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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
So, that’s the numbers for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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