Geo, I am guessing that she is preserving the g'parent relationship for her children? How awesome that you are willing to be emotional support or buffer for C. Dh rides along when he can't run to help me get out the door lately. I am guessing that won't work for you for reasons of child care?
Lofty, there is no more important stuff to talk about on this thread. I am gad the run helped and wish you were still planning the T-Day of your dreams.
I've lost the battle and maybe won the war? We are simplifying dinner down to normal sizes but serving a stuffed turkey breast we bought along with a tofurkey. Sushi at Todai will also happen. Ds1 is vegetarian and has a rather small palate so in the interest of family we are going for sushi another time.
Ice skating again yesterday and today along with a run this morning. My feet are toast. My skates are my pre-pregnancy size so half a dozen pregnancies later they do not fit but there is no way I can spend the money on another pair and I cannot bring myself to use the rentals (very different blade). I did a few spins for the girls and they are mesmerized telling my parents that I must be the best skater ever. LOL Imagine if I wasn't afraid of landing (or not landing) a jump! They have never been interested before but are finally letting me teach them a few things on the ice and I am having so much fun with their homeschool group. Yesterday I got everyone off the wall and moving with some confidence. It feels good to have something to share.
I just found out that Sammy Hagar is playing at the school auction this spring. I wonder what to make of that? Dh's response was that he told them to get Duran Duran.
Lofty, there is no more important stuff to talk about on this thread. I am gad the run helped and wish you were still planning the T-Day of your dreams.
I've lost the battle and maybe won the war? We are simplifying dinner down to normal sizes but serving a stuffed turkey breast we bought along with a tofurkey. Sushi at Todai will also happen. Ds1 is vegetarian and has a rather small palate so in the interest of family we are going for sushi another time.
Ice skating again yesterday and today along with a run this morning. My feet are toast. My skates are my pre-pregnancy size so half a dozen pregnancies later they do not fit but there is no way I can spend the money on another pair and I cannot bring myself to use the rentals (very different blade). I did a few spins for the girls and they are mesmerized telling my parents that I must be the best skater ever. LOL Imagine if I wasn't afraid of landing (or not landing) a jump! They have never been interested before but are finally letting me teach them a few things on the ice and I am having so much fun with their homeschool group. Yesterday I got everyone off the wall and moving with some confidence. It feels good to have something to share.
I just found out that Sammy Hagar is playing at the school auction this spring. I wonder what to make of that? Dh's response was that he told them to get Duran Duran.
I will say that the ssri seemed to have the desired effect, once the head-trip from the serotonin wore of Sunday noon. But yesterday I could feel the switch flip. I think Im on the estrogen upswing and just didnt get my period this month. weird. and yes I will be more cautious about self-diagnosing and medicating in future, but as Ive had so little luck with mainstream docs on most fronts, and so much on my own, well, I guess this was a "learning experience"
It will be a thrill to hear about you in a 5k
Gulp
Lock them in the closet drill. Good luck to you, Lisa!
that it is over for another month. I am trying to learn and apply so talk it out here all you want in my opinion.
I'm a skosh stressed about timing it all, as the turkey barely fit in my oven! so everything else needs to wait. I'm sure once I start drinking (is it noon yet) I wont care anymore 
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Hope there was some more light to your day.
to shanti and real and anyone else who needs one right now. I am checking in from Ohio. 
It's been a crazy busy week. I worked Sun/Mon/Tues nights, stayed up after work on Wednesday to try in vain to get on an earlier flight, got three hours sleep before leaving for the airport, then no sleep on the plane, got to my parents' house and to bed around midnight only to get up at 5:30 to go meet my stepsister in law and her daughter for a race yesterday morning. Then it was back to their house for Thanksgiving dinner, after which I nearly fell asleep standing up. 
I finally had a full night's sleep last night but am still feeling pretty wiped out, especially after another few hours in the car today driving to my cousin's house for Thanksgiving # 2. One more day here, then we head back home, where thankfully I have a couple of days mostly off to recover before I have to go back to work.
They delayed the start a few minutes to give people a little more time at the potties (there were only 2), which was good because I was still in line, and bad because it was COLD. 
The race started with hardly any fanfare, just a ready, set, go...no gun or anything. There were no timing mats at the start, which was slightly annoying because even in a race that small, it made about 9 seconds difference in my time. The race ran the first four miles or so along a towpath trail and everyone got spread out pretty quickly. It was foggy yesterday morning, which made for an interesting run. It was really pretty and peaceful, though, and nicely flat. After the first four miles, we entered a cemetery and did a big loop and the hills started. Not huge hills, but the majority of them were in the last two miles, and they were steep. Short, but steep! I was managing to hit 10's or better up to this point, but I wasn't sure I would be able to hold it through the hills since I do not run hills. The beauty of hills, though, is that what goes up must come down, so 10:45 going up meant 9:15 coming down. 
Yes, only on an MDC board. 
22 people!!!! I did that once, right after my 12yo was born. Haven't done it since. 
Second, I do think it's never too late for a belated birthday present and new skates would fit that bil, imo. 
How did the community Thanksgiving go? I think it sounded so lovely - brought to mind the original Thanksgiving meal.
That did it. The certainty that BB from B would not run pushed him to sign up. ($45!) and he pulled out a 8:28mm. I was so proud of him. Our runs consist of short dirt road runs with kids. He got 6th in his age group and it was a great turnout with music, emcees, etc. I was jealous but not enough to run it instead of him. (last minute notice/ childcare issue - will be worked out next time.) Then we went on to have a wonderful relaxing day with his Mom and her cousins. I had never eaten her T-giving meal since we have always had it at a buffet-style family reunion location and it was Seriously Fabulous. It was my first time to see my mil in action like that but it was gourmet for 12 and it was that good. I washed dishes and drank wine. I'm still sad that I missed my family's TG but the pace and the expense was really just right for us. Although I shouldn't have felt bad for dh's extensive traveling after all, since someone reserved a private jet and he flew instead. I was a little steamed for a bit that I was the one making a sacrifice but in the end it was all good. And since he is re-starting his career, these contacts are muy importante.
(happy mostly b/c, 24 hours in, things are going - knock wood - really well, after an initial ~8 hours of me panicking that I'd made a mistake and we should take her back).
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