carlos_bc: A New Month and Already Behind

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

A New Month and Already Behind

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Current Music: Holiday Shores - Phones Don't Feud
Current Mood: Rested
Current Location: San Diego, CA

Wow, I can't believe it's already the end of the third day of the third month and I haven't blogged. I was getting pretty consistent there for a bit. Although, I can say that I have been a little busy getting ready for our move on Monday! We're all very excited around here although I don't think anyone could be more excited than Erin. She has been telling me everyday at least 3 times a day how she can't wait to move into the new house and how she has all these plans and can't wait for them to come to fruition! It's awesome to see her so excited it makes me excited.

Like I said, we've been pretty busy trying to get ready for the move. For the most part Erin has been doing most of the packing and I was happy to let her do it. She was excited to do it. I got to spend some real quality time with Natalie. I can't believe how big she is getting and how much she is progressing! I swear it won't be long now before she takes her first steps. Everyday I am surprised by something new from her and it makes me so proud to be her father. She is such a smart little girl! Look at me...I'm gushing! Almost makes you sick, right? But you have to see it to understand where I'm coming from. Here's an example: On my right arm I have a tattoo of her brother Landon. The other morning Erin came in with Natalie to wake me up and Erin said she had something to show me. They sat on the bed next to me and Erin kissed my arm where the tattoo is then Natalie looked at Erin then at my arm and leaned over and pressed her lips against my arm too, mimicking her mother. It was the most adorable thing I'd ever seen! I wish I had been able to capture that on video!

Running this week has been amazing! I posted last week that the rain had prevented me from doing one of my runs, well fortunately for me there has been no rain all week. I got to do my 13 miler on Sunday, 2 miles on Monday, 7 miles yesterday and 3 miles today. Tomorrow I have another 6 miles lined up after work and then 14 on Saturday before everyone gets here. I'm going to be in tip top shape for the San Diego Marathon! I also bought something that's going to let me run motivate me to run in the rain. As some of you reading this now, I keep a log of my miles through the Nike+ application on my Ipod. My run is logged into the Ipod during the run and when I sync it with the computer it uploads my work out to www.nikeplus.com and I'm able to see how far I ran, how fast and at what pace, approximately how many calories I burned and other various things. Anyway, I bought the Nike+ Sportband which is basically a small watch/pedometer and it eliminates the need to run with my Ipod while still allowing me to record all my runs. And, because the USB tab is protected by a rubber housing it's as close to water proof as possible. Now I will no longer have the excuse, "Oh darn, it's raining. I guess I can't go running because my Ipod might get damaged due to the torrential rain."

Finally, I've decided to put aside my book Americans in Paris because I just haven't been able to get into it. Maybe it's all the distractions as of late but I was just having to hard of a time concentrating on the words on the page and I found that I was re-reading a lot. I've decided to take up a different book for now and come back to Americans in Paris. Today I bought the new Seth Grahame-Smith book. He's the author of Pride and Predjudice and Zombies. His new one is called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Here's a little video about the book, and if the book is anything like this video, it's going to be AWESOME!!!