yearly report- season 6

slightly late... but i owe you the yearly report...

 

what did we have in the last year,

we had a graduation, ceremony this weekend and i will graduate with the highest honors..wooooohoooo. i don't know really what has changed to get me to honors, since it's was not so before. perhaps the program is easier, perhaps i am more mature, or more focused. but have spent countless hours and worked my butt off.

 

travel has seen 2 countries, Iceland and cost Rica which brings the total to 55 countries but no new states... how can this be, need to get to Alabama some how, the list of missing states is short, but none are near by.

 

 

the plan for next year includes possibles of Portugal and south of space with bonus Gibraltar, Peru, perhaps more central America. but honestly, i want after the work project ends to take a month off and tour several countries. how to do it with the little one, time will tell.

 

in local travel, we went to a big cavern in south Ohio and that's it, well we did have more work at home.

 

movies- i think i only saw 2-3 the whole year,(though many at home), we saw the blue man group and hardly any music shows.

 

well, its been a busy year of wiping, washing, cleaning, dressing, undressing, dressing,undressing, pee cleaning, poop picking, filming, holding, calming, panicking, medicine giving, creaming, carrying, piggybacking, napping, soaping, salining, laughing, smiling, barking, squirrel pointing, reading, singing, grabbing, driving, sliding,catching and many more surprisingly fun activities of watching mattanchuk discover the world. 

they told me raising a child is fun, i didn't appreciate how much, its awesome, but yes one is enough.

 

running was a big part of this difficult winter  with 8 races so far with improving times, but still have not came close to the 30 minutes goal. i did do 1 8k race and 1 triathlon, internal. there will be more of these this summer,

i had 2 orienteering events and another rogaine orienteering, lost my way once, and managed to pass through so many thorns on one event, that i had marks all over my legs, arms and even head- last rogain for me in thorny Pennsylvania.

 

i didn't spend enough time on the treadmill, need to return to that, and do more weights. i gained >30 pounds in the last year and almost lost it all, i hope by the time you seem me back home, that i will reach a point lowest in the last 4 years. i am doing wight watchers and greatly changed my bad eating habits.

 

cereal changed to granola, beef to fish, lots of edamame, one item per meal, waiting before seconds, putting the fork down and many more changes, i am in my seconds session, it is not part of work, but it's at work which makes it easier to attend.

last year has seen more plate changes including heart of palm (not yummy), squash (i still cant believe i ate it), gefilte fish!!! what the heck is happening to my taste buds.

 

i started going to Toast masters this year and completed my competent communicator status after completing 10 speeches, i am now in the process of a leadership program that will take me the rest of the year, as my club has a meet every 2 weeks, and also proceed with more advanced speeches program. what will i do with all these new learning's and skills, i don't know yet. when i will grow up i will decide what's next.

 

fun activities included surfing, wind surfing, volcano bathing, hiking, biking, jet skiing, kayaking, kanoeing, rafting, jungle tracking, zip lining, canyoning, rappelling,  high jumping to natural pools, water hole swimming, orienteering, rogaining, triathalonearing, running, swimming, snorkeling, volley balling.

 

interesting moments

i swam naked in a volcano pool!!!!! that was awesome, and zoomed in photos by paparazzi does exist, but photos were never shared with me. did i mention the pool was cold.

 

i walked where astronauts practiced the moon landing.

 

i ate great testing hot dogs, purchased them and when tried them here, they were horrible.

 

i learned to surf, and managed to bruise my ribs

 

i learn to wind surf... i need to find local clubs here.

 

i play D&D till 8 months ago in a fun campaign, need to fun another since the organizer moved out of town.

 

i swam and jumped into the incredible water holes in Mexico

 

i saw impossible to find frogs, lizards that look like a leaf and more interesting animals.

 

i launched pumpkins in an Amish farm, and almost hit the target.

 

i tried apple butter (not bad)

 

i played lots of back gammon and word with friends.

i finished season 4 for braking bad, season 1 of home land, season 5 of breaking bad... yes i watch TV too much.

i watched wreselmania live, for the 1st time. i still cant believe the undertaker lost!!

 

i went fishing once, and caught nothing, which is good, why hurt the poor fish.

i didn't have new visitors in my bird feeder, a repeat of the same, but still nice to see. i saw my 1st coyote hear.

i had a few injuries, 1 sprain, neck and beck issues, better now.

 

wow, i start every paragraph with the word i, i need to improve my writing style.

 

for a while, we went dancing and learned some moves, that was fun, but we didn't stick with an an above beginner program.

 

 

in traffic, i had 2 fines this year, parking and expired tags.

on an unexpected side, i did planted and created my vegetable garden that actually grew 2 pumpkins. we even carved them into faces and scared kids in Halloween - my new tradition, 2 years in a row.

traditions continue with matzo ball soup in passover and my killer 3 layer mattza cake.

 

next year... lots of fun activities are considered now that school is over and i promise to continue writing and documenting it all.

 

cheers for year six

pura vida

happy Independence day Israel, and happy cinco the mayo.