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l33tminion) wrote2018-04-25 09:57 pm
l33tminion) wrote2018-04-25 09:57 pm
At Home and Away
Everyone in the family has been a bit under the weather the past few weeks.
I took the day off on Patriot's Day (aka Marathon Day) because it was a daycare holiday, but I couldn't take Eris to the zoo or whatever because the weather was lousy. After spending the day cooped up at home, I did get out with Julie for a nice dinner, though still in the pouring rain.
Certainly made for an unusual Boston Marathon, though. The winner of the men's marathon, Yuki Kawauchi, is a non-professional but incredibly prolific runner, and quite possibly the best cold-weather distance runner in the world (setting the record for most under 2:20 marathons, as well as possibly the coldest, at the New Year's Marathon in Marshfield this year). In the women's race, winner Desiree Linden went from thinking she'd drop at the midway point to carrying the day, and second-place finisher, Sarah Sellers, was a hobbyist runner, a full-time nurse.
Last weekend, we went to visit my sister, Melissa, and her husband, Elliott, in Ann Arbor. My parents and Elliott's parents were visiting as well. Julie and I got to see the play Arcadia, which Melissa was directing. Was very good. One of Melissa's friends watched Eris while we saw the play, which was very much appreciated. I'd worried that the kid wouldn't like being left with someone new in an unfamiliar place, but she had no problem adjusting and apparently looking after her was "very easy" (who is this baby?) although she wouldn't go to sleep (she was still wide awake when we picked her up a bit after 11, though not for long after). The trip was great, and it was some wonderful time with family. I'd missed some earlier opportunities to visit due to schedule conflicts or general lack of wherewithal, so I'm very glad I made it this time. It will probably be my only time visiting my sister in Ann Arbor before she moves for grad school in the fall.
(Not everything went quite as planned, had to make a side trip when the kid's cold turned to an eye infection again. Fortunately, that was something that could be handled by a drugstore clinic, so it didn't require going too far out of the way.)
Yesterday, Julie was away on a day-trip for business, leaving early in the morning and taking the red-eye home. Which meant I got my first night alone with the kid. I was nervous, but it went fine, and the kid at least slept well.
Eristic improvements: Jumping down from a step, reassuring us when she takes a bump ("I'm okay!").
I took the day off on Patriot's Day (aka Marathon Day) because it was a daycare holiday, but I couldn't take Eris to the zoo or whatever because the weather was lousy. After spending the day cooped up at home, I did get out with Julie for a nice dinner, though still in the pouring rain.
Certainly made for an unusual Boston Marathon, though. The winner of the men's marathon, Yuki Kawauchi, is a non-professional but incredibly prolific runner, and quite possibly the best cold-weather distance runner in the world (setting the record for most under 2:20 marathons, as well as possibly the coldest, at the New Year's Marathon in Marshfield this year). In the women's race, winner Desiree Linden went from thinking she'd drop at the midway point to carrying the day, and second-place finisher, Sarah Sellers, was a hobbyist runner, a full-time nurse.
Last weekend, we went to visit my sister, Melissa, and her husband, Elliott, in Ann Arbor. My parents and Elliott's parents were visiting as well. Julie and I got to see the play Arcadia, which Melissa was directing. Was very good. One of Melissa's friends watched Eris while we saw the play, which was very much appreciated. I'd worried that the kid wouldn't like being left with someone new in an unfamiliar place, but she had no problem adjusting and apparently looking after her was "very easy" (who is this baby?) although she wouldn't go to sleep (she was still wide awake when we picked her up a bit after 11, though not for long after). The trip was great, and it was some wonderful time with family. I'd missed some earlier opportunities to visit due to schedule conflicts or general lack of wherewithal, so I'm very glad I made it this time. It will probably be my only time visiting my sister in Ann Arbor before she moves for grad school in the fall.
(Not everything went quite as planned, had to make a side trip when the kid's cold turned to an eye infection again. Fortunately, that was something that could be handled by a drugstore clinic, so it didn't require going too far out of the way.)
Yesterday, Julie was away on a day-trip for business, leaving early in the morning and taking the red-eye home. Which meant I got my first night alone with the kid. I was nervous, but it went fine, and the kid at least slept well.
Eristic improvements: Jumping down from a step, reassuring us when she takes a bump ("I'm okay!").