woho, i almost forgot how to do this...
finally the semester is over, well not truly over, now its the nervous time of waiting for results, checking the results sites several time a minute.. I over did it this time and took 3 summer courses, usually i have 2 ever semester and now 3 and 2 of them larger than all previous ones, so far 2 are A and waiting on the last one. all this school with work and the little bundle of poop made for a very hectic few months. finally rest...
well, a lot of catching up on the important events of the past few months.
one afternoon i was watching outside the window and spotted a new bird under my bird feeder, new birds in my garden are not common any more, it was sitting on the bench with its back to me, excited I took my bird guide and searched all over and couldn't find it. this was a small robin sized bird with a blue back, but it wasn't a classic blue bird- perhaps it as a juvenile, those have different colors schemes then adult birds in general. without a find, i took a photo of the bird which was well mannered and didn't fly away. a few hours later i stepped outside and the bird was still there, unfortunately on the floor. so i was excited about a dead bird that perhaps died out of hunger just below the feeder, perhaps the squirrels killed her, would that make the other birds angry? well, this unknown bird got a quick bird burial in our trash bin. that week, a real blue bird made its debut appearance in my garden, so now i have a blue bird, red cardinal, yellow finch, black and white chickadee to make a color full display.
one time (at band camp) I was changing the little one and he started with a hungry cry, having just changed it i just zipped up his buttons without a diaper and set him on my lap for a feeding. when he feed , he relaxes, that when trouble comes. few minutes during the process i begin to feel warm liquid, well to late now, i keep feeding while my pants absorb the stuff, a minute passes and now its worse, a big bunch of #2 directly on me, and he keeps eating, well nothing to do now but keep feeding, and another minute and pee again this time with a nice spray on the carpet. nothing but fun and excitement.
note to self, staple dipaer to baby but! always.
last week i had to take a few hours to my self and do something i shouldn't do in my current couch potato shape (no need to pardon the pun) and went of a 6.5 obstacle course. about 150 people came for this Charity run, not sure what was the charity for. i quickly noticed that all of them were at least 2 of the following 3 younger/slimmer/ better shape than yours truly. after not running for over 6 months, i shouldn't have given my self a goal at all, but simply not pass out on the race, but i tried and found 1 guy bigger then me, there was 1, so my goal was not to finish last. they launched us in pairs , 10 seconds apart and the guy next to me is already 10 meter in front after about 5 seconds, i jog away slowly and try to maintain breath. the 1st obstacle is in a track field, jump over hurdles, i stop, walk over, till the next one, then run (walk) in tires crawl under a long net and jump (walk) over a bench, i continue running and already surprise myself for not stopping, i keep at it and reach obstacle #2, this one was fun, they had two cars front to front and i got to slide over the hood, action movie style, then run inside a bus. well the bus part was boring, they could have made it really serious obstacles if we would run in a real downtown city bus, some neighbourhoods are a true obstacle. then down the stairs and under a big bridge, the bridge has a lower level and we run on that level which is kind of unique but not a true obstacle, i stop half way up the bridge and begin walking, not bad stopping after 3 k, better then expected, the next obstacle on the other side was to climb a truck, well you climb over wooden planks, go over the truck and use a big rope net to get down the other side, then back up the bridge, up the stairs, in the silly empty bus and once again over the cars, and they didn't have a camera at that point!!! from this point race volunteers keep telling me i am almost at the finish, they must see my face and racers who pass me, keep saying good ob as they run faster then me, must be some new race etiquette, from the bridge onward i manage to run all the way back and really impress myself- running over 5 of the 6.5 K. well the obstacles could have been better, well , need to be better, but it was fun to do something different for a change. and my result- 53 minutes, not terrible, finished 1 before last in my age group and passed 6 people total, lets ignore the guy in front of me being 14 minutes!!! faster
about 3 weeks ago we went to blossom to see Simon and Garfunkel with the Cleveland orchestra (world renown as they like to say, though i must admit i never heard of them before). this wasn't really Simon and Garfunkel (i believe Garfunkel has lost his voice due too some illness) but these 2 guys doing a cover with the philharmonic , but still i like their songs and enjoyed singing along, till the little one decided to begin a philharmonic of his own and wouldn't calm down.
few months ago, i spent a few hours and re-did the vegetable garden, bought some seeds, and let nature take its course, well now we have some beans, tomatoes (not sure what is the purpose of those) and what appears to be a mango sized pumpkin, will see how large it gets in months to come.
well, those were the highlights, but now the 2 weeks of no schools, exciting things will happen, hope to resume regular pace
cheers
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