i decided that november is my favorite month here.
the weather is perfect--warm during the day (tank top weather) and cool and crisp at night (sweater time!) so i get the best of both worlds.
additionally, the sun is always out every morning at 7 or so and stays out all day--none of this waiting-around-for-the-summer-marine-layer-to-burn-off business.
last night matt and i went to the field, our favorite irish restaurant--so good! then we went to see "elf", which was sweet and innocent and very funny. it, of course, got me even more in the mood for christmas! alright mare, for putting up those christmas lights!! this morning i went shopping and got a few more christmas decorations, myself. i may decorate a little bit but i'll save most of it for when you all come out here for thanksgiving. and yes on all the food!!! mom, what are you talking about with not eating as much??? it's the best day of the year to be a pig! :) i like mare's scenario in front of the fireplace, too--but you forgot to include the grasshoppers and mudslides!
justin, nice post on the emokid--yeah, they make me feel so OLD because i get so grumpy with them. glad to see it's not just me! and when i was that age (with a similar attitude and behavior, i might add) i remember looking at late twenty-something people and being like, "huh. how strange that they would like this kind of music. this is not their scene." and now i'm the old twenty-something person that doesn't fit but just wants to hear great live music in a smoke-free environment. and they have to scream and randomly dance (i was laughing at that because at the rooney show there was this weird emokid dancing randomly like a freak and running into his group of friends and us) and annoy me. so i feel your pain. and also appreciate their need for attention as a natural part of growing up. :)
matt and i are going to our friends house (marni and ed) for dinner. he has just informed me that we need to leave soon so i'm going to get ready. have a great night all of you!
tracey
Friday, November 07, 2003
friday morning before school.
i ran my 3.5 miles yesterday. with about a mile left to go i was doing my usual eye contact with the other runners i passed--some sort of bonding thing where you're friends with every runner you pass--because they've felt what you've felt at one point or another: the extreme exhaustion and runner's highs--mare and dad, can you relate? well anyways, i remember thinking, "hmm. why can i only see half of her face?" then i realized i was having an aura before a migraine. i made it home finally and was tricked because the aura disappeared for about 5 minutes before the pain kicked in. it was the worst one i've had in a long time. i ended up throwing up at one point. but thankfully, i have the best husband in the world who brought me ice, rubbed my head, scratched my back, and let me fall asleep in his arms! now i'm feeling better with just a regular headache and that fuzzy brain trauma feeling. i could go into work right now, but i'm going to take it easy for the next half hour and go in at my regularly scheduled time at 8:15.
we're going to see "elf" tonight and i'm pumped. mom and dad gave a good report and the previews have been hilarious! then on saturday we might go to our friends marni and eddie's for dinner. and i do my 5 mile run on sunday. mare, i might do this week over again, training-wise, just because last week i couldn't get out with the fires and all. i don't want to increase mileage too fast and risk injury. by the way, i hope that girl at your school is okay---what a strange day.
on monday we have a staff development day and tuesday is veteran's day so no school at all. yay! maybe matt can work from home:). it's november 7th already! yikes! how did that happen? we'll be seeing the edwards family soon. hey, do you guys want to help us decorate for christmas after thanksgiving? well, i guess mary and mom, do YOU want to help--i know the guys all just do it to humor us.
welp, i'm going to head off to work now.
have a great day everyone!
p.s. ryan and michelle--let's get some more pictures of hannah banana up online!!! :)
i ran my 3.5 miles yesterday. with about a mile left to go i was doing my usual eye contact with the other runners i passed--some sort of bonding thing where you're friends with every runner you pass--because they've felt what you've felt at one point or another: the extreme exhaustion and runner's highs--mare and dad, can you relate? well anyways, i remember thinking, "hmm. why can i only see half of her face?" then i realized i was having an aura before a migraine. i made it home finally and was tricked because the aura disappeared for about 5 minutes before the pain kicked in. it was the worst one i've had in a long time. i ended up throwing up at one point. but thankfully, i have the best husband in the world who brought me ice, rubbed my head, scratched my back, and let me fall asleep in his arms! now i'm feeling better with just a regular headache and that fuzzy brain trauma feeling. i could go into work right now, but i'm going to take it easy for the next half hour and go in at my regularly scheduled time at 8:15.
we're going to see "elf" tonight and i'm pumped. mom and dad gave a good report and the previews have been hilarious! then on saturday we might go to our friends marni and eddie's for dinner. and i do my 5 mile run on sunday. mare, i might do this week over again, training-wise, just because last week i couldn't get out with the fires and all. i don't want to increase mileage too fast and risk injury. by the way, i hope that girl at your school is okay---what a strange day.
on monday we have a staff development day and tuesday is veteran's day so no school at all. yay! maybe matt can work from home:). it's november 7th already! yikes! how did that happen? we'll be seeing the edwards family soon. hey, do you guys want to help us decorate for christmas after thanksgiving? well, i guess mary and mom, do YOU want to help--i know the guys all just do it to humor us.
welp, i'm going to head off to work now.
have a great day everyone!
p.s. ryan and michelle--let's get some more pictures of hannah banana up online!!! :)
Monday, November 03, 2003
welp, we're back from a very fun weekend in ohio.
we arrived just in time for the rehearsal on thursday night and then went to the spaghetti warehouse for dinner-yum!
lots of fun chatting with my family--and i finally got to hold my niece, hannah!
SO CUTE!!! i can not even put into words how wonderful she is--matt and i are definately proud to be "aunt tracey and uncle matt". how is it that i could just stare at her and be totally facinated at an arm moving, a lip pursing, or even cute breathing???? plus the softest, smoothest little round head that i kissed a million times! we both miss her now that we're home! (oh yeah, and the rest of you people, too ;)
then friday we took our time getting ready for the 7:00 wedding. i went running on a perfect fall day--it was rather warm actually, about 75 degrees. the leaves were falling like rain and it was so fun to run through them. michelle and i drove up to dayton and checked in the hotel, where we met up with the burns family and grammy and granddad. we headed over to the church and got ready for the big event! the wedding was beautiful--the pastor had so many wonderful things to say about kevin and emily. emily looked like a beautiful princess walking down the aisle (absolutely breathtaking) and kevin looked like such a man (he touched me with his tears and deep love for emily). they made their grand exit under a pathway of giant sparklers, which the bridal party held up on either side of the church steps--it was like a fairy tale!
the reception was fun-- i didn't get to chat with nearly as many people as i would have liked to, and i wasn't even the bride or groom!!! we did get to see mom and dad edwards for a little while (oh yeah, dad, vic kapoor, who was president of UT, is the father of mark, the guy who gave the toast speech). after the reception, we had family and friends over to our hotel room for a fun party. we finally went to bed around 3:15 am and awoke the next morning to spend more time with family and friends at 8:30am.
ryan and matt decided to go to the BG/miami hockey game, where my cousin brian was playing that night--in BG (crazy guys! i think the main motivator was pollyeye's breadsticks and dairy queen blizzards). michelle, hannah, me, mom, and dad went home for long naps and a relaxing night of chatting. we ordered chinese in and just spent time talking and watching a video of hannah while i fed that peanut a bottle (can you tell we just can't get enough?). the guys finally arrived home around 1:15 am and i was still up, due to the nap i had taken. the next morning we spent some time with the burns family and headed up to columbus around noon. pretty uneventful flight, except our connection in chicago was delayed about an hour. so we got home at 8:15pm instead of 7:35pm--we survived!
going back to work today was sort of a rude awakening. it's hard to be off for more than a weekend! well, it's not hard to be OFF; it's hard to GO BACK and get into the swing of things again.
one last thought:
now that november is here
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas....
and i'm going to be out of control!!!!
-tracey
we arrived just in time for the rehearsal on thursday night and then went to the spaghetti warehouse for dinner-yum!
lots of fun chatting with my family--and i finally got to hold my niece, hannah!
SO CUTE!!! i can not even put into words how wonderful she is--matt and i are definately proud to be "aunt tracey and uncle matt". how is it that i could just stare at her and be totally facinated at an arm moving, a lip pursing, or even cute breathing???? plus the softest, smoothest little round head that i kissed a million times! we both miss her now that we're home! (oh yeah, and the rest of you people, too ;)
then friday we took our time getting ready for the 7:00 wedding. i went running on a perfect fall day--it was rather warm actually, about 75 degrees. the leaves were falling like rain and it was so fun to run through them. michelle and i drove up to dayton and checked in the hotel, where we met up with the burns family and grammy and granddad. we headed over to the church and got ready for the big event! the wedding was beautiful--the pastor had so many wonderful things to say about kevin and emily. emily looked like a beautiful princess walking down the aisle (absolutely breathtaking) and kevin looked like such a man (he touched me with his tears and deep love for emily). they made their grand exit under a pathway of giant sparklers, which the bridal party held up on either side of the church steps--it was like a fairy tale!
the reception was fun-- i didn't get to chat with nearly as many people as i would have liked to, and i wasn't even the bride or groom!!! we did get to see mom and dad edwards for a little while (oh yeah, dad, vic kapoor, who was president of UT, is the father of mark, the guy who gave the toast speech). after the reception, we had family and friends over to our hotel room for a fun party. we finally went to bed around 3:15 am and awoke the next morning to spend more time with family and friends at 8:30am.
ryan and matt decided to go to the BG/miami hockey game, where my cousin brian was playing that night--in BG (crazy guys! i think the main motivator was pollyeye's breadsticks and dairy queen blizzards). michelle, hannah, me, mom, and dad went home for long naps and a relaxing night of chatting. we ordered chinese in and just spent time talking and watching a video of hannah while i fed that peanut a bottle (can you tell we just can't get enough?). the guys finally arrived home around 1:15 am and i was still up, due to the nap i had taken. the next morning we spent some time with the burns family and headed up to columbus around noon. pretty uneventful flight, except our connection in chicago was delayed about an hour. so we got home at 8:15pm instead of 7:35pm--we survived!
going back to work today was sort of a rude awakening. it's hard to be off for more than a weekend! well, it's not hard to be OFF; it's hard to GO BACK and get into the swing of things again.
one last thought:
now that november is here
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas....
and i'm going to be out of control!!!!
-tracey