I didn't make the book, but I did make the blog!
(You can see my hook in my 9 week belly pic.)
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Benchmark
Last night I ran to my parents' and back with Z in the stroller to check their mail and pick some stuff up. I ran with the Garmin (my old friend, how I've missed you!) and discovered that their house is .85 miles from mine. Door to door. It took me 9:19 minutes to get there. So there's my benchmark: may it NEVER take that long again.
It took me 9:09 minutes to get home. But I had to really push the last 4 blocks or so to make that happen!
(What is that - 10:20ish a mile? With a stroller, that's not too bad! I was really feeling it, though.)
Other miscellanea:
#2 on the super-secret 12in2012 goal accomplished.
#4 for books read for 12in2012. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson was a great read!
Dear Zoë, please start sleeping through the night again. Mama needs her sleep, even if you don't.
Had a very big cooking day yesterday: corncakes (these taste like cornbread and freeze well and work great for the baby), pudding, quinoa, maple salmon, and Preston did garlicky cream corn, garlic mashed potatoes, mushrooms, and steak. We've got a ton of leftovers in the fridge! And only 2 meals left to cook this work week: spaghetti squash (which is easy and also popular with the Z), and frozen pizza on Thursday! Annnnd I managed to stock 5 yogurts, 3 lunches, and 1 breakfast for the Z's week in daycare, which will make evenings easier as well.
Also: lmao.
It took me 9:09 minutes to get home. But I had to really push the last 4 blocks or so to make that happen!
(What is that - 10:20ish a mile? With a stroller, that's not too bad! I was really feeling it, though.)
Other miscellanea:
#2 on the super-secret 12in2012 goal accomplished.
#4 for books read for 12in2012. The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson was a great read!
Dear Zoë, please start sleeping through the night again. Mama needs her sleep, even if you don't.
Had a very big cooking day yesterday: corncakes (these taste like cornbread and freeze well and work great for the baby), pudding, quinoa, maple salmon, and Preston did garlicky cream corn, garlic mashed potatoes, mushrooms, and steak. We've got a ton of leftovers in the fridge! And only 2 meals left to cook this work week: spaghetti squash (which is easy and also popular with the Z), and frozen pizza on Thursday! Annnnd I managed to stock 5 yogurts, 3 lunches, and 1 breakfast for the Z's week in daycare, which will make evenings easier as well.
Also: lmao.
Friday, January 27, 2012
My Kid is a Genius
We went for a walk after dinner, and the Z looked up at the crescent moon, pointed at it, and said, "Moon!". We were floored! Then she said, "Up high." Holy shit, this Kid is a freaking genius.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Quote of the Day
“We can’t instill a love of running in our children, but by going out every day and running, we can show them why we love it so much.” --Joan Benoit Samuelson
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The Plan for this Week
(Maybe if I type it, it'll come true.)
Monday: Run (Check.)
Tuesday: Tae Bo Cardio Circuit 1 (Check.)
Wednesday: Run
Thursday: 30 Day Shred
Friday: Run (Maybe run to the gym, lift, run home? In the early afternoon?)
Saturday: Maybe the Piney Woods Trail Run? Or maybe off.
Sunday: Probably off.
2 down, several to go.
Monday: Run (Check.)
Tuesday: Tae Bo Cardio Circuit 1 (Check.)
Wednesday: Run
Thursday: 30 Day Shred
Friday: Run (Maybe run to the gym, lift, run home? In the early afternoon?)
Saturday: Maybe the Piney Woods Trail Run? Or maybe off.
Sunday: Probably off.
2 down, several to go.
Monday, January 23, 2012
12 in 2012: Books 2 and 3 = DONE
On Friday I finished Dragon's Fire by Anne McCaffrey. I've read almost all of her Pern novels, and I love the series, but this one had gotten past me somehow. Even better, I found it on my library's Overdrive offerings, so I was able to check it out for 2 weeks for free. I was a little stressed about having to get through it in 2 weeks, but I got through most of it in breaks and on lunches (ok, and one afternoon because my Mom was in town and offered to take the baby until dinnertime), and I was so absorbed in it by Thursday evening that I knew I was going to "waste" time on Friday reading. And I did. And it was glorious!
Then when I was cataloging at work the other day, I ran across a YA novel that caught my attention. I actually love to read YA novels. They are great "beach" reads for me - usually 2-4 hours and done, nothing too mentally taxing, just good (good old day) stories. So Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally became #3. It was.... meh... but what a great way to waste a Friday!
Other updates:
Aunt Dollie moved into a skilled nursing facility on Saturday. 6 days after we thought she was dying. The doctor even told her before she left the hospital that he was shocked that she lived. Seriously. The woman must be part cat. Or Energizer Bunny. Or something.
I'm over the worst of my sickness. I've been feeling better since Saturday.
I ran this morning. It was a really great run. About 55 degrees, and I just went out the door, ran for 2.75 miles, and back home. I pushed from the halfway point on, and I really pushed the last few minutes. I've come to the conclusion that I'm not pushing enough. I will work to remedy that.
P and Z and I got family pictures taken on Saturday. I'm so happy that we finally did it, and I'll probably regret not doing it earlier forever. But at least we finally did it. I think they came out really well, and am already plotting doing it again with Gaga and Papi, perhaps for Gaga's birthday, which nicely coincides with Z's 18 month birthday.
I have not managed to avoid eating out this month. I think I've broken down 3 times so far, once when we were out and there was nothing at home and we were all starving, we got PF Chang's take-out, and I got something I knew was relatively healthy/low calorie, once when Aunt Dollie had her heart attack - hospital food, not healthy at all, but what was I going to do?, and once last weekend after we went to see Aunt Dollie, we went to Panda Garden, which has the BEST fried rice EVAR (and is the only Chinese place other than PF Chang's that I know of that doesn't use MSG) and it was sooooooo good and I don't feel guilty at all. :-)
Weight this morning: 133.8. 5 pounds down so far this month! (And it got as low as 132.0 when I was sick and before I ate Panda Garden nomminess.)
Then when I was cataloging at work the other day, I ran across a YA novel that caught my attention. I actually love to read YA novels. They are great "beach" reads for me - usually 2-4 hours and done, nothing too mentally taxing, just good (good old day) stories. So Catching Jordan by Miranda Kenneally became #3. It was.... meh... but what a great way to waste a Friday!
Other updates:
Aunt Dollie moved into a skilled nursing facility on Saturday. 6 days after we thought she was dying. The doctor even told her before she left the hospital that he was shocked that she lived. Seriously. The woman must be part cat. Or Energizer Bunny. Or something.
I'm over the worst of my sickness. I've been feeling better since Saturday.
I ran this morning. It was a really great run. About 55 degrees, and I just went out the door, ran for 2.75 miles, and back home. I pushed from the halfway point on, and I really pushed the last few minutes. I've come to the conclusion that I'm not pushing enough. I will work to remedy that.
P and Z and I got family pictures taken on Saturday. I'm so happy that we finally did it, and I'll probably regret not doing it earlier forever. But at least we finally did it. I think they came out really well, and am already plotting doing it again with Gaga and Papi, perhaps for Gaga's birthday, which nicely coincides with Z's 18 month birthday.
I have not managed to avoid eating out this month. I think I've broken down 3 times so far, once when we were out and there was nothing at home and we were all starving, we got PF Chang's take-out, and I got something I knew was relatively healthy/low calorie, once when Aunt Dollie had her heart attack - hospital food, not healthy at all, but what was I going to do?, and once last weekend after we went to see Aunt Dollie, we went to Panda Garden, which has the BEST fried rice EVAR (and is the only Chinese place other than PF Chang's that I know of that doesn't use MSG) and it was sooooooo good and I don't feel guilty at all. :-)
Weight this morning: 133.8. 5 pounds down so far this month! (And it got as low as 132.0 when I was sick and before I ate Panda Garden nomminess.)
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Annnnnd Obstacles Abound
First off, the good: Saturday we spectated the US Olympic Marathon Trials, and it was THE AWESOME. I have plans to write a spectator report. (But I also have plans to write up a Christmas recap, so.... we'll see.) But it was THE AWESOME.
Then Sunday we set the alarm early to get up and get me to the EP5K. I went upstairs to wake the Z, and the child was FLAMING HOT. Serious fever. So I didn't run. I probably could have gone by myself, but I had planned on getting dropped off and not worrying about parking. So I was already running late at that point. And I definitely wasn't taking Z out of the house in the cold with a fever. And I really didn't much want to leave her, either. And so Mama had her first DNS casuality to the baby. Something tells me it won't be the last. But I was really disappointed and kind of down about it all morning.
I took the baby up to pat her down for her nap around 11. While I was patting her, I kept imagining that I heard Preston's voice, odd, because neither of us ever really talks on the phone, and there was no one else in the house. Also odd because there was a ton of white noise in the house: clothes washing and drying, pressure cooker, dishwasher, hood vent. When I finally got Z to sleep, I went downstairs to the news that Aunt Dollie had had a heart attack.
We actually jumped into action rather slowly. At first P misunderstood and thought that it had happened the night before. And she was awake, so it wasn't quite as alarming. Pretty soon, though, the caregiver called back and told him that he needed to get to the hospital asap. I knew we couldn't take the Z, so I sent him along, finished the cooking, and then took her to her grandparents' house so I could go to the hospital.
It was dark times. P called me while I was driving. Aunt Dollie is a DNR and they were wanting to intubate. I got to his dad's and basically threw the baby at them and ran back to the car. I was at least 45 minutes from the hospital, and all I could think of was that he needed my support.
When I got there... well... I just didn't see how she was going to make it. You know what a normal heartbeat looks like? Hers was unrecognizably in A-fib. It looked more like a TDF elevation profile than a heartbeat. And her breathing. She was struggling so much to breathe. Every breath expanded her chest and her neck... it looked like she was using every muscle she had just to get air. And her heartrate was hovering around 120. She's 90 years old. A heart that old just can't sustain a workload like that for very long.
I won't go into the minutia of the rest of that day.
The shocking thing was the next day: I went to see her and she looked *better*. Quite a bit better. Not struggling to breathe. Much. Heartbeat looked more like a heartbeat. Which is always comforting. She even ate a few bites of food.
She wasn't and isn't out of the woods yet. Her heart is still in an irregular rhythm. That puts her at risk for blood clots and other nasty issues. But yesterday she sat up. And today they are talking about moving her into a real room. Some day soon I'm going to write a post about how amazingly strong this woman is. 90 years old. Has survived cancer, a broken-hip fall, 2 major abdominal surgeries at 87 and 88, and now a major heart attack. She's a true tough Texas woman. No doubt.
Then in the midst of all this, I came up sick yesterday. I'm not running, and I obviously can't expose Aunt Dollie to my evil germs, so I'm back out of things for a bit. What a wild ride we're on. Seriously.
Then Sunday we set the alarm early to get up and get me to the EP5K. I went upstairs to wake the Z, and the child was FLAMING HOT. Serious fever. So I didn't run. I probably could have gone by myself, but I had planned on getting dropped off and not worrying about parking. So I was already running late at that point. And I definitely wasn't taking Z out of the house in the cold with a fever. And I really didn't much want to leave her, either. And so Mama had her first DNS casuality to the baby. Something tells me it won't be the last. But I was really disappointed and kind of down about it all morning.
I took the baby up to pat her down for her nap around 11. While I was patting her, I kept imagining that I heard Preston's voice, odd, because neither of us ever really talks on the phone, and there was no one else in the house. Also odd because there was a ton of white noise in the house: clothes washing and drying, pressure cooker, dishwasher, hood vent. When I finally got Z to sleep, I went downstairs to the news that Aunt Dollie had had a heart attack.
We actually jumped into action rather slowly. At first P misunderstood and thought that it had happened the night before. And she was awake, so it wasn't quite as alarming. Pretty soon, though, the caregiver called back and told him that he needed to get to the hospital asap. I knew we couldn't take the Z, so I sent him along, finished the cooking, and then took her to her grandparents' house so I could go to the hospital.
It was dark times. P called me while I was driving. Aunt Dollie is a DNR and they were wanting to intubate. I got to his dad's and basically threw the baby at them and ran back to the car. I was at least 45 minutes from the hospital, and all I could think of was that he needed my support.
When I got there... well... I just didn't see how she was going to make it. You know what a normal heartbeat looks like? Hers was unrecognizably in A-fib. It looked more like a TDF elevation profile than a heartbeat. And her breathing. She was struggling so much to breathe. Every breath expanded her chest and her neck... it looked like she was using every muscle she had just to get air. And her heartrate was hovering around 120. She's 90 years old. A heart that old just can't sustain a workload like that for very long.
I won't go into the minutia of the rest of that day.
The shocking thing was the next day: I went to see her and she looked *better*. Quite a bit better. Not struggling to breathe. Much. Heartbeat looked more like a heartbeat. Which is always comforting. She even ate a few bites of food.
She wasn't and isn't out of the woods yet. Her heart is still in an irregular rhythm. That puts her at risk for blood clots and other nasty issues. But yesterday she sat up. And today they are talking about moving her into a real room. Some day soon I'm going to write a post about how amazingly strong this woman is. 90 years old. Has survived cancer, a broken-hip fall, 2 major abdominal surgeries at 87 and 88, and now a major heart attack. She's a true tough Texas woman. No doubt.
Then in the midst of all this, I came up sick yesterday. I'm not running, and I obviously can't expose Aunt Dollie to my evil germs, so I'm back out of things for a bit. What a wild ride we're on. Seriously.
Friday, January 13, 2012
12 in 2012: Book 1 Down!
Completed Infinity Blade: Awakening by Brandon Sanderson this week. On my Christmas Kindle, which I love, love, love!!
The novel was good. I like Sanderson's writing. I discovered him when he took over Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I read his stuff to make sure I "approved" of them selecting him to complete the series that I loved so much (like I had a say, ha!), and I like him well enough that I've now read everything he's written except the two newest, which I just bought for my Kindle, so soon EVERYTHING he's written.
This was just a fun, short little novel based on a game. Interesting enough that I'm curious about the game now. And that I wish he could have carried the story further (but I'm guessing that's what the game does). Fun read. Beach-type read, for me, but I wanted to start off with fun stuff. If only 12+ books a year is your goal, it either needs to be really fun, really interesting, or really useful stuff!
Moving on now to an Anne McCaffrey Pern novel that I somehow haven't read before. Checked it out (on my Kindle) from the library, boo yah!
The novel was good. I like Sanderson's writing. I discovered him when he took over Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. I read his stuff to make sure I "approved" of them selecting him to complete the series that I loved so much (like I had a say, ha!), and I like him well enough that I've now read everything he's written except the two newest, which I just bought for my Kindle, so soon EVERYTHING he's written.
This was just a fun, short little novel based on a game. Interesting enough that I'm curious about the game now. And that I wish he could have carried the story further (but I'm guessing that's what the game does). Fun read. Beach-type read, for me, but I wanted to start off with fun stuff. If only 12+ books a year is your goal, it either needs to be really fun, really interesting, or really useful stuff!
Moving on now to an Anne McCaffrey Pern novel that I somehow haven't read before. Checked it out (on my Kindle) from the library, boo yah!
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