Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Oceanside

Planes, trains and automobiles. Not necessarily in that order.

After a bit of a rush to finish up inventory and get some booking orders in at the store we managed to hit the road a few hours after we intended. Our little Ollie managed to be a great little passenger once again. After waking up from a nap we dropped him in his car seat and headed for TO. The drive was a little foggy but otherwise was smooth sailing.

Our time in T dot was filled with a quick visit with friends who put us up in their basement and then another quick visit with Ollie's Great Aunt and Grandpa.

Our flight to California was scheduled to leave at 8:40am Mon morning so we got a hotel room right at the airport thinking this would give us lots of time to make our flight.
We should have set the alarm a bit earlier because after negotiating the airport holiday chaos we found ourselves running through terminal 1 to make sure we didn't miss the plane.

The flight to LA went without a hitch. Ollie was happy to watch a little tv on the little screen grab a cat nap or two and flirt with the stewardesses. We couldn't have been prouder of our little guy. To cap off a great flight all our luggage arrived with us, even though we dropped it off less then 15 min before we took off.

After gathering our belongings we headed to the rental car pick. We were very please to find our car had been equipped with a GPS after our little trip to NY.



The drive from LA to Oceanside was easy with our little GPS guiding us turn by turn all the way. What a great little piece of technology.



We were pretty tired after our long trip and all hit the sack before 9pm pct.

More updates to come soon.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Time Person of the Year

Obama named Time Person of the Year.

Worth the read.

http://tinyurl.com/5h2fcc

Monday, December 15, 2008

5 1/2 Months Later

It has been 5 1/2 months and I have just finished my second ride. I dragged the rollers and my bike home from the store tonight so I could try and get back into the habit of riding. I can't believe I have been off the bike for so long. 30min on the rollers was all my tender bits could handle. Well it is a start and hopefully I can be back to some decent time in the saddle soon.
Running is the only thing I have been consistent at. As a result I am actually running quite well. Long runs are now up to about an hour and my pace is getting there. I have been trying to run with as little data as possible. Long runs I am using a stopwatch for time to make sure I am out long enough. On the short stuff I am guessing at the length of time a particular route will take and just going for it. It feels great to be running free.
Next up. Getting into a better sleep pattern.

Saturday, December 13, 2008