….he is STANDING. That means walking is not far behind. Oh God.
Wearing his lowriders
Running has been going really well, by my own lowly standards that is. I have been able to get myself out at least 3 times a week and this week I ran a 5K (not a race, but still!) under 30 minutes for the first time in my life. I was very proud and celebrated with ice cream.
We head out to Colorado this week to visit friends in Breckenridge and Boulder. It will be great to get out of the Southern California heat which has been relentless these last few days. No plans to run as I think the 10,000 foot elevation in Breckenridge will most likely kill me as I walk down the street pushing a stroller. Here’s hoping that traveling with the baby goes a bit smoother this time around. We learned some valuable lessons from our last trip and luckily since it is off season in Breckenridge, I was able to rent a 2 bedroom condo for the same price as the hotel I had initially looked at. Hopefully, Ashok having his very own room will lead to many blissful hours of uninterrupted sleep. Or at the very least I can down beers in the next room without worrying about being a bad role model.
July 29th, 2007
I’ve decided to break my hiatus to wish everyone a happy 4th of July. We had a lovely evening with my sister-in-law and her husband and are now in our inferno of a house listening to the many unofficial fireworks shows going on throughout our neighborhood. Thankfully, Ashok is managing to sleep through everything which is a miracle. The dog, however, is cowering under our bed. Poor girl.
We just got back from Summer Trip #1 with Ashok which was sort of a mixed bag of good times with family and friends and endless hours in the car with a screaming infant. Actually, Ashok did pretty well considering he is about to bust out with his first teeth (and I say “teeth” because they appear to be coming in as a group of about 5 or 6) and is obviously uncomfortable. Of course, I have been convinced that he’s teething for the last month. If those chompers don’t show up soon, he’ll be making a liar out of his Mommy and then Mommy will cut off his supply of pureed pears and he WILL NOT LIKE THAT. MUST EAT FOOOOOOD.
Anyway…the first part of our trip was spent at my mom’s house. Needless to say, she was thrilled to have her grandson around and spent the week adoring him. Then Brian came up and we took a little road trip to Humboldt County (insert pot-smoking joke here) to visit our friends Dave, Courtney, Lisa and Charlie at the Sequoia Chamber Music Workshop where we are usually working in the summer. We stopped along the way to see the Sundial Bridge in Redding, designed by Santiago Calatrava.
It was very cool to see but since it was about 10,000 degrees out there at 10 in the morning, we didn’t stay long. Also, it’s a little bizarre that such an architectural marvel is in the middle of pretty much nowhere, but also kind of cool.
When we got up to Arcata we quickly learned that we had not fully prepared ourselves for the difficulty of staying in a hotel room with a 9 month old baby. All in all, it was fine but there are probably some folks at the Super 8 in Arcata that think our baby is a screaming pain in the ass. But, then there were good moments:
WHERE ARE THOSE TEETH???
Now we’re home for a while and spending most of our time trying to stay cool. We have no air conditioning in the new house, which has been brutal . We’re still looking for a contractor to get all this work done on our house, but no luck so far.
Amazingly, I have actually managed to get back into a decent running schedule. I’m not breaking any records or anything, but at least I’m getting out there and doing it. It has felt great-I’ve been trying to alternate with days of swimming in our pool, which has been working out alright except for the fact that I am a somewhat lousy swimmer. I got a book, so we’ll see if that helps. The impetus for getting back into things was that I somewhow managed to get signed up for the Camp Pendleton 10K Mud Run with some friends. Brian is on our team too, so at least if I die, he’ll be there to drag my body out of the mud pit.
And that’s the scoop from over here. Hope you all have a safe 4th of July. And for God’s sake, please don’t set off illegal fireworks in the middle of the street in your lovely, quiet neighborhood. Really, you might lose a finger or something. And you’re keeping me awake.
July 4th, 2007