coke with Brian (well, I had Baileys on ice), then after Barbie left, Brian watched three different sports on TV while I made some adjustments to a pair of jeans I had altered about a week ago. They had shrunk in length a little so I had to make them a bit longer.
Later today we're going to Salt Lick for all you can eat ribs, brisket, sausage, etc! I'm so excited. I have been eating light today to make sure I'm good and hungry for dinner. Right now I could eat a horse. Most likely I will eat a whole pig ;-)
Last night I went over to Jenny V's with Barbie and Tiff. She had just moved into a new house with her man, Aaron, and the place is just awesome! very roomy and a great floor plan. We drank wine, ate brownies, chips and guacamole, cheese and crackers, and popcorn (a good carb selection), and watched a movie in their media room. It's so cool to have a dedicated "media room" in your house. Barbie entertained me and Tiff on the way home with her musical ass.
Life's good.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Our new bedroom set.
These are pictures of our new bedroom set. We love the chinese feel of it. I am very drawn to all things Asian so this is perfect! We plan to change the yellow wall colour to a taupe colour that matches the colour in the duvet.
Turning Chinese?
Well, I'm still adjusting to several things that are causing me to have sleepless nights. One is new medication for my RLS, the other is a new mattress to replace the foam one we bought and both hated. Our new mattress feels great!
Our new bedroom set was scheduled for delivery some time in late November, however, we recieved a call from the furniture store on Monday and they said it had already arrived! great news. It arrived on Thursday and it looks awesome! I'll post pictures here pretty soon.
Yesterday (Friday) Brian and I took a vacation day and had a lovely day. We got up late and had breakfast, went for a 6 mile run, then went for lunch at my favourite sushi bar. Afterwards we went to see the new Wallace and Gromit movie. Afterwards I went to my dance class with the girls, while Brian went to happy hour with Mike, Tara, Tara's mum, Paige, and Jethro. After class we headed over to Rhino and Jock's to see Brian and Andrea play. Brian and the rest joined us shortly after and so did Barbie and Scott. A very good turn out. Later on, even Tiff's boyfriend, Brett, showed up. I thoroughly enjoyed my day off!
Our new bedroom set was scheduled for delivery some time in late November, however, we recieved a call from the furniture store on Monday and they said it had already arrived! great news. It arrived on Thursday and it looks awesome! I'll post pictures here pretty soon.
Yesterday (Friday) Brian and I took a vacation day and had a lovely day. We got up late and had breakfast, went for a 6 mile run, then went for lunch at my favourite sushi bar. Afterwards we went to see the new Wallace and Gromit movie. Afterwards I went to my dance class with the girls, while Brian went to happy hour with Mike, Tara, Tara's mum, Paige, and Jethro. After class we headed over to Rhino and Jock's to see Brian and Andrea play. Brian and the rest joined us shortly after and so did Barbie and Scott. A very good turn out. Later on, even Tiff's boyfriend, Brett, showed up. I thoroughly enjoyed my day off!
Monday, October 10, 2005
Weekend highlights
The weekend was great. Too much to go into detail on so here's some highlights:
On Friday the girls and I did our "dance" class. If you wear high heeled shoes you get a better work out, so we all brought shoes this time. She wasn't kidding! After class I met up with Brian, Jen and Aaron for an awesome dinner at PF Chang's.
Saturday was Brian's first party at what is now "our house". It was a large turnout and we had just the right number/combination of appetizers and munchies, though we did have a couple of things left over. Barbie and Jenn kept me company while all the sports fans watched the game, though Jenn is a huge Longhorns fan. Even Brian's parents drove in from Houston for the game. We ate so much food that after everyone left we all (Brian, me, and his parents) stayed home and watched movies.
Sunday's run was great. The weather was awesome and we did a very easy 7 mile loop around town lake. Afterwards we went to Rudy's for breakfast tacos with Brian's parents before they headed back to Houston. Then we had Ethan for the whole day! it was awesome. We took Ethan to the San Anonio Zoo on Sunday afternoon. He slept all the way there in the car and was nice and refreshed to see all the animals. For the most part he didn't spend much time in his stroller and Brian and I were constantly watching to make sure he didn't stray more than a few feet from us at all times. It's very tiring to be that responsible, but we enjoyed spending time with him immensely.
When we got back we had pizza for dinner and watched Star Trek. I read 3 Dr. Seusse books to Ethan and he was so cute when he came over with a blanket for us to snuggle in while we read. Seeing Brian interact with Ethan is the cutest thing ever. I have no doubt that Brian will be an awesome dad some day :-)
On Friday the girls and I did our "dance" class. If you wear high heeled shoes you get a better work out, so we all brought shoes this time. She wasn't kidding! After class I met up with Brian, Jen and Aaron for an awesome dinner at PF Chang's.
Saturday was Brian's first party at what is now "our house". It was a large turnout and we had just the right number/combination of appetizers and munchies, though we did have a couple of things left over. Barbie and Jenn kept me company while all the sports fans watched the game, though Jenn is a huge Longhorns fan. Even Brian's parents drove in from Houston for the game. We ate so much food that after everyone left we all (Brian, me, and his parents) stayed home and watched movies.
Sunday's run was great. The weather was awesome and we did a very easy 7 mile loop around town lake. Afterwards we went to Rudy's for breakfast tacos with Brian's parents before they headed back to Houston. Then we had Ethan for the whole day! it was awesome. We took Ethan to the San Anonio Zoo on Sunday afternoon. He slept all the way there in the car and was nice and refreshed to see all the animals. For the most part he didn't spend much time in his stroller and Brian and I were constantly watching to make sure he didn't stray more than a few feet from us at all times. It's very tiring to be that responsible, but we enjoyed spending time with him immensely.
When we got back we had pizza for dinner and watched Star Trek. I read 3 Dr. Seusse books to Ethan and he was so cute when he came over with a blanket for us to snuggle in while we read. Seeing Brian interact with Ethan is the cutest thing ever. I have no doubt that Brian will be an awesome dad some day :-)
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Insomnia
We bought a new mattress over the weekend. We went to 5 mattress stores and tried about 25 beds. We finally decided on a Tempurpedic type mattress made entirely of high-density memory foam. When it arrived it was vacuum packed and didn't look much like a king size mattress, however, as soon as the seal on the packaging was broken, it exploded into a king sized mattress!
Sadly I haven't slept in two nights. The first night was awful. I tossed and turned and my legs just wouldn't stop twitching. I thought for sure the second night would be better. However, it was equally bad. I can't figure out if it's the bed, or if it's the sleep disorder. I suppose it could be the sleep disorder perpetuated by the change of bed. The bed is definately something I'll need to get used to. It's a lot firmer than I'm used to, but not uncomfortable at all. Which is why I'm thinking it's the sleep disorder. Usually I can't sleep the first night in a strange bed, but the second night is ok. Today I had to leave work because I had nausea and a head ache. I hope I adjust to the new bed soon. We have 30 days to try it out and during the 30 days we can return the bed in exchange for another bed from the same store. The store we bought from had many diffferent models of bed so I am sure if we returned it we'd find something that works just as well.
(sigh). I feel like crap :-(
Sadly I haven't slept in two nights. The first night was awful. I tossed and turned and my legs just wouldn't stop twitching. I thought for sure the second night would be better. However, it was equally bad. I can't figure out if it's the bed, or if it's the sleep disorder. I suppose it could be the sleep disorder perpetuated by the change of bed. The bed is definately something I'll need to get used to. It's a lot firmer than I'm used to, but not uncomfortable at all. Which is why I'm thinking it's the sleep disorder. Usually I can't sleep the first night in a strange bed, but the second night is ok. Today I had to leave work because I had nausea and a head ache. I hope I adjust to the new bed soon. We have 30 days to try it out and during the 30 days we can return the bed in exchange for another bed from the same store. The store we bought from had many diffferent models of bed so I am sure if we returned it we'd find something that works just as well.
(sigh). I feel like crap :-(
Monday, October 03, 2005
P Frickin' R!
The IBM 10K was a tough race for me because it was hot and humid. My previous PR for this race was 56:28.
I think we went out a litte fast at the beginning and by the 4th mile I
started to get stitch and my breathing was a little labored. Brian kept
encouraging me and giving me mini pep-talks as we went. It was
around mile 5 that Brian and I discovered we'd been running with the
Govenor for the last couple of miles. When I run races I like to pick a
person out of the crowd and keep them in my line of sight and try to
keep up with them. In this case it was a big bald guy in a red shirt.
It turns out he was the Govenor's protection. I had been wondering what
he had stuffed up the back of his shirt and when it finally dawned on
me that was the Gov. I realized the bald dude was packing. At
mile 6 I was ready to hurl and was starting to wish I could walk. Brian was
saying encouraging things to me and suddenly so was the Govenor and his
crew. He told me "come on, roll with it... you're on an island...." and
as I visualized my island I said "ohhh, I'm on a hammock with a Corona"
and the Gov. said "and your cabana boy is there", and I said "oh boy!
(clicking fingers) bring me a cold towel!" and the Gov. and his crew
laughed. I guess I must have gotten a momentary spurt of energy from
the visualization of B, my cabana boy bringing me a cold towel and sped
up a bit. Then the Gov. and his crew laughed and said "see how you sped
up at the mention of a cabana boy?" to which I replied "that's all it
took!" and off we went.
The Gov. and his crew passed us about 50 yards from the finish line, I guess he was thinking of his cabana boy, too ;-)
My race time: 53.34.
That's almost a full 3 minutes improvement!
A BIG FAT THANKS to Brian for all his encouragement!
I think we went out a litte fast at the beginning and by the 4th mile I
started to get stitch and my breathing was a little labored. Brian kept
encouraging me and giving me mini pep-talks as we went. It was
around mile 5 that Brian and I discovered we'd been running with the
Govenor for the last couple of miles. When I run races I like to pick a
person out of the crowd and keep them in my line of sight and try to
keep up with them. In this case it was a big bald guy in a red shirt.
It turns out he was the Govenor's protection. I had been wondering what
he had stuffed up the back of his shirt and when it finally dawned on
me that was the Gov. I realized the bald dude was packing. At
mile 6 I was ready to hurl and was starting to wish I could walk. Brian was
saying encouraging things to me and suddenly so was the Govenor and his
crew. He told me "come on, roll with it... you're on an island...." and
as I visualized my island I said "ohhh, I'm on a hammock with a Corona"
and the Gov. said "and your cabana boy is there", and I said "oh boy!
(clicking fingers) bring me a cold towel!" and the Gov. and his crew
laughed. I guess I must have gotten a momentary spurt of energy from
the visualization of B, my cabana boy bringing me a cold towel and sped
up a bit. Then the Gov. and his crew laughed and said "see how you sped
up at the mention of a cabana boy?" to which I replied "that's all it
took!" and off we went.
The Gov. and his crew passed us about 50 yards from the finish line, I guess he was thinking of his cabana boy, too ;-)
My race time: 53.34.
That's almost a full 3 minutes improvement!
A BIG FAT THANKS to Brian for all his encouragement!
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