November 2, 2010
Hello!
It’s November. Wowzie. Fall has been completely crazy around here. I thought things were going to slow down significantly once we had the marathon behind us, but that was not the case. Chris has traveled a lot lately, we all managed to come down with stomach flu, we went to Arizona for fall break, etc., etc., etc…
The marathon was definitely an incredible experience. I still can’t quite believe I did it! That being said, I’m glad it’s behind us. With my *slight* tendency to over-analyze and worry too much, it consumed a lot of mental time and energy. We did a half marathon this past weekend. It went pretty well, but I’ve dealt with a minor knee issue since the marathon, and it hindered me a bit. I plan to keep running, but long runs will not be happening for awhile. Just as well, I suppose… the weather is definitely starting to turn around here!
Last Saturday night I got to go to my first Gopher football game. I hadn’t been to a football game in ages. The Gophers completely suck this year, but they were playing Ohio State (currently #11 in BCS standings). So… even though the home team lost, it was pretty cool to watch a really good team. The stadium’s pretty cool. The girls I went with are big time Gopher fans. I mentioned to them that Jerod had gone to baseball camp there last summer and that the baseball facility was a complete crap hole. Low and behold, at half time Paul Mollitor and some of the Pohlad (I’m likely butchering the spelling on both those names) family came out to announce a big renovation project. They actually won the Big 10 last year, so maybe there’s some Gopher baseball steam building…
Chris and the kids all dressed up as vendors (as in people at the Twins game that come to your seat and sell you stuff) for Halloween. Elise was hilarious yelling, “KETTLE CORN, LICORICE!!” She may have a future! Chris sold beer and Jerod sold hot dogs. I just ordered some prints, so I will send them when they get here.
The kids are both really enjoying school. I think Jerod is struggling a little bit with boredom; and as a result he occasionally gets in a wee bit of trouble. I’m hopeful that they’ll be able to challenge him a bit more in the second half of the school year. We shall see.
I think that’s all I have that’s newsworthy! We are gearing up for winter… since it’s going to come whether we want it to or not. I keep hearing drab scenarios for weather severity this year… apparently it’s an El Nino year. Blech!
