Mary - What a sweet baby. Looks like he's giving you the about the cereal, though. Question - they're momma doesn't nurse them?

Yes, she still nurses them, this is just the first phase of weening them and getting them used to lapping up food.

it is funny! whew. crazy day at work. Sue... I won't hope for layoffs for you (just what you need. more stress ) but am glad we'll have more projects. Mary, awwwwww! I sent this one to my daughter. & then read Tall's comment about his girls... oops. I think he's right. Aaamos, how was your massage?! I had those for a while... he told me he knew he had the right spot when I would finally shut up. Holly, you're funny. "Next week is my return to serious marathon training - yay! (I miss it already) Can't wait to to get to the track." Last night realizing that I start next week I was instantly in a great mood. Happy all over. Twocat... thanks. I'm glad too. There are still some after effects but I think they're manageable. it is such a relief. Other than getting lost and having your food stolen, how are things with you? I didn't run again today, to let all my parts return to their (still not perfect) pre-tuesday state. 30 min. on the elliptical, 20 min. on the bike, & lower body weight machines.

Eugenio, I love it! The massage was not quite so painful today, so I am thinking this is good. She agrees, finding things "much looser." Yes, I would like peeksures of the "pick-up in Eugene" and I think you should just cancel that meeting, Econo. Love the car pranks! Happy weekends, ev'ryone! grins, A

Beautiful weather, sunny and warm and a very suffered run this morning. My running friend is in full training mode so her average pace is getting faster and faster and her endurance improving by the day......I thought we where going for 11 miles ....they turned into almost 15.....we started out too fast for me so the last 5 miles were ..hell.....Good news , nothing hurts, and I'm still hopeful I'll see some kind of benefit from this ...eventually...!! Long day at work, and even longer tomorrow! Good runs to all, Francesca

You go fatozzig! I have some Merlot going right now and I am trying mightily not to swipe some of my kiddo's Bugles as a chaser! Late afternoon run for me so I could run with Iron J. She is a fifth grade teacher, so it had to be when school was dismissed. We covered 14 miles at 8:37 pace in the sometimes rainy, sometimes sunny, and sort of humid late afternoon haze. Good run and we chattered and chattered. Two of the Js and I got into the NYC half-marathon on 8/16 (registration opened today and it took many "refresh" hits to complete the form on-line). I think we are all more excited about the girls weekend than the actual race. I have run it twice before and it's great fun. One of the Js is originally from Long Island, so we'll crash there and share expenses. Anyway...good runs and laughs and new friendships and more here today. Happy weekend

It has been a great few days in Eugene. Tomorrow, alas, is the last. Econo was a very gracious host, and kind enough to both show me around and select a very good place for dinner. As to talking a lot I will happily challenge her to a contest as to who can recount to the forum the greatest number of details about the other's life! I think women are just surprised when guys have more than one syllable vocabularies. Dinner was great. I had tried to get Econo to take more of the clams than she did, but she err did not take the bait so to speak. (Does that seem odd as an expression when applied to clams or is it just me? [editor Just you. [Twocat grumble, grumble, while slinking away.] ) As to losing weight . . . she might have mentioned that yes I can drop a few pounds when I am running regularly whenever I need to. But there is the little fact that I have gained 6 of those nasty things since having been waylaid! I am on the "no food diet" but apparently not "no food" enough! Ugh! Something Econo is no doubt too modest to mention, is that she is apparently a very gifted linguist. This fall she heads off to China and, of all things, speaks the language! I just want to say that knowing how to speak Cantonese or Mandarin, if you did not grow up in China, is just amazing. Chinese is a tonal language which roughly means that if you are reading this, best of luck trying to learn it! I hope she enjoys her time out there. She is also apparently thinking of doing the Beijing Marathon in the fall. Personally, I am betting on her to break the Olympic record! Everybody remember to bug her to keep up her training in preparation. [editor: That last line was just thrown in because she said you talked a lot. Twocat: Dang straight! Oh, and did I mention that people should bug her to get her book going while she is in China as well? ] Today, as Econo mentioned was my talk. Then dinner. It turns out every restaurant in Eugene is in sight of all others. The place we went to was just around the corner from where we went to dinner last night. Best of all, tonight's meal was on par with that of last night! Add in great local wines, and how people around here avoid weighing 300 pounds is beyond me. Tomorrow is a tour of the coast and then off to the King Estate Winery for dinner. All I can say is that I would be a happy wino out here! My only disappointment this trip is that I will miss Econo's pre-race soiree tomorrow night and the chance to run with her a bit on Sunday. I think the races this Sunday will be a blast and all will do great given what looks too be near perfect racing weather. Hopefully, I will be back some day to run here myself. I also hope to see Econo and many of our other RA masters in CT sometime for the races in my area! Good night all, and good runs to you tomorrow.