Inundated

Today is Chinese Friday! Normally I eat at my desk and play a little on the computer, or lately just get work done.

The Lifetime Fitness pool is open and today I decided to give it a chance (for relaxing, normally i swim laps in the pools). I could not believe how crowded it was. I was expecting a crowd on the weekends but during the week? It was crazy. They had no chairs open and I had not prepared like I would for Saturday (I have a lawn chair I was going to bring to ensure I had a comfortable place to read and lounge). I think that chair will stay in my car for the duration of the pool season.

Hopefully the Kids will go on to summer camp and less people will come during the week, but if not I am ready with my own chair.

wardrobe malfunctions

I have always been very forgetful but the last few days it seems to be a little worse. Today for example I forgot to bring in my work shoes. My flip-flops are just not cutting it. Unfortunately time was short today so going to the store for new shoes was out of the question. I look more then a little silly with my baby blue flip flops on in the office. My car will have a permanent pair of heals for just this occasion, white. it may not look good with every outfit but it will match most outfits.

To make today's outfit even more spectacular, (how can you top flip flops in the office?) I have a hole in my elbow. This is the 2nd day in a row. The pink sweater from yesterday was set aside because of the hole, yesterday AM it was not remembered why it was set aside and on it went. I hate the feeling of the hole on my elbow.

You would think that after yesterdays hole I would have checked the sweater today. Nope. Today my elbow has some breathing room once again (though less as it is a smaller hole). Maybe tomorrow I can shop up at the office looking decent.

Car Issues

Today I went for a rutine oil change today only to find that my hood latch was no longer working. They had to access my engine by reaching nder my car and prying it open with a screwdriver. The reapair is a 30$ part but they want over $200 in labor.

I hope my Father in Law really likes me because he will be working on one of my cars again.

Criminal

I was looking forward all day to swimming in the outdoor pool after work. it is in the high 80s and sunny! The pool had other ideas. It was closed due to an earlier chemical imbalance. Though it was straitened out the water had to cycle through and the outdoor pool was closed for the afternoon.

For some reason this also meant that children felt they needed to swim in the adult lap pool, and by swim I do not mean laps. They were driving me crazy (I must be getting old)!

puzzeling

One of my favorite things to do at grandma's house is to go down stairs to the puzzle table and sit with her (and sometimes her friends) and work the puzzle. Most of the time the puzzle is challenging but not horribly bad. Today the puzzle was challenging! It was of a candy jar with random stuff thrown in. The colors were similar throughout the puzzle. The worst part was when we finally finished it a piece was missing. sigh!

Then onto brunch to celebrate our victory at the puzzle table. Dinner was delicious! My grandma knows how to through a brunch.

Unfortunately after brunch it is time for me to get going. I hit some traffic but in all it was a smooth drive and arrived home just in time for dinner. Perfect timing!

Mount Vernon

Today could not have gone better! Grandma and I took our time eating breakfast and getting ready to go. the drive was relatively traffic free (and I love the George Washington Parkway, it is a beautiful). Grandma got a kick out of the GPS Recouculating every few blocks toward the end, I'm not sure why it was hell bent on us getting off the parkway when it took us right there!

Here are some photo's of our adventure. . .

It surprised me that they had a working blacksmith on the property (now). I expected the people to be charicters, reinforced by the fact that the blacksmith's cabin was relativly cool on the side we walked in. When I noticed the guy was covered in sweat I had to go over and investigate. A window was stratigically placed so us guests could see what he was up to. The fire tipped me off that he was real. The lady watching over him said that he made all of the nails and iron work for the property.

In honor of fathers day George himself graced us with his presence to give a his history. After we were done learning we jumped in for some photo's. His outfit must have been very uncomfortable as it was not made out of cotton (wool I think). He was hot!

Here is George speaking to Grandma.

And a photo of the house from the Patomic. It is a little blurry but one of the better one's.

Cellphone saga

For the first time in all the years that I have had a cellphone I had never washed it. Until today. It is a very good thing I was planning on replacing it soon. It is strange that i went months with out a car (sharing one with pat) but after 3 days with out a cellphone I was going crazy.

I am normally very good about checking my pockets before washing jackets and pants. Apparently the drive home was tiring enough that after checking all of the pockets in the laundry that was left for today to do, I did not think one bit about grabbing my jacket from the ride and throwing it in the proper color basket with out checking the pockets.

At least I have an idea of what I want.

The Princess and the Pea

Last night I felt like the Princess and the Pea.

I fell asleep with my phone in my pocket and it did not stay there all night. As a matter of fact it found a place right beneath me and decided that it was comfortable. though it could have been more uncomfortable it did wake me up, not enough to think clearly mind you. I placed it right back into my pocket.

It again did not stay there but found that nice little spot under me.

Thankfully the next time I awoke I had the smarts to move the phone to my purse and keep it out of my pocket.

Masters part 2

Tonight is looking like I once again will skip the group thing. 2.5 hours is a lot of time to pass, then I would not get home until 10 PM. I looked at apartments in the area to see if they dropped at all. They have not they start at 1300/month. Even though I would get at least 1 hour of my life back and live much closer to my expensive gym I just can't do it.

It is looking like I am meant to be a solo swimmer.

Masters Swimming

I was so excited to learn that Lifetime had a masters swimming program. It was going to be so great swimming with other people again. Even the start time of 7:30 could not dampen my spirits.

today was to be the first time I swam with the group. It was perfect as I had a dentist appointment to pass some of the time. when I got out and headed strait to the gym I realised exactly how annoying this was going to be. It was another 1.5 hours before it started.

I swam alone (ish). Maybe Thursday will be better, but it is doubtful.