Here comes me!

I’ve been told by my reader (a.k.a. Mom) that I need to pick up the pace on my entries. It has been awhile. As I’ve said before, I guess I don’t have as thrilling a life as I initially thought when beginning this blogging experiment.
Things are going well. I spent a month in physical therapy trying to get my knee back in shape. I had to stop running during the therapy, which was long, since I had pretty much slowed to a stop around Christmas anyway. But, I graduated (hooray!) and am back at it, though much slower than before. It’s amazing how quickly you lose your endurance & speed! I have committed to run the Lawrence Half Marathon in April. It should be quite a tough race for me, since my training will only encompass about 10 weeks and the race route is h-i-l-l-y. I have to run from downtown up to the campanile, out to Alvamar, and then back up campus to finish. There are 3 separate steep uphill stretches that are a mile and a half to two miles long. Eek! Needless to say, my time probably won’t be great, but I am looking forward to it nonetheless. I am anxious to get a half under my belt, and then I am going to focus on completing a triathlon in June. Wish me luck!
Hattie is doing great as well. Our quirky girl is still cracking us up all the time. She is growing up so fast. Brian and I are asked several hundred times a day, “What’s this?” or “What’s these?”. I’d say 99% of the time she knows exactly what ‘this’ is, but must really enjoy the question. The other day she was looking out the window and asked me what something was. I couldn’t tell what she was looking at, so I asked as much. She pointed at the tree and said, “What’s this tree?” Hm. How to answer that one? I told Mom it’s a lot like an ongoing Abbott and Costello act at home. Brian says it’s like the beginning of Nightmare Before Christmas (it’s a song Jack sings, for those of you who haven’t seen it). We’re still very much into Max & Ruby (also known as Max, Booby), wearing accessories (she can sport 10 necklaces, 10 bracelets, a cape, hat and purse all day long) and playing with her ‘friends’. She has several stuffed animals and babies who get fed, pushed in the stroller, kissed, and snuggled with all the time. She also likes climbing on Mom and Dad. When she comes near, she says…”Here comes me!” I know there are a million other funny quotes, but can’t pull any from the muck of my brain today. Hopefully this will suffice, Mom!