By the light of the teenage moon
This past weekend our family traveled to Wisconsin to hang out with Adam’s dad’s side of the family. We do this annually and it always proves to be a great time filled with family, golf, copious amounts of alcohol, usually some type of water entertainment for the kiddies and then anything else we can seem to drum up. And this year was no different as we hung out by Lake Michigan for four days.
Before we left town my book club picked a new book, Twilight. As we took off in the car last Thursday I found myself reading for almost 5 1/2 hours straight while the road went whizzing by my window. Sucked straight into the world of vampires and teenage unrequited love. I, a 39 year old woman with three kids who has been married for let’s call it many years, swallowed that shit hook, line and sinker. I downed that book in three days and could not keep myself from wanting more.
There were several people at the reunion who had also read the book and then we were lucky enough to have Ryan (a non Sellke for those wondering) in the house to do a dramatic reading for us by the light of the moon, can’t you see the smoldering eyes?
The day we left I asked Adam to swing by Shopko before we hit the road to see if I could find the second book, New Moon. Bingo, and there went 5 1/2 more hours with the vampires.
If you need a little candy this summer, pick it up. I promise, you’ll like it, but please don’t expect great literature with this one, just a good time.
Filed under Family, Reading | Comment (0)So, the 3rd place trophy
I recieved word today from the race director on why I got third place in my age group.
BUT, first of all, I just want to say that triathlon is one of those sports where woman can ROCK IT until almost what seems to be any age. The woman who won the race is 50 years old and couldn’t even stay to get her awards. She had to leave to train for the Ironman. How crazy is that?
So no fear girls, if you haven’t given triathlon a shot at 40 and have always wanted to, it doesn’t matter. You have plenty of time. Just jump right in.
Anyway, here is what the race director said:
Two girls in your age group were in the top five places. They get removed from age group to over all. This moves you from 5th to 3rd. Great job.
Filed under races | Comment (1)Heard while paying attention
PJ: Owww, you just hit me in the nuts.
CT: PJ…you don’t have nuts, you have a berry.
Filed under CT, PJ | Comment (0)How about you?
Summer has a tendency to spin out of control for me at various times.
I find myself stuck between the constant struggle of getting everything done and getting a little quiet time, all the while having three whirling dervishes spinning around and a dog barking at them.
Andrea’s post yesterday was a good reminder for me to just stop the spin and pay a little more attention.
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