Catching Up

Ok, so it's been awhile. Almost three weeks in fact.....

The reason I haven't been in front of the computer is because I have been in the pool. And they won't let me bring the computer in with me. In case you don't know, I am training for a triathlon in May. It's called the Wildflower Triathlon and it is held in California every year, at Lake San Antonio. I'm training for an olympic length race, which means I have to be able to swim a mile or about 1500 m. And no, I can't have floaties. I asked. After the mile swim, I have to bike about 24 miles and then run 6.2 miles. In my wildest dreams, I think I can do this in under 4 hours. I have to be honest, the swimming part scared the hell out of me, I've never been a strong swimmer, but rather a talented sinker. Thankfully, I started training for this back in November, and now I feel a lot more comfortable in the water. But to stay on track, I swim about 4 days a week. 1 day with instruction, and 3 days of training. Not a lot of time to blog. And I miss blogging..... Regardless of whether anyone reads this, it's fun to talk about your week to the amorphus internet cloud.

On top of this, I am studying for my Professional Engineer Licensing Exam. It will be held the weekend before the triathlon. Only in my world, does this kind of luck show up so regularly. The good news is that my job exposes me to very diverse projects, so most of what I am studying, I have already seen and am familiar with.

Thursdays are fun, as I am now an official member of the Austin area WAKA Kickball league. I thought I would be a champ with all those years of soccer, but between the BARELY inflated dodgeball and the pre-game two beer minimum, I lose my "historically pin-point" accuracy. At any rate it is a good time. And the team names are so ridiculous that I fear mentioning them here.

Movie I will see this weekend: Milk or Frost/Nixon

Weekend in Dallas :)

I spent this past weekend visting family and friends in Dallas. My mom's birthday was Feb 4th and we all went to dinner to celebrate saturday night. I love spending time with my family and my Uncle Rudy's family as the two families have been close since I was very little. Earlier on Saturday, I was able to have breakfast with the May family and I have to say that Gabe enjoys trying to eat as much he enjoys actually eating.

Cafe Brazil had delicious food, I don't blame Gabe for his enthusiam :) I was also treated to Molly's modern rendition of the alphabet song, which includes a couple of extra letters and additional lyrics. I always find it amazing how quickly children learn things. Miss Emma has decided to make my folk's place her vacation residence. As you can tell she makes herself at home quite easily. With the additional activity I put her through on weekends and a leaner diet, she has lost a noticable amount of belly, and probably tips the scales at about 75 lb. I sometimes wonder if she really wants to come back to Austin to our 700 sq ft. apartment, but she looks content to be home.