Hi everyone. It has been a long time since I put up anything. I don't
know if it is because I don't have much to say, am too lazy, or too
busy. Probably a combination of all three.
We are doing well here, though everyone has a cold: Amy just got over
it, Zoe is on the mend and I am in the throes. There are plenty of
runny, sneezy noses, sore throats and coughing around our house.
Hopefully soon we will be over it.
Yesterday Zoe and I went to Medford to have lunch with Nana. We ate at
Rooster's again. I had chicken strips and Zoe had peanut butter and
jelly sandwich, with fruit on the side. We had a great time having
lunch with Nana. Also, we stopped by Costco for some groceries (mostly
fruits and vegetables) and also a shoe store, looking for some racing
shoes (no luck).
Other news around here: we installed natural gas in the house and so
now have a new gas stove and also a gas barbecue; we will never run out
of propane in the middle of cooking dinner again. Speaking of that,
maybe Zoe and I will go get some sausages: iron and zinc help a cold,
right?
I have been running quite a bit lately, and am having a good time of
it. No injuries (knock on wood) even though I have been running five
days a week, and sometimes pretty hard running at that. A week and a
half ago (the 19th of February), I raced for the first time since the
middle of September: the Winter Wings 5K out at Miller Island wildlife
area. The course is a double out and back on flat roads. I ran 20:38,
placing second overall (there were about 8 runners total). The winner,
jumped out to an insurmountable lead after the first hundred meters (he
is a local high school runner, one of the best in the basin).
As for plans, we are looking forward to heading north for Spring Break,
visiting friends in the Hood River area, and the new baby who will be
along in only two months: that is soon! We don't have nearly the
worries nor trepidation that we felt when expecting Zoe: it seems like
just another person arriving soon. But then when we stop and really
think about, we can feel the butterflies in the stomach. It will be a
change, but certainly not as big a change as when we got Zoe.
Take care everyone.
