Been working too much lately and too sick on the weekends for adult fun, so I played hooky Friday afternoon and went dirt biking with Craig.
I’m seriously out of shape, but it was still good to get out.
Within the first mile I was huffing, puffing, and worried I wouldn’t make it.
We decided to keep it somewhat tame and do some more exploration toward the eastern most end of the route. Turns out there wasn’t much to see, so we did the ridge trail behind the blue ponds. I actually managed it pretty well considering I screwed it up earlier this spring.
It was good to get out.
Looking forward to the next time.
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I mentioned last weekend that I spent most of Saturday asleep. That included a fever of sorts – freezing cold (temperature was 97), then wake up a sweaty mess.
This weekend it’s a head cold (or allergies).
I swear every time I turn around I’m taking pills of a different kind.
When does it get better?
When do I get to ride my dirt bike again?
I’m so tired of feeling weak and tired.
At least I got the pool open.
Letting the pump do all the work…
Also made a temporary fix for the fence.
We’ll see how long it is before the wisteria collapses the whole thing, then get a new fence.
At some point I’ll dig this area out and deck it. And finish what I started 2 years ago.
At some point…
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A few days before the tournament Abigail walked into a branch in the yard and scratched her upper and lower eyelid.
Looked pretty intimidating, but I don’t think swayed her matches either way.
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Pictures I get while traveling…
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We (Lauren actually) received a lot of compliments regarding Lauren’s composure at the tournament. She lost both her matches, but never shed a tear or made any fuss.
Generally for the kids there’s one very excited winner and one very sad loser. Boys and girls up to the age of about 9 have some hard lessons to learn and very publicly. After 9, they seem a lot more comfortable with and roll onto the next tournament.
We told her going in that she’d likely lose. We told her to just look at the entire thing as practice. There were elements beyond the matches and winning/losing that she needed to experience and have practice with. Getting through the day with a positive attitude was her win.
Parents were blown away.
We were very proud.
She fought really hard and did her best. That’s all you’ll ever do win or lose.
She told us there were moments when she thought about crying, but told herself that she’d done her best and that’s just how it is.
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Got some decent shots of the foxes.
And a daytime shot
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The girls had an in-house tournament (our gym and the sister gym) yesterday. This was Lauren’s first. She did awesome. She fought hard and handled losing very well. Abigail missed first place by 11 seconds. She submitted her first opponent. She was winning by points in the second, but he got a submission on her with 11 seconds to go.
I ended up in bed most of the day yesterday. We managed a short hike in the afternoon, but otherwise I was in bed. I woke up Friday with dizziness/migraine, then slept mostly yesterday to try and make it better. Still dizzy today, but feel somewhat better.
Another weekend gone.
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I have a bunch of videos. I need to start saving them to the cloud and showing here potentially.
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I’m telling you right now that May is going to be bad for updates.
Too much going on.
Too much travel.
Too many meetings with dinners at our office.
Jiu Jitsu in-house tournament for the girls.
June is shaping up to be worse. I’ve heard in two different conversations of trips to two different countries for me.
yay
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One of the girls crashes their dirt bike.
I run over to find it laying on top of them and them crying.
I pick up the bike.
I pick them up.
I ask if they’re ok.
They break into more tears and tell me what hurts.
They cry.
They sob.
I hold them close.
With tears still streaming down their eyes, they ask if they can keep riding.
Sure. If that’s what makes you feel better, you can keep riding.
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