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Mini golf at Bellows yesterday.

I ran over to show a guy doing pushups (at a playground!) who’s BOSS? (This was today, after listening to “The Boss” while running 8:30 splits over 5.5 miles with Ben – so I was rather pumped up on endorphins). I didn’t show the guy who’s boss, but I seriously considered it! I mean, really, he was in “my” domain at the playground! I wanted to be sure my pushups passed muster before gettin’ crazy like that – so I showed Dave tonight after a full dinner, wine and coffee (yuck!). He commented, in Dave fashion knowing all too well how a REAL pushup should look, “Those aren’t bad considering most women can’t do even one.” (I had my feet up on a table and got my nose to the ground, man, and all I got was a “Not bad?!”) My super buff girlfriends, one of whom is a former Marine, another couple are triathletes, another one a CrossFit mamma…you know who you are…would totally say “You go girl!” ha ha LOL I’m just a tad embarrassed that I have real wackiness to report vs the stuff circulating Facebook right now I can blame it on Beethoven and “The Boss” – Ben and I had been listening to both on the run. I wore Dave’s GPS to see what my usual pace is and was really surprised to see it’s about an 8:30/mile (9:30 for hills and headwinds ). Awesome! I was really gratified to see I hadn’t lost too much over the last couple months of travel and pertussis affecting Sam’s speed on the bike a bit (he usually joins us on runs but on Saturday mornings he’s in an ukulele lesson with Daddy, so Ben and I have been tearing up the town together ). Dave has been edifying me with music history 101 lately, from The Beatles to The Band. And last night he managed to quickly answer some theological questions from mom over dinner…my hubby is amazing. I love to listen to him.  But what intellectual offerings do I share in return? Maybe a few laughs…I think I saw a smile when I was telling him about my playground bravado…

Sam with a very special ball - mailed to him from our friend Janine-Anne, who was our post lady in Coronado, five years ago when he was born. It is just this year starting to lose a bunch of air. We'll try to resuscitate it and see how long it can last!