Randoms

* So, it's official that Logan is high maintenance. She had a reaction to lip balm last month, so the allergist wanted to patch test her to see which ingredients she has a contact allergy to. In addition to all her regular allergies that she gets shots for (basically all trees, grasses, molds, etc.), she has contact allergy to 7 things. Gold is one of them - so I guess she'll be a platinum girl. And Balsam Peru oil (a tree product), which is in basically every kind of makeup. It looks like she'll be able to wear Bare Minerals, though - which is what I use. It's made from crushed rock minerals. Her other contact allergens are bacitracin (a topical antibiotic), benzocaine, toluene sulfonamide formaldehyde resin (in nail polish), and disperse yellow 3 (very common in hosiery). Oh, and she had a pretty bad reaction to the medical tape, too.

* Correction: Cass is going to China (Shanghai) in July. He's going to Germany (Frankfurt and Bremen) in May.

* Cami got into National Junior Honor Society. I'm proud of her. But this one has a requirement for all kinds of volunteer hours. 10 hours each 6-weeks grading period. It will be a bit of a pain to get those logged.

* I love Nvidia. They really are good to their employees.

* We're thinking about sending Luke to a computer/engineering camp at UT Austin this summer. He claims he wants to stay overnight. I'm not so sure (that he really wants to). But the thought of driving him downtown during rush hour every morning makes me want to not sign him up.

* Eeyore's Birthday Party is coming up!



4/8 2.4 miles
4/11 3.13 miles
4/12 1.56 miles
4/14 1.5 miles

Total 8.59 miles

This and that

* We finally got Luke moved out of his original classroom and into another classroom that we think will be a much stricter, more organized environment for him. He needs it.

* Y'all know how much I love London. You couldn't pay me enough money to be there during all the royal wedding nonsense.

* Cami got braces this morning. That makes two kids at once with them. Yay.

* Cass may be going to China in May, I think he said.

* This week was another off week. I do most of my exercise at/near the weekend, and we were in Louisiana for a wedding. But now I am recording the miles run and not miles walked. I always walk a little when I'm out, I just don't count it anymore.
4/4 1.71 miles
4/6 2.15 miles
4/7 2.40 miles
Total 6.26 miles

A little off this week

3/23 3.08 miles

3/25 2.91 miles

3/27 2.0 miles

3/31 1.67 miles (run)

Total 9.66 miles

The weather hasn't been all that great here. A little too cool to get outside and run. I'm ready for summer - who isn't?

Weekly log

3/18 4.38 miles (run/walk)

3/19 1.82 (hike)

3/20 2.84 (hike)

3/22 2.37 (run)

Total 11.41 miles

Since I was able to start back exercising on 2/24, the total is 74.25 miles.

Hiking in Barton Creek

Last minute, we decided to go hike in Barton Creek Greenbelt this afternoon. I can't believe we've never been there before. It was very similar to the trails that are in our neighborhood, but on a bigger scale.

This was a falls area where the rock formations were really weird. When we got to this location, we stayed for over an hour. Eventually, Luke was completely wet - down to his socks and shoes. When we got home, I looked it up and this area is called Sculpture Falls.

Our hike route, including the elevation. It was not fun to climb back out at the end of the hike!

Weekly log

Some of these are estimated, because I lost some of my info. I inherited Cass's iPhone 4 a few days ago, and when I restored it to my backup copy it didn't include the last week's worth of recording.

3/12 2.5 miles (1 mile run)

3/12 2.5 miles (hike)

3/16 5.9 miles (bike)

3/17 2.9 miles (1.4 mile run)

13.8 miles

We have friends we know from grad school at MSU whose son is in Japan right now. He's been video blogging on Facebook, but now he's gotten an article on Msnbc.

Logging my miles

3/4 2.86 miles (1.6 mile run)

3/6 4.71 (2.0 mile run)

3/7 2.61 (1 mile run)

3/8 5.34 (bike)

3/10 3.86 (2.03 mile run)

Total 19.38 miles (5.34 miles on bike, 6.63 miles running)

I'm slowly increasing my ability to run/jog. It took forever for me to break a mile - because of breathing issues from my allergies. Now I have to find a balance between running and protecting my knees and ankles from injury.

I'll also mention the elevation where I run. Our subdivision is located on the bluffs surrounding the Colorado River. And our house is at the top of a hill in our subdivision. I usually run mostly downhill toward the river. I start at about 850 ft. above sea level. When I get to my turning around point, it's 550 ft. above sea level. So it's about a 300 ft. drop. Then I turn around and go 300 ft. back up to get home. Nice added dimension to the distance.