Mama and babies
Today (Monday) was a mixed day. We spent the weekend in Jacksonville for the Gate River Run. Karen, Christy and I walked the 15 K course and it was fun. There were spectators all along the route shouting encouragement. I found that I was smiling so much at the spectators that my cheeks began to hurt at about the 6-mile marker. Overall it was a very well managed race and I’m looking forward to doing it again. The walk was on Saturday and all of us were sore after it and rested Saturday afternoon. Sunday the woman-folk went to a baby shower and the men-folk rested some more.
I bought a kayak about a year ago in Jacksonville but because of my shoulders I left it with Karen for her use. Now I can use it and Karen can't so it came home with us. I’m glad Karen had her kayak moments to enjoy.
We drove back home Sunday eve and got back around 10 PM. My internal clock is completely out-of-whack. Between the change in time zone, the mixed up schedule due to the walk, the change to daylight savings time and the drive back my body doesn’t know when to eat or sleep.
So today was a little bit of yard work, a little bit of paper work, some recuperation and some other stuff. I started to complete another zone on the sprinkler system but while crawling around under the sago palm I discovered a number of baby sagos growing there. Penny calls the plants that sprout from the palm’s seeds babies. These guys were more like adolescents. I ended up spending the rest of my sprinkler time digging out the babies.
Here’s the mama plant,
Today (Monday) was a mixed day. We spent the weekend in Jacksonville for the Gate River Run. Karen, Christy and I walked the 15 K course and it was fun. There were spectators all along the route shouting encouragement. I found that I was smiling so much at the spectators that my cheeks began to hurt at about the 6-mile marker. Overall it was a very well managed race and I’m looking forward to doing it again. The walk was on Saturday and all of us were sore after it and rested Saturday afternoon. Sunday the woman-folk went to a baby shower and the men-folk rested some more.
I bought a kayak about a year ago in Jacksonville but because of my shoulders I left it with Karen for her use. Now I can use it and Karen can't so it came home with us. I’m glad Karen had her kayak moments to enjoy.
We drove back home Sunday eve and got back around 10 PM. My internal clock is completely out-of-whack. Between the change in time zone, the mixed up schedule due to the walk, the change to daylight savings time and the drive back my body doesn’t know when to eat or sleep.
So today was a little bit of yard work, a little bit of paper work, some recuperation and some other stuff. I started to complete another zone on the sprinkler system but while crawling around under the sago palm I discovered a number of baby sagos growing there. Penny calls the plants that sprout from the palm’s seeds babies. These guys were more like adolescents. I ended up spending the rest of my sprinkler time digging out the babies.
Here’s the mama plant,
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and the babies.
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Next we went to the kayak shop and got Penny a wooden kayak paddle. I already have one and it just feels better than the composite ones and even seems to work better. I hope to report on our first kayak trip since the surgeries soon. It sure was nice to be able to lift and carry the kayak with no pain.
So here I sit 1 hour past my normal bedtime waiting to get sleepy. I’m happy to say that there is no more soreness left from the 15 K walk and my butt is feeling better than it has in a month. Oh – and mama and babies are doing fine.
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