Run, Lucy, Run

2008

January 5th, 2008

I have been meaning to sit down and write our holiday recap for days now-Ashok is finally down for his nap, so I’ll give you the high points in a scattered incoherent manner before he wakes up.

After an incredibly snotty Christmas, we did finally fly out to Atlanta to spend New Year’s with these folks:

Even though every last one of us was sick at some point in the weekend (some showed up sick, like us, others got sick in the middle or left sick) we still had a great time. I feel lucky to have such a great group of people to hang out with every New Year’s. Ashok also got to meet his great-grandparents for the first time and we celebrated their 72nd wedding anniversary. 72 years!

After a grueling five hour flight home with a toddler who just can’t sit still for even five freaking minutes, I was glad to be home. I went out the next morning for a run at the Rose Bowl forgetting that the big game had just been the day before. (I think I did this last year, too.) My normally pristine, beautiful running course was basically a big pile of trash. I had to maneuver Lucy around several half eaten pizzas before she had a chance to dig her snout into them. Basically, it was lovely. I thought about taking pictures but that just seemed sort of gross. My run sucked since I hadn’t really run in two weeks of being sick but I made myself go out again the next day and it was much better. I even tried to go out again the next day; three days in a row is not something I usually do, but there was a big storm coming so I figured I would try before I was forced to miss more days. About one mile in, my hip started to hurt and I realized I was probably pushing it after two weeks off, so I called it quits and came home.

The rain hit yesterday at about noon, just as I was helping my mom unload stuff into her new apartment. It poured buckets for the rest of the day through the middle of the night and we had the pleasure of discovering water leaking into our fireplace. Ah, homeownership! We’re supposed to get even more today and tomorrow which is great-we need the rain desperately here in drought land-but that bucket will probably have to live in our fireplace for a few more days.

I still haven’t figured out how to post video of Ashok walking, but here’s what it looks like: