It's about time!

Yes, I know, I know! It's been 3 weeks without a post and you are getting tired of checking back and being disappointed again and again. All 3 of you. I'm very sorry..life is busy sometimes and posting thoughtful writings is harder than it may appear! So, here's a quick update on everything that has happened in the last 3 weeks (well, the interesting bits anyways).

So, where to start. Since blogs always start at the most recent and work backwards, I'll write this posting the same way.

Today I rode 48 miles in the pouring rain. It was fun, sort of. Eric was supposed to join me but called this morning and asked if I would call him a wimp (well, he used a different less PC word) if he bailed. I said yes. So he bailed. I rode the "North End of the Lake" which doesn't mean much if you're not from around here. I started at my house, crossed over the Ballard Locks, rode up around the north end of Lake Washington in the Burke Gilman bike trail, cut off the trail and rode up and over a massive hill and down into Kirkland. Along the Kirkland waterfront, up into Bellevue, then across the lake on the I90 bike path. Then made my way through Seattle and back to my house. I made a puddle when I stood in my entry. I used a towel BEFORE my shower. I also ate ~ 1,000 calories in 5 minutes BEFORE my shower. This is what we call cycling, and it is fun. At mile 31.3 I was in Kirkland wishing I had chosen to sleep in instead, but now I'm home and happy I did it.

Yesterday my parents came down, with Aidan, to visit. I cooked brunch then we walked down to the playground. It was almost 60F and really sunny. I wore a tshirt and was warm, mostly.



















Elise and Grandad working together




















Clara swinging like the monkey that she is.



















Ben just looking cute. (probably just did something bad..)










Friday night Clara was did a tap dance routine with some friends in her school's talent show. They looked great up on stage..Clara of course was a star! Unfortunately, with the "no flash" rule many of my photos turned out blurry. This one of their backsides turned out the best! Clara is front & center.









Oh, and since my last posting Andrew & Katherine came for a visit. Andrew came first for work, and we hung out one night. Then Katherine flew in a week later. We had them over for brunch one morning...















Ok, so now all you voyeurs are caught up on the goings on of my life... Get back to work!
RT