Well, I'm off to Kentucky tomorrow. Aunt Alicia is going to some kind of science-related meeting (I really should figure out why she's going) and I have agreed to go with her. I plan to do a lot of birding while she's in meetings, and maybe I'll get to mingle a bit with scientists. I have corresponded with a lot of herpetologists as part of my job, and it's always fun to put a face to all the names. Some of them are very surprising. Anyway, we'll be gone for about five days.
I had to start the running plan over (as I mentioned in a previous entry), but it's going well. I'm pretty excited about it. Daniel's doing it, too. We're pretty terrible at running so far. A good 5k is about 20-25 minutes (some people do it in even less than that) and we've been doing a little over 2k in 25 minutes... stopping often to walk. We wheeze a lot while we walk. We also talk about how much this whole plan sucks and running is torture while we walk. But when we're done, we are all pumped and proud of ourselves. So I guess we're pretty normal for beginners.
Bella, needless to say, is not training for a 5k. She doesn't even do a 5m very often. I should really make her exercise. Do they make cat-sized treadmills?
Kasey's visit was super-fun. We painted some stuff at Firehouse Pottery! I painted a large piggy bank named Nigel (yes, I painted his name on him). She painted a picture frame and an ice cream bowl. Aunt Alicia painted a tray for her bathroom. We're excited about seeing how they turn out.
Best line from Kasey's visit, said by Daniel Mosley to Kasey:
"Don't worry about it. You just focus on your left nostril."Because any line that has "nostril" in it is just funny.
I'm still reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," and it's really great. It's "Pride and Prejudice"... but with ZOMBIES. They'll be going along, walking to and fro and having balls, and all the sudden zombies will attack and they'll have to fight them off. It's hysterically funny.
This was basically the most random entry ever.
Comments (3)
I'm excited your going to see a bunch of new birds. (You better!) And I'll miss you, but I think you'll have a great time. And I am still just out of words to say how I'm happy your exercising. I knew you could do it. I can already tell. Finally, ..."for the record, I hate Zombies."
Sure wish we lived closer so I could see your progress. Keep us posted. Hope you see some new birds.
I am ashamed. I can only do one mile in 22 minutes (comfortably) - 20 minutes if I really push it. But that is walking only - I am too chicken to try to run.