I promised Mark that I wouldn't be too terribly long-winded with this one tonight. After watching the Who Pooped the Bed? episode of It's Always Sunny last night, I am anxious to get to the hilarity.
But I can't let a good day like this one go by without a few mentionables. First of all, despite the gloom in the sky, and clouds that seemed to be promising rain, Heath and Stella and I headed on out the door to meet some friends at the JCC for a swim. This was a new venue for us, and I have to say, their aquatic complex is very nice. There is a large section of one of the pools that is roped and only 3 feet, so Heath was able to bounce about free as a bird. Stella, well, I got my bicep curl workout, but I was also able to give my arms a little rest by letting her tool around on the spacious steps that lead to the shallow end. In light of the tax free weekend, I plan to give the Swim Vest for Stella Quest one last try. If it rides up and tips her over, I'll just duct tape it around her teeny waist, add a little paper weight to the back of it, and hope for a hands-free summer next year.
Our fantastic morning led right into some afternoon napping. I was glad to have the rest, because I had been invited to do a little evening trail run with a friend. My speedy friend. And if getting a little rest wasn't helpful for trying to keep up, I'd also been anticipating the arrival of new trail running shoes. (I can feel the pressure of needing to wrap this up, so another blog and I'll detail my shoes. Vasque. Blur. Rust-colored. I love them.) They were dropped at our doorstep by our friendly UPS man at 5pm. Heath was thrilled and had to try them on before I did. Stella's new pink and lavender rain boots arrived in the same package. Talk about thrilled. She immediately hunkered down to shove them on her feet--the right on left and left on right, of course. I was happy they fit, and happy to be getting her prepared for the start of school. (Stella starting school. Don't get me started on that or I'll never finish.)
My friend and I ran on the trails at Renaissance Park--another new venue for me. Convenient, well-kept, rooty, craggy terrain. I so love running through the woods. My shoes were sturdy, stable, but not too bulky or heavy. Did they make me so fast that I was a Blur running through the woods? No. No, they did not. But it looks like we beat the storms. Woo-hoo.
And now I think Mark is asleep. Yep. Snoring. Good grief.
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