ADOPTION QUEST: Orientation session

What an exciting day!  Aaron and I attended the first class of fostering in our local county.  Children Services have an option to foster-to-adopt and we've decided to try this route to start a family.  Our good friends Dave and Nikki attended as well.  We had a little help and advice from our good friends Al and Tasha beforehand since they had gone through the process and adopted their children -- Emily, Matthew and Trevor.  Let's hope we are just as lucky and blessed!  We really like the instructor and are looking forward to the classes this summer!

Let the 2012 Workouts begin!

I'm finally getting over my running nose and cough!  Thank God!  One good thing about being sick is that it helped reset my clock.  I slept so much that I got up at 7 a.m. one morning and have been walking up early now with less difficulty, as well as being tired enough to go sleep early too!  A definite help when my work schedule switches to the early day shifts.

I stopped putting it off and managed to drag myself to the gym after work, finally!  It helped that I found a workout partner.  Helen and I had so much fun.  I went in with workout plans -- biceps/triceps, abs and calves on Wednesday, and shoulders/back/chest, core and thighs on Thursday.  Helen and I used free weights, the circuit machines, and bosu and fitness balls and big-boy hammer strength machines for total body workouts.  No cardiovascular activity this week so I wouldn't overdo my lungs and get sick again.

We can't wait for next week.  Need to add the glutes, hamstrings and cardio!  Feeling good about myself already!

GIRLIE UPDATE: MTV Movie Awards Best Male Performance

I hope Peeta wins!  He's up against Magic Mike, Harry Potter and the Driver.  Hot competition!  Good luck to the boy with the bread!!

Get More: 2012 Movie Awards, New Movies

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE

[Yeah Hutch, you won!!]

3rd Mohican MTB 100 - Finished 100k

Once again Aaron participated in the annual mountain biking race. The conditions was muddy and slick but as always he enjoys doing what he loves and getting to do it with his buddies. He did the 100k (62 miles) in 8 hours and 38 minutes, three hours faster than last year! 320 people in his category entered, 272 finished. He finished in 232nd place and achieved his goal of doing better than 2011. Good job, Babe!

Aaron and his partner-in-race Phil

Hanging out with his mountain biking buddies

Sick as a tick

I was glad to be back at work this week, only to get sick on the first night.  It's been awhile since I've had post-nasal drip.  I hate the feeling of mucus in you and not being able to blow or cough it out.  So I stayed home from work for two days.  Wouldn't you know I slept two beautiful days away. 

I went back to work today feeling better, only that means the mucus is coming out of me.  Lots of coughing and blowing nose.  Yuck.  Thank goodness the weekend is coming up.  I'll get to load up on meds and hopefully sleep the sickness away!