Picture Day!

I was happily up at the crack of dawn ready to treat my four year old like a life - sized doll. If only he was this cooperative every day (had to bribe him with a trip to the toy store).

13.1

I did it. I ran a half marathon. Slowly, but I did it. In the past six months I've switched jobs to work at a company where most of the employees graduated from ivy league schools, so I feel like I suck; commuting over two hours a day and spending so much less time with my kids, so I feel like I suck; and feeling so overwhelmed with shit that I've forgotten my family's birthdays and my own anniversary, so I know I suck. But I can run and I'm good at it. I'm slow, but I love it and that makes it fun and worth the aches and pains. And today I went out to run the SF Giants 10k, but I didn't turn around at the 3 mile mark - I kept going, and I kept my crappy little pace for 13 miles and I did it. My knee feels broken, I'm chafed in places I didn't think I could be chafed, and I know halfs are seen as lame, but I did it and I kind of feel like I don't suck. And the "likes" and comments I got on Facebook today when I'd posted I'd finished overwhelmed me. So, even though as I was finishing up my last mile (a bit misty eyed) and realized most of the people running with me looked less fit than the group in my last weight watchers meeting, I still think, just for today, that I don't suck - I fucking rock.

Poolside

We've had a great summer at SJ Swim and Racquet! It's no Spec Pond, but it was fun all the same.

My little artists

Jake is assigned homework this year (oh, don't get even get me started...) and since Will has to do everything his big brother does, I set him up with some crayons and paper. It was totally adorable until Will ATE an entire red crayon.