I recently had a birthday and turned 41. It didn’t phase me much – I’m a firm believer that a chronological age is the least interesting part of a person… and the least relevant. Still, 41 is nothing to shake a stick at and it was nice for my family to come for a visit. We went out to dinner, painted some pottery, and played games.
My nieces were pretty cool and they enjoyed my #1 Thunder(cat). Though, the younger kept referring to him as “puppy”. My brother-in-law and I got scratched, but we deserved it and there were no hard feelings.
This past week, one of my nieces turned 4. There was cake and presents and a very happy birthday girl dressed as Strawberry Shortcake. It was a nice visit, but then there was a drive home.
It’s usually about 3 hours from my sister’s house – but this time it was nearly 5 hours. There was massive snow, terrible road conditions, and some of the very worst driver’s the state of Ohio has produced. Home safe and sound, but I was wiped out and my hand hurt from clenching the wheel.
In other news, I’m signed up for the polar bear jump again this year and I’m guessing the water temp will be somewhere around -100 degrees. That’s the downside of having done this before – I know what to expect. Still, looking forward to it – should be quite an adventure. And I might have recruited one of my friends to go along and jump too.
It feels like it’s been 3 months since I first got this cold and it’s taken a turn for the annoying. Now I’ve got a sore throat and some almost golden mucus. So, I’ve got that going for me. I think I need to finally go to the doctor – maybe sometime this week.
I finished mile 215 in the pool before the break. This past week I finally got back in the water and did some laps. I didn’t break any records, but my form was excellent and I’m glad I got started again.
So, that’s the numbers for now.