Junior Olympics goodness

At the school auction this year, the only thing I won was for C-man to carry the flag at Junior Olympics. Yesterday, he learned he got to pick 3 of his friends to carry it with him. So he picked 2 friends his age and a 7th grade girl. (She's his "buddy" for things and he adores her). It was adorable.

Then the games began. C-man easily won his first 50 m heat.

He had a couple of decent long jumps. (This jump earned him a silver)

But the most coveted competition is the 50 m dash finals. Everyone thought the kid in lane 1 was going to take it all, because he's notoriously fast. But C-man was ahead from the start and kept the lead the whole way. I was totally shocked. He's been telling me he's the fastest kid, but I sort of felt it might have been in the same line of thinking as he totally deserved the school concert solo, if you catch my drift. But he totally won it all.

"I'm so glad the girls were separate from the boys, or Ellie would TOTALLY have beaten me."

To add to the fun, Ireland won the whole Junior Olympics as a team. Fun, fun, fun stuff.

Thirteen Things I'm Thinking About

1. Beerman's brewery will be on Jimmy Kimmel tonight, if you're watching.
2. The billing person from the rheumatic disease place I called to inform me of my upcoming costs of the $1200 infusions I'm going to start having. When I asked how many I needed, she didn't know. When I asked how often they would happen, she didn't know. When I asked how much would be covered by insurance, she didn't know. So why did she call me to go over the upcoming billing? Frustrating.
3. I had a distance reiki session the other night. I kind of thought it was a bit of hocus pocus, but figured what the heck, and totally trusted the person doing it. I don't think it did much in terms of pain, but there was definitely something going on during. Areas of my body were actually physically hot to the touch. Super weird. I think I will try it again, because it was kind of wild.
4. I've been looking at places to stay in New York for a family trip with my mom and sisters. I'd forgotten just how overpriced that city is. Seriously people, this isn't Zurich!
5. I'm not doing the plant sale again next year. Home and School had to cut 6 of its fundraisers, and that was one of them. It's too bad that people didn't support it better, because it was a low-work one in terms of volunteers. But I'm happy I'm ditching a fundraiser from my responsibilities.
6. I'm going to run the host family program instead. Not that I'm all that shmoozy and welcoming, but it'll be nice to not do something that's looking to raise money for once.
7. We have been taking nightly walks around the neighborhood. (Well, C-man scoots through the culverts and down ramps, etc.) We'd gotten out of the habit, and everyone enjoys it so, so much. I'm so thankful the weather has become nice enough to bring that fun back again.
8. C-man's baseball coaches canceled practice again, so he'll go to judo instead. He got scared at Monday night's judo, so getting him back tonight may be a good thing to get him over it. Or, maybe it'll destroy his love for the sport permanently. Who can tell.
9. I'm wearing squeaky shoes today. They were in my summer shoe bin and I'd forgotten how much I hate them because they squeak. These things are going straight to the garbage can tonight.
10. Right after I go to Zappos and order some new ones.
11. I need to get my camera in to get cleaned. It's getting all dust spotty and is irritating me.
12. I also need new shirts, but I'm having a hard time. I really would like something between "I hope he asks me to prom" and couch upholstery. And it's not been easy. It's made getting dressed in the morning a real event.
13. Tomorrow is C-man's Junior Olympics. He's carrying the flag (because I bought it at the school auction) and I'm measuring the long jump. Always a good day to not work.

Wordless Wednesday: Favorites

Too many things to do

Today is a day of too many appointments, not enough time to get to them all. While Beerman is off cavorting with a late night TV cast (don't ask - I think it's still top secret), I have to get Harry to the vet, C-man to the dentist, and me to the eye doctor. Um, yeah... probably not all happening. So dentist it is! And only because I already rescheduled that once. I could really use a nanny for me.

Weekend Wrap-up and Monday Kick-off

• C-man won his game on Saturday, lost by one run on Sunday. He went 5-5 on Saturday and 3-3 on Sunday. Not too shabby.
• We went out to eat on Saturday night at the local Turkish restaurant for our anniversary. C-man came with us. So awesome that we could walk around the restaurant, look at the pictures, and he could identify each of the places. The food was pretty great too, so all in all, a nice night out.
• Harry has been super duper slow lately. He had a tick on him, and I'm worried he has erlichia. Doesn't change his oppressiveness about going to the park each day, of course.
• The plant sale has sadly, not made much money yet this year. I don't think it's worth continuing with it, which is a shame, because it really had such potential. I'm hoping people buy more this week to boost sales. At least we didn't lose any money, because THAT would have been tragic.
• I think I agreed to organize the host family program for the school next year. At least it isn't VP of Home and School. Ugh. That would have been truly awful.
• I got a Nook for Mother's Day, and I am a bit embarassed to say how much I like it. I just pre-ordered the English Girl, and it's so much cheaper. Sorry, paper...
• A naturalist friend is doing distance reiki on me tonight. I have no idea if this will work, but nothing else seems to, so I figured it couldn't hurt.
• Someone won the lottery this weekend, so I guess it's time to start playing. My odds are better when it's lower, right?

A dozen years of bliss

All Fives

It's full swing of baseball season, and C-man's wrist was back in action enough to play today. He went 5 for 5 with 5 RBIs in an overall crushing of the Indians. And it totally kills me to not quote Major League incessantly when the Yankees play them, but I've decided saying F-You Jobu is probably not 6-8 year old appropriate, so I keep it to myself.