So wonderful to count you ladies as GFs!!

Lizzie, bummer about the way too early wake up call.  Not cool.  I hope the remainder of your weekend is lovely.

Hi HCK!

Damaris, that is a lovely medal. Shame the race got cancelled.  Like EVERY race...

Elina, nice race!  How was the hockey?

Lori, a Canadian watching NHL?  Strange...  

Laura, sub 14 walking?  That is booking.  I can't do that.  Even cruising.

Margaret, how sweet of DH.  Must be lovely having him around again!!

Hi Judy!  Glad DC is doing well.

Work was not great yesterday.  We were very short staffed so quiet behind.  Then, my gripe of the day.  Whoa Boy and Howdy...  We hired a new tech.  Not a good hire.  To be snotty...  She was literally looking at the date a vaccine was given - 2/28..  I asked her when it was given (trying to make her understand it.)  Again, she was LOOKING RIGHT AT THE DATE typed 2/28....  She tells me it was given in the 3rd month which is February.  Cause February is the 3rd month, right...  It got worse from there.  I am very sorry, but that one aint rocket science.

Woke up at 2:30am today instead of 5am like my alarm.  Couldn't fall back to sleep so I got up.  Just finished my coffee and will head out shortly.  Super tired, so I am a little annoyed at myself for not sleeping more.  It is an 8 hour drive.  Maybe a quick catnap on the couch now??

Have a great Sunday all.

K

Sigh. Went up to PA to visit MIL yesterday. Turned into her coming back with us. DH is stressed, so that justt makes me more stressed. She started talking about monthly expenses and threw out a number that we both went . There is no possible way they can be that high, so now when we drive her back, DH is going to insist on seeing recent bank statements.

Lizzie, we're supposed to get the storm Tuesday. I need to go into work this week, so guess I'll do that Monday (which now works out very well for me). I think the WaveKnits are slightly tighter than the Wave Riders.

Hey Girlfriends!    18 miles yesterday, 6 recovery miles this morning and tired legs today!  The 18 went well, the last mile wasn't great fun but it was SO nice to be done.  My tank top weighed about 2 lbs from sweat...  Oh, and up to almost 45% of the city!    Took the girls to a sunflower farm yesterday, sunflowers are younger DD's fav.  DH was supposed to have the kids this weekend but he had a golf outing yesterday and saw the Boo last night.  I'll drop them off sometime today.  I guess it isn't a big deal, since TF is social distancing from me.   My first swimming class went fine, was supposed to be a group class (up to 4 adults) but I was the only one.  So it was like a private lesson.  I think we accomplished a lot in the half hour, I floated on my back for the first time, and practiced some swimming with a hip belt.  The instructor (young dude) said that I did better than most adults my age and that we will try swimming without the belt next time!  EEK!    My legs were getting really tired by the end of the lesson!

Liz, nice sticky run.    Glad you like your new shoes!  I am using Ghosts for the first time, I like them so far.  4 AM work call?  That sucks!  Glad the hurricane is no longer a hurricane, hopefully your weather is decent.  Yeah, I guess TF will be quarantining away from me for another week.  They haven't gotten results back for the BF yet, though I would be really surprised if that came back negative if his GF had the virus.  So we will just assume that TF will need to sequester away from me for another week.  On the plus side, he's running well and feels more like himself again!

Lori, very nice virtual 5K!  Nice photos too.

Laura, that is a very speedy walk!  

Margaret, nice 18!  A DH that makes apple pie?  That is awesome!  Now I have a pie craving...

Elina, awesome job on the race and nice recap!  Wooden stairs are not my fave either.

Damaris, that is an awesome medal!  Very pretty and one of my favorite sayings.

Judy, hi girlfriend!  

Kat, I do get confused with month numbers around 8 or 9... not 2 or 3 however.    I hope you got some rest before the drive.  Have an awesome trip!

Kupcakes, sorry about the stress with MIL!

Sandy, well, there is a race in sight, a marathon in Oct 4 if all goes well.  With the way things are going, we will see if events start getting cancelled again.  So far the smaller races have been happening.  The lessons are in a pool.  Lake seems scary.    They still have not made a decision on school yet, they did an initial survey and over 75% said they wanted to go back to school with social distancing and masks.  They put out another survey to see if that's what people still want to do with COVID numbers going up.  Had a Zoom meeting with a guy on my team and he sounds like he is at the end of his rope working from home with his 2 kids there all the time.    His kids aren't that young either, middle school and high school.

Cathy

3 miles for me today...we got some rain but still very humid.  It seems to be cooling off now so the next few days will hopefully be more running friendly LOL. I have to do a 10K this week since I have two virtual 10K's this month (one needs to be completed by next Sunday, the other one just anytime in Aug) - I may just use the same run for both, we'll see!

Hi Judy!!

Margaret - glad DH was able to do some workouts, good excuse to cross train!

Kat - oh man on the new tech...definitely not a rocket scientist LOL.  Have a blast on your NOLA vacation!  I was surprised by my splits, my fastest was 13:33 though I sometimes feel like Strava has me going farther and faster than other devices.  I'm not sure I'm going to tell tall friend or she will make me speed it up ha ha!  Of course, it was easier to book it since I was alone and not expending any energy talking!

Lizzie - nice 5!  Hope you don't lose power!  This is the first place I've lived that does not have city water (septic) and when we lost power a few years ago, I had no idea that you get one 'free' flush with a bucket of water LOL.  Luckily that was only for one day (like 7 hours).  Enjoy your day!

Kathi - oh boy on the MIL situation, that is weird about the monthly finances.  Maybe DH (or someone) will need to start managing that for her.

Elina - glad you had a nice sleep and quiet day to recoup from yesterday's race!

Cathy - cool you got basically a private swimming lesson, I'm sure you'll pick it up in no time!  Yeah, schools around here are the same, no one really knows what to do.  Someone posted an article about a high school downstate that cancelled everything this month because of a positive student (so I"m assuming sporting practices, summer school, etc).  I"m not saying I disagree, but this does not bode well for the school year, because basically they'll be shutting it down every day.  They say they have a plan in place, but I will be curious to see if it plays out or if they just close the school so as not to take chances.  What a mess.

Margaret, glad DH got home safely! Mmm, apple pie.

Kat, not sure if vet techs are required to be licensed, but aren't they required to be functionally literate?

Lisa, amazed at youngest DD's colleagues. What gave them the idea that "if they can work from home, so can we"?

Damaris, that is some medal!

Elina, congratulations on the race.

Cathy, congratulations on starting to swim! I would prefer a pool too.

Carol, I think a lot of the amenities in the state and national parks are closed -- especially the visitor centers. Trails are open. So are restrooms because they don't want tons of people using the trees. (Facilitrees?)

Judy, not sure what happened to DC, hope he is recovering nicely.

Susan, highlights might be the answer to blend in the colors.

Karen, if DH has a bike, hang onto it and lock it. They are definitely theft targets.

Laura, I don't think schools are going to open for any length of time. Too many people getting it.

Liz, 4 AM wakeup work call? Ugh.

10.7 yesterday, took me 3.5 hours, it is extremely hot here. 4 this morning. Trying to keep getting out there. But when the thermometer hits 106 (Elina, that would be approximately 42) I don't wanna.