Posted by Carrie on 02 Sep 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random
I’m drinking coffee with foamed milk and a little vanilla. It’s my attempt to brighten up an afternoon that’s just downright dreary inside my head. I don’t know why; it certainly started out grey and yucky outside this morning, but now it’s sunny and pleasant. Somehow, the more dismal weather penetrated my skull and refuses [...]
Posted by Carrie on 24 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Rants and vents
I forgot to mention this from about a week ago. We stayed at a hotel in town for a couple of days during the worst of the heat wave, and while we were there, we did some lovely relaxing in the pool. At one point, I had to go out to the hotel lobby from [...]
Posted by Carrie on 23 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Familial things
We had a good weekend in these parts. Saturday started out a little exhausting, with a 17-miler that left me feeling somewhat drained (I started out strong, but as the warmth and humidity rose, I slowed, even having to take a brief walk break when my heart rate suddenly decided to spike and make me [...]
Posted by Carrie on 18 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Fitness and Health
Trying to talk with Gabe about fitness. ME: “Gabe, why do I run?” GABE: “Because you do races.” ME: “Okay, that’s true. But why do I do races?” GABE: “Because you’ve signed up for them.” We had a nice chat about why one would intentionally sweat and work one’s body, as I pointed out to [...]
Posted by Carrie on 15 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Familial things, House and Home, Pictures and movies
From Lifehacker, “Top 10 Ways Your Brain is Sabotaging You“: You let negative feelings about putting off tasks prevent actual work. For example, if I feel guilt for not updating, it makes me not look forward to updating, and I’m trapped. Or else it’s just that there’s so, so much to talk about… Mom and [...]
Posted by Carrie on 28 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Familial things, Pictures and movies
Ticket to Ride is a very, very fun game. And I’m not just saying that because I won. (Or because I split a bottle of Lambrusco Rossi with Eric. Yum.)
Posted by Carrie on 26 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random
Exact question on one of the forms for registering in schools here: “What was the first language your son/daughter learned? No______ Yes________ (Name language)” I’m not slamming my head into my desk only because somebody better be around to counterbalance this sort of thing in the world my kids inhabit.
Posted by Carrie on 23 Jul 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Fitness and Health, Gabriel, Pictures and movies, Samuel
That was unexpected. Didn’t mean to take a blog break, but there you have it. Everything here is…going. Nothing wild, nothing wonderful, nothing much new. I did volunteer at a local half-Ironman triathlon last weekend, which was a lot of fun. I handed out sports drink at an aid station along the run route and [...]
Posted by Carrie on 20 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Pictures and movies, Reminiscing
Happy Father’s Day, Eric. This morning, we gave you breakfast in bed, prepared by Gabe and me, and a colorful card that Sam made himself. (GABE: “Dad, did you like my card? Sam did most of the work, but I wrote my name.“) We’re all a bit beaten and exhausted from Sam’s birthday trip to [...]
Posted by Carrie on 11 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Completely random, Familial things, Fitness and Health
The problem with summer break is that the days lose their sense of identity. It’ll get better when the kids start their summer school classes, but with other major activities also on hiatus, the weekdays just run together into a big smushed-up pile of Life. Today, we had Eric home in the morning for a [...]
