Monday, June 21, 2010

20100621 Happy Summer Solstice

Hi All Peach, I enjoyed reading your news from over Father's day weekend. It was nice to read that you are thinking about your dad a lot. He sounds like a very valuable person, all right. I imagine you surely must miss him. You probably talked to him on the phone a real lot.

I'm glad your K1's team did so well. It's nice you got a night out with the boys, too. It's good that your K2 is doing a sport in the summer, too. I'm glad he has something for himself. For my K3, it's her martial arts, it would appear. She is transforming right in front of my eyes. I see more respect and thanks and consideration from her at home, too.

I hope work goes well for you, especially the audit. I hope that goes seamlessly for you.

I exercised this morning, and it went well. I had to cut it back a little since I ran 5 miles on Saturday and was still feeling it. This morning I did 40 minutes at 4.2 mph and 5% grade on the treadmill, 15 minutes racing on the recumbent bike, and the weights circuit. It's nice to see the counselors and day camp kids coming into the Southwest YMCA when I am leaving it. Seeing the young, eager faces is a treat.

K3 starts her one week Ninja Training Camp at Studio Kicks this morning. The kids are to eat only lightly at midday, like maybe some fruits and a half sandwich, so I infer that they keep the kids pretty busy. K3 is excited about Ninja Training Camp. I imagine she'll want to go to her regular late afternoon lessons, too, with the level of enthusiasm she is displaying. :-)

On Friday K1 goes off to a leadership conference. It's for a youth volunteer program she is involved in. Another friend her age will also be attending, and a lady in charge of their group will be their co-participant and chaperone. I wanted to go along, but K1 moaned that she absolutely didn't want me along. I told her another time that I just wanted to have an excuse to go to that city - I wouldn't be getting into her hair - I would just visit the aquarium, etc. She then said That would be okay ... but I didn't pursue it; I thought I'd give her her space. But it's a fact that their aquarium Is pretty good - and I was there with my father in May 2004, and I still remember that visit with him well. It would have been nice memories of that trip together for me to have walked through that place again.

K2 has been terribly bored since he's been out of school, but he's trying not to bug me about it too much. I really believe he tries to go easy on me; he is always seemingly considerate of his mom. (He takes out some of his frustrations when his father comes home at night, with some annoying misbehavior.) So a few days ago, I told K2 that I was signing him up for Krav Maga with me - I was just testing the waters - so he could learn a new skill in his excess leisure time. But K2 reacted favorably to that, and surprisingly agreed to it, so we're going!

I got some of my heavy cleaning done yesterday - while hobbling from knee pain from having run more than I was used to - so I have somewhat less to do today, or I can venture into less frequently cleaned arenas. I plan to have a pretty effective and pleasant day. I prayed for you and your family while on the treadmill and the recumbent bike today. Keep sending me you and your family's specific concerns so I can pray specifically about them. Bless you and yours. :-)

Have a good day, Love, 90hazelnut

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