i can’t believe there are only two more days until christmas. vacation is flying by. today i went to the mother/daughter lunch that apparently is becoming a tradition whether i’m here or not. 😉 today it was mom, katie and me, caroline and mrs. east, bekah and mrs. diehl, and jennifer and mrs. mickle. we ate at the red rocks cafe, which i’d never been to. it was tasty. i had a spinach salad with pan-seared shrimp, mmm. the yummy lunch made up for the fact that i ended up having cereal for dinner.
katie and i ran a few more errands after lunch, and then dad took us out to gold’s gym, where he has a membership. they charge $15 for a visitor, which is pretty much absurd, but dad can be quite persuasive, and he talked us in for free. i wanted to take it easy since i’m planning to do a 2 hour run tomorrow (the weather has warmed up enough to allow it), so i just followed katie’s lead of half an hour on the elliptical and 10 minutes on the bike. while ellipticalling, i watched some mtv show on justin timberlake. mindless tv is great for working out; last summer i used to elliptical to braves games.
“elliptical” can now be a verb, thanks to the machines. interesting.
tonight i spent a few hours putting together a scrapbook of pictures for my grandmother (dad’s mom). just a small collection of pictures of our family involved in all sorts of activity over the past year and a half. my graduation from stanford, the reynosa trip that katie, brian and i went on, my travels, mom, david and dad at byron and carol’s wedding, and david’s graduation last week. plus a few more. it turned out well despite the fact that all i really had to work with was construction paper and microsoft clip art. i think she’ll like it. tomorrow i’ve got to mail it; of course it will be late, but c’est la vie. i sent her a card last week warning her of the lateness, so at least she’s prepared. 😉
tomorrow grandmother (mom’s mom) arrives, i attempt to run for 2 straight hours, and hopefully i’ll get started on backing the t-shirt squares for my quilt.
ooh i am so productive when i don’t have to be at work!
