Tuesday, March 24, 2009

scrabble champ and other stuff

I beat my husband at Scrabble last night! It was close and I beat him by one measly point...my winning word was "JOA". What the H is that? We have an xBox and play online so the computer tells you what letters work etc so there is no bickering about what is a word and what is not. But I have never even heard of the word "joa"...? Help? I have an avitar and everything...but you should see her, Shaun was setting me up and asked what I wanted and I lamely said "Just do whatever". My avitar looks like a librarian that works at Hooters part-time...my online name is "Trigrrrrl" Get it? Dorky!!
Anyhoooo...nothing else is really new. I am getting really cagey with this weather. Really restless. In my past lives, this has only brought bad news. So I am just trying to be patient and wait it out and keep myself busy. I just e-mailed my bros in Calgary. I want to head out there for a few days to visit with him and my sista. If you have been following along, my sista has MS and has had a very bad spell over the past month...couldn't walk, has lost the feeling in her right hand, a hospital stay blah, blah. Been a tough go. She is terrified. I am pulling for her and I feel she needs some family support so off I go to Calgary. And I am going to sneak my gear in the back of my truck...
Was suppposed to be a recovery week this week. I e-mailed Coach Justin on Sunday that I was concerned I was not doing "enough". As in it was supposed to be a big week of training, at the end of a three week block, and I was tired but not exhausted as I had been at the end of other blocks like that. He assured me that this was actually very good news! It means I am getting fitter. It is taking me longer to reach that point of I just can't do it anymore. I was worried I was not doing the workouts properly or something but he insisted that it is progress and it is hard to tell when we don't have many races/events to gauge things.
Speaking of races and events...a small change of plans...I have agreed to be on a team for the Frank Dunn Tri in August. I am swimming (of course) my tri-buddy Shannon is running and a new gal I have just recently met briefly is biking. I felt a HUGE weight lift when I fired the e-mail back to Shannon...this race is 1500m swim/62km bike/13km run...ONE WEEK after my half ironman...too much for me, I have concluded, at the end of summer. I now get to swim, go for breakfast, have a coffee, hang out, take my kids to the park, enjoy the day!! My pledge to the team is to swim straight this year....

2 comments:

Julie said...

And if you don't swim straight, at least you have that fancy trick of diving under the buoy! :) :)

Jenna said...

and she is damn good at that too!!!

Kelly's Favorite Quotes

  • You can quit and they don't care...but YOU will always know.
  • You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. - Eleanor Roosevelt
  • "Always maintain composure and class. Hard work will yield results" - I live my life by this one
  • "Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality that guarantees all others." - One of my favorite historical figures
  • "Don't hug me Mom, you are all sweaty!" - My 5 year old
  • "You're gonna run a 1/2 marathon in February, in ski pants?"-My Co-Worker
  • "Go for it! Let us know what you need." - My Boss
  • "It ain't the man in the fight, it's the fight in the man." - My Dad
  • "You signed up for...what?" - My Spouse