Dingoes LOVE to RUN through February! - Page 3

[Realrellim]

Plady--do you think the group stuff in the theatre is that you are working as colleagues? In group projects I didn't like, the group felt arbitrary and often it was already obvious who wasn't going to be up to snuff. But if I collaborate with my colleagues now, let's just say that I trust that they'll get their part done or communicate delays and other issues if they run into them.

sparkle--I chuckled at the reason you don't like group projects.

Geo--sorry the IT band issue hasn't resolved. Yuck and How soon will you be able to see a doctor for the referral?

RR: 4 very easy miles on the indoor track. If I can settle my mind, it really is pretty meditative, of sorts.

NRR: So DH is going to a conference in Disneyland and we've decided this time we're going to take the kids. It's not until mid-April but I figured I'd ought to start planning now. For those of you who have gone, should I plan on wearing a backpack around the park or try to get away with a waist pack or something? We'll be staying at the Disneyland Hotel because that's where the conference is. Any other tips you have would be good too. I already feel overwhelmed by it all (and not least the $$$ involved, even though DH's ticket and the hotel will be paid for...I seriously thought about applying for a PT seasonal job at the local garden store, to which I could bike). ETA: would you pack the girls' princess dresses? I can't figure out if it would be weird for them to wear them around the park, or if they'll get there and cry that I didn't bring them....
Edited by Realrellim - 2/11/13 at 9:29pm

[MelW]

mommajb, I'm with you on the reading along on the phone. It's terrifically easy with the new mobile forums, but the downside is thatI think about responses rather than post them (and sometimes think that I actually have responded, since I thought about it so earnestly).

Lofty, good luck tomorrow. May it all be for extra caution and peace of mind and nothing else.

Geo, that sucks about the need for a referral. I hope you get on your way to healing soon.

real, congrats on a terrific half. I love your RRs, too, if only because I know at some point your competitive side will come out . Good luck with Disneylamd- I have no experience or advice.

Jo, I hope you find your alone time balance. I'm feeling the lack right now, too. I'm lucky to have kids that god to bed early, so at least a couple evenings a week I get me time (vs dish washing, lunch making, bag packing, bill paying, work emailing, etc) for an hour or two.

RR- I climbed with the kids yesterday and had a breakthrough despite being post-night shift and only had a 3 1/2 hour nap. Routes that used to be really hard felt easy and some new ones weren't too bad. I'm finally not a total beginner!

NRR- it's my last week of thclinical contract and really early mornings. FIL is here for the week to do my early morning childcare and to build some shelving in my garage. He makes me a bit crazy at times, but the kids are thrilled and I am very grateful for the help. He goes to bed by 8, so my "me time" isn't too compromised, either

[1jooj]

Real, I have no idea about the dresses, but I would beconsidering the job too, probably.

I am making it a project to get back into some kind of groove. This will involve keeping my bike in the apartment so I can ride to the gym in the am. Did it today. Going to try getting out earlier and earlier until I open the place. There will also be daily beach time for reading. We are in the middle of a playdate now, hence the self-absorbed post. Blame the mobile. And the biting ants. Ouch.

[JayGee]

Real - if DH gets furloughed in the sequester, he's also considering working at the local garden store to bring in at least a little money. Plus, he loves that place!

lofty - Sending good vibes to you today for your biopsy. isn't it so sad to think about a place that regularly got snow is now sub-tropical. And no, no Cookie. For 10 days. He's gone. DH is so incredibly sad, probably even moreso than the children. I'll have to post a picture of our sweet boy.

jooj - your biking plan sounds excellent! Are you back to paleo? I'm on day 43 of Whole30 eating and feeling great!

Geo - I hope you can get the referral.

Real, I am no help with Disney. Can you believe I am almost 45 years old and have NEVER been?!!!!

RR - DD1 got selected for Girls on the Run, and wants me to do the 5K with her in May. Yikes!

NRR - big meeting at our school tonight with the superintendant about the tax referrendum. I am discouraged by how few parents in the school even know about the issues the district is facing! I have told all 57 of my library volunteers about it, and so many of them were like, "Wha?" I think the referrendum committee needs a new PR company!

[bec]

JG - I hope the nerve issue is resolved quickly (that is to mean, with this last shot being the magic bullet! There has been nothing about this that has been quick, and I ache for you!).

Real - I love your race reports too.  As far as Disney, I have no experience, but I would be inclined to bring the dresses and be prepared to not need them. 

Lofty - I have been really exhausted lately.  I think it might just be winter, no sun, and AZ withdrawal (I could really love to be there during the winters!).

Jo - The pictures from your beach day look dreamy.  I'm glad that you are finding some way to carve time out for yourself.  I know that is always the first thing to go!

Gaye - I skied Loveland once for a couple hours as we were coming in for a ski week when I was a teenager.  I loved it.  I thought it was a great mountain.  My favorite was Arapahoe Basin, though.  I loved the bowl skiing there.  It wasn't too hard, not too easy (I was firmly a blue square skier).  I miss skiing!

I think I may be doing my long run today.  I have 15 on the schedule for this week, and am feeling guilty about missing my long run this past weekend (too icy).  I also have some errands to run today, so thought I might actually run them!  At any rate, I'm getting out for something.  We will just have to see how it goes.  I'm just waiting on kids to get out and my sports bra to finish in the dryer (every single bra I own was dirty.  Either a sign of how little laundry I have been doing, or how much I have been working out!).

[Plady]

Originally Posted by Realrellim 

 ETA: would you pack the girls' princess dresses? I can't figure out if it would be weird for them to wear them around the park, or if they'll get there and cry that I didn't bring them....

I would definitely pack the girls' dresses if they usually enjoy wearing them.  Alison wore her Snow White dress every day we were on the Disney cruise a couple years ago and it made it that much more fun for me and dh to see her using it.  I think that if you're going to be in a DL hotel you'll probably be able to get away with a fanny pack no problem and could even take time off to chill out by the pool midday if it's all too much.  Other than that ymmv, I had one nearly 5 year old for whom DL was the pinnacle of bestness and one for whom it was just plain scary and upsetting.  I hope you get a perfect balance of those extremes.

Originally Posted by bec 
(every single bra I own was dirty.  Either a sign of how little laundry I have been doing, or how much I have been working out!).

I think someone needs to do a little shopping!

Mommajb - We haven't set anything in stone, but I'll email you later so we can.

[sparkletruck]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/12/magazine/a-rough-guide-to-disney-world.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Real - I havent been since I was a kid, but you reminded me of this essay about a family trip to Disney, which is not only funny (b/c the dads involved find that smoking weed is the best way "to Disney") but instructive, as the moms involved have a serious system... that's all i can contribute to your planning

[loftmama]

Sparkle, that was a GREAT article! I only meant to glance and skim but I was hooked instead. Loved it! Very funny. Thanks for sharing. May have to bookmark.

[MelW]

I loved the article, too, having never "Disneyed" before. I snorted especially at the Peruvian kid who took the whole roll of photos of large bottoms!

[sparkletruck]

John Jeremiah Sullivan, the author, is a great essayist. He writes regularly for the NYT, and also has one collection of his essays (that I know of) in a book. I love him.

[JayGee]

I'm pretty sure I'd want to be high there myself! The crowds! The noise! Agh!!!!! I'm a big fan of quiet and solitude. I will choose to ignore my childrens' occasional pleas for a Disney vacation.

Okay, so it's Fat Tuesday, and as usual, I am going to take my Lenten break from the internet until Easter. Of course, I am bingeing like a drunk before rehab today! DH keeps e-mailing me "Are you STILL online?!" To which I reply, "Yep."

[Mel38]

Originally Posted by JayGee 

I'm pretty sure I'd want to be high there myself! The crowds! The noise! Agh!!!!! I'm a big fan of quiet and solitude. I will choose to ignore my childrens' occasional pleas for a Disney vacation.

Okay, so it's Fat Tuesday, and as usual, I am going to take my Lenten break from the internet until Easter. Of course, I am bingeing like a drunk before rehab today! DH keeps e-mailing me "Are you STILL online?!" To which I reply, "Yep."

binging on the internet! You'll be missed

Lisa, we took the whole family for a Disney vacation while I was at a conference a couple of years ago. Oh shoot, you're going to Disneyland, right? I've never been there. But yes on the dresses. I saw many little princesses in Disneyworld. Congrats on your excellent HM results!! Great RR, too.

Dingo meetup with Plady and mommajb!

RR: finally got out for a short run today. I have been chained to my desk for a few days.

[bec]

15 miles done.  It's so funny that 10 gave me such a hangup this past weekend, but I knocked out 15 like it was nothing.  Almost 3 1/2 hours of running!  It's going to be a long marathon, lol!

[MelW]

We'll see you at Easter, JayGee!!

Awesome 15, bec!

I just booked my orientation for prenatal teaching. I'll watch one, co-teach one, then I'm on my own! It's a prenatal in a day course, cram it all in over one long Saturday. Once I get started I'll alternate with another instructor, so typically I'll only be teaching one day per month. Fun to do something new, and to have another bit of guaranteed work.
 

[mommajb]

We'll miss you JayGee.
Maybe I am that Peruvian kid. My butt is not what it once was (maybe it is more than it once was) but I do find people and their rears a bit amazing.

That article - too funny! Having just been I would say what ever you think you will need for the day plus the dresses if that is their thing. Will they want to wear the dresses all day? I might be prepared to change/carry the dresses so would want more than a fanny pack. I went with my middle dd and carried my standard purse type bag. We bought our food and didn't need much else during the day other than sunscreen.

[tjsmama]

real~Take the dresses, for sure! And you might want to message Paige...she's the Disney expert around these parts! I fully intend to pick her brain before our trip to DisneyWorld this summer.

Mel~Good luck with the prenatal classes!

A long, long weekend of work is done. It was rough! I didn't sleep much Friday night, then had to be up early to take DS to a 9 am bday party, then had another bday party that afternoon, so no nap. A staff meeting yesterday morning kept me from my bed till after 9, and a dentist appointment this morning. So sleepy. It didn't help that I had great patients who didn't really need much from me the first two nights. Don't get me wrong, I love having independent patients, but it can make for a very long night when that happens! Last night, I got sent to the NICU to orient to float there. I knew it was coming since I'm coming up on my year and they've been swamped down there (capacity is 50 babies and they've been running with 45-47). We've been floating 2-3 nurses down there pretty much every shift. Orienting was fine, although I'm a little terrified at floating down there next time and being on my own. All the tubes and wires and stuff attached to those babies! They don't really give us sick babies (just feeder/grower babies), but it's still intimidating. I got to go take a peek at some of the micropreemies...there's a 24 weeker who was born at 11 oz and has doubled her weight already!

I can't remember if I updated or not, but HR caved and is verifying my employment. Although they made sure to let us know that the questions that are being asked are "not really the employer's place to verify" but whatever. Now watch, after all that, I probably won't get any money from the program. Sigh.

Four days off now, and there will be sleeping and working out and hopefully some cleaning around the house...

[1jooj]

sparkle, you'd posted that article before, right? Or somehow it got linked? I could not imagine navigating Disney with paranoia like that. Sheesh.

JayGee, see you on the other side. Have a good Lent.

So, my parents are traveling on the ONE day that the airline is doing a major system switch-over for their booking system. Coinciding with the start of a Mercury retrograde. Hope they pack their patience and sense of humor!

I think something switched in the weather here and it's spring. Like, the sunlight-angle equivalent to summer back home or something. Because seriously, I feel like something major changed yesterday. I'm also more or less officially back in the swing of working out and getting outside on my own. Feeling so much better.

[Mel38]

Originally Posted by 1jooj 
I think something switched in the weather here and it's spring. Like, the sunlight-angle equivalent to summer back home or something. Because seriously, I feel like something major changed yesterday. I'm also more or less officially back in the swing of working out and getting outside on my own. Feeling so much better.

[tjsmama]

Hope your parents arrived safely and without too much of a travel headache, jo!

Why, oh why must Costco make it so easy to go in for two things and leave $150 poorer?? And I didn't even get one of the things, they were out! On the bright side, I got the liftgate of my SUV fixed for far cheaper than I thought it would be, so that makes it not quite so painful, right? And now I don't even have to wear my helmet to get all the stuff out of the back when we go skiing (the struts weren't holding the liftgate open, so it had a tendency to fall on your head ).

rr~My once a month (or really, about every 6 weeks...) trip to Wednesday track. Got there way early, so I got a nice long 2.5ish mile warm-up in before the workout, which was 3 x 800 strong (10k pace), 100 recovery, 300 hard. Ouch.

[Shantimama]

Sorry to be so behind with personals. I have started working in the yarn shop - we don't open for another week but there is so much to do to set up! This week I am spending my days literally up to my elbows in gorgeous yarns as we get them unpacked and shelved. The sheer volume of yarn is incredible but I am not complaining at all - I can't think of a better way to get some exercise right now  I wish some Dingoes lived closer because this is going to be an amazing shop with space for people to hand out and knit or crochet and visit and a wonderful energy. My schedule is a little crazy with working there, dyeing yarns to sell and hoping that will take off (looks promising so far), studying and taking care of my home and family. H leaves for his trip this weekend and I am already in the groove of being hyper-organized and just getting things done. This is actually easier than trying to hold up the notion that "we are doing this together" - slightly more work and responsibility feels like a whole lot less when it is straightforward. I may be approaching my breaking point on that front but still don't know how to move forward with that. Gulp. I can't stop hoping, in spite of all the evidence