September so far....

Things have been busy this month but I wanted to catch you up on what is important so far. The very end of Aug T got his wolf in cub scouts. We have several birthdays in Sept. My brother, Dad, and our T. T had a special golden birthday. He turned 9 years old on 9-9-09! So of course we had to have his party that day, even if it was a Wednesday and a school night.

I wish I had more summer birthdays, because having a swimming party at Mema's is fun and easy. The kids always enjoy the water. On this day it had rained most of the day but finally stopped about an hour before the party. So the air was not warm but is was muggy, no sun was out and the water was a little cool, but they kids all seemed to have a great time. Especially the birthday boy!

Other things keeping me busy has been volunteer coordinating. I had to do open house and a volunteer coffee meeting. Now I have most all of the forms I have been at the computer for hours typing and organzing the volunteers. Think most of that is done.

We have also had 3 dentist appointments and the soccer season has started again. Lucky me, 2 practices on 3 different nights, but the kids have friends on their teams so I will endure it for a short 2 months. Just gotta get dinner on the table at an early time.

And the biggest thing for me was the culmination of all of my summer training. I competed in my first triathlon. A 300 yd swim, 10 mile bike ride and 3 mile run. It was a fun activity that our ward Relief society put together. It kept me active all summer when I would have been tempted to sleep in with the kids! How did I do. I finished!!! That was my main goal.

I was first at the end of the swim, because I am a swimmer! I was last in the biking. I think could have done better with a bigger bike. My bike tires were smaller than all the others because I am a short person and bought this bike to fit me a few years ago. During a practice bike ride on the course the week prior I noticed that I was having to peddle twice as much but not going as far as my friends. I figured out then it was due to the bike size but I did not want to switch bikes and ride Toby's since I had not trained on it and it was not as comfortable to me.

I power walked the run and finished last. Something that was confirmed with me as I trained. I hate to run. My body does not like it and prefers less jarring exercise like swimming and biking. So I knew starting the race I would not run or jog, but I would walk my steady pace. I am proud of what I accomplished. Will I do it again???? Maybe??