"Principal Skinner, why are there children walking on my head?"

I'm in the midst of two late nights of parent teacher conferences and that really cramps my blogging style. Another reason I haven't written much lately, is that life seems kind of blah. I've got the winter sads, (Evie's due date, turning age old) and I just want some sun and warm weather. The first grade is watching a very educational Arthur movie and I'm finally caught up on everything, so I decided I'd do a quick blog.

I haven't been exercising much either because of the aforementioned resolution crowd and the fact that I've worked late every night this week. I did finally run 10 miles a couple of weekends ago. I felt pretty good about it since when I was younger, I hated to run (so I didn't) and it always felt like my lungs would explode. That I can run 10 miles now, at 36, makes me feel cool. No one was that impressed though. I needed more validation. Maybe people think because I exercise on a regular basis, that running 10 miles is easy for me but it's not. I was hurting pretty bad by mile 8. Also that's, over an hour and a half of running which is pretty freakin' boring. Whatevs, I'm just going to feel good about my ol' 36 year old body making it that far. I'm hoping to run a 1/2 marathon sometime this year. As a reward for running 10, I bought myself a heart rate monitor. We'll see how I like it. Now at cycle class I can look even cooler when I have my shoes and heart rate monitor. I am curious to see how hard I'm really working and if I can push myself harder.

Hanna had to enter the science fair this year for school. She and Ryan came up with a fingerprinting experiment. They work together really well and Ryan is good about letting Hanna do most things, while I'd be doing it all myself. The end result was great but she didn't go on to the regional science fair. I'm biased but I thought her idea was original. Who wants to see another experiment on magnets or laundry detergent?

I like our cat Lucy. She is a perfect blend of kitteness and cuddliness. I told Ryan I should make a sling for Hanna and Grace to carry her around in. The cat is going to lose the use of it's leg muscles soon. I just wish she didn't have claws. Seems like evolution should have taken care of that by now. A house cat that doesn't develop claws. I know you can de-claw cats but it sounds kind of hurty. Soon Lucy will lose the ability to have her own children. She's kind of a spaz so I think it's for the best. I like this picture of Lucy trying to steal breath/sleeping with Grace.