Chris and I are planning some fun things for this 3-day weekend. Tomorrow we are hoping to make it to Lagoon by mid-afternoon and spend the rest of the day there. I'm way excited! It's going to be a scorcher, so we'll need to load up on water and sunblock. Marc and Shelly invited us earlier in the week to go with them to the Bee's game that night, but we'll see if we're back in time. That could be really fun, too!
I don't think we're planning on setting any fireworks off, since it's just us at home for the week, but perhaps Lagoon will set some off.
Hope you're all having a fabulous weekend!
-A
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Well, Dang it.
So, a funny thing really did happen on the way to work today-- I got my first speeding ticket. It was an odd situation: I wasn't speeding on purpose. I wasn't late for anything. In fact, I didn't realize I was speeding until the cops pulled me over. They were set up at the end of a road I take to work, behind a pickup truck. As I came around the corner, they clocked me at 40 in a 25 zone. They booked me for 35, and for that I guess I'm lucky.
What happened is something that I think a lot of us get in trouble for. We get too comfortable in our surroundings. Had I known that I was going 40, I would have slowed down immediately. But I got so comfortable with the road and the trip that I didn't even take the time to check my speedometer. Similarly in life, we run into many situations. Whether at work, on the road, or spiritually, we get so comfortable that we don't check our gauges. Whether it be our attendance at meetings, our diligence in scanning the road, we become ignorant until it is too late and the mistake is on the books.
While I will continue to leave early to make it on time to work, this was a sad reminder that I need to watch myself in my daily activities.
What happened is something that I think a lot of us get in trouble for. We get too comfortable in our surroundings. Had I known that I was going 40, I would have slowed down immediately. But I got so comfortable with the road and the trip that I didn't even take the time to check my speedometer. Similarly in life, we run into many situations. Whether at work, on the road, or spiritually, we get so comfortable that we don't check our gauges. Whether it be our attendance at meetings, our diligence in scanning the road, we become ignorant until it is too late and the mistake is on the books.
While I will continue to leave early to make it on time to work, this was a sad reminder that I need to watch myself in my daily activities.
Monday, July 6, 2009
A funny thing happened on the way to work this morning...
So we're fairly not busy this afternoon, so I thought I'd post something real quick.
Amy did great in her 5k, taking about 27-28 minutes, which put her roughly who knows where in the pack. But for her first 5k, I think she ranks pretty high. The unfortunate thing is that while she was in good enough shape to not die on the side of the road, prior conditioning did not include street running leaving my poor baby with a throbbing knee and a conviction to miss the next 5k. While we will get her up and running again, we will have to run into the doctors tomorrow morning to get her checked out.
Work life is stressful, but we've caught up mostly so now it's finishing projects that have been sorely neglected. I've been having fun on a new Mac I purchased. Yes, I have a computer (or 3). No, I didn't need another. But it's been fun to have a machine to play with that will help me in work. Okay, it's really good hardware and plays all my games, even new ones. But there are education and job bonus' for having it!
The baby birds on the porch have grown pretty big and at this rate will be off and flying here in the next week. For those that didn't know, we're raising a flock of birds (okay, their parents are, we watch) outside the basement window. They are the cutest things. Unfortunately due to rain and size increments, the birds will have to leave the mud nest or risk rolling off of the beam when they start to sleep walk.
Well that's about it for now, love ya all!
Amy did great in her 5k, taking about 27-28 minutes, which put her roughly who knows where in the pack. But for her first 5k, I think she ranks pretty high. The unfortunate thing is that while she was in good enough shape to not die on the side of the road, prior conditioning did not include street running leaving my poor baby with a throbbing knee and a conviction to miss the next 5k. While we will get her up and running again, we will have to run into the doctors tomorrow morning to get her checked out.
Work life is stressful, but we've caught up mostly so now it's finishing projects that have been sorely neglected. I've been having fun on a new Mac I purchased. Yes, I have a computer (or 3). No, I didn't need another. But it's been fun to have a machine to play with that will help me in work. Okay, it's really good hardware and plays all my games, even new ones. But there are education and job bonus' for having it!
The baby birds on the porch have grown pretty big and at this rate will be off and flying here in the next week. For those that didn't know, we're raising a flock of birds (okay, their parents are, we watch) outside the basement window. They are the cutest things. Unfortunately due to rain and size increments, the birds will have to leave the mud nest or risk rolling off of the beam when they start to sleep walk.
Well that's about it for now, love ya all!
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