I know the rule, but I did not heed the rule. And I am paying for it.
Runners know that when they increase their mileage, it is increased by 10%. You get used to that mileage before increasing again.
I have been running my little three mile out and back route for some time. Today I decided to do four miles. That is a 25% increase; not a smart thing to do. My calf seized up on me as I ran down the hill toward home. I analyzed how many miles I had run and it was 3.4 miles. Now, if I had done the smart thing and increased by 10% I would have been home and done before my calf hurt.
Getting old is a bitch!
Wait! There is no time out in soccer. Well, looks like we will change that.
RK has been coaching the local high school boys team for nigh on ten years. He enjoys it, there is no doubt of it. Anything soccer he enjoys. Now that we have the Hobbitses and RG living here, RK’s priorities have shifted. He is looking to relinquish that coaching position to spend more time at home. He intends to speak with the athletic director this week. Yea!!!
And! My daunting task of soccer camp registrar may be significantly diminished. For the past three years the local soccer league has been using a company to facilitate on-line registation for the regular recreational season. I was reluctant to hand my camp registrations over to them until all the bugs were worked out of the system. Looks like the bugs are gone and the time has come to hand it over. With school taking most of my waking hours, the thought of adding the job of registrar had me quaking in my boots. And my boots are sturdy!
As I have said before, in other venues, we are all settling fairly smoothly into our new roles in life. Those RG and little Hobbit hugs, smiles, and giggles are so worth the changes!!!!!
Namárië
Now that RG and Hobbitses live here, they are all exposed to the LOTR paraphernalia around the house. Pippin has shown keen interest and wants to know about the people in the posters, the statues, the action figures.
So! RG has begun reading “The Hobbit” to him, and LOTR.
This morning, Pippin parked himself on the sofa and was “reading” about Bilbo Baggins. He was looking at the maps in the book and talking to himself. Observing this prompted me to print out the two maps from “The Hobbit” so he has larger ones to look at.
Never too young to enjoy the works of The Professor!
RG and I had a pleasant evening Friday. We made a special trip (with the Hobbitses, of course) to Costco and bought the cheesecake that we did not buy last Friday. Not the same one, mind you, just cheesecake in general.
After a lovely spinach salad for dinner, lots of playing with Hobbitses and then tucking them into bed, we splurged. RG and I each had a generous piece of cheesecake and watched a “girlie” movie. What fun!!
RK is out of town this weekend for corporate meetings. I imagine there will be some cheesecake left when he returns tomorrow evening, but I’m not placing any bets!! 
It’s like a drop in the pond. One tiny splash that redounds throughout the entire body of water.
A family reunion was in the offing this summer with RK’s side of the family. We all planned to gather in the beautiful state of Maine for a week of extraordinary fun, festivities, fellowship, and food. Things change. RK’s older sister passed away January 2, 2007. The pull to Maine has been significantly diminished. A number of family members have made it known they will not travel to Maine. One of my nephews, Iain, age 25, wrote and asked if he could come to our home this summer for a week. He needed to get out of the city. “Sure!! Come early, stay late!”
That was the drop in the pond.
TR thought that if Iain comes, his sister, BIL and niece should also make the drive from the south. And if they travel, their parents will surely want to join us. Maybe their other siblings will come too. And Tom and Joanne from Massachusetts. And, and, and…
Voila! A family reunion at our house this summer! Nothing is set in stone yet but the way this family works, I can easily envision a house full, and tents full, of family for a week come the middle of summer.
I can do galleries, after intense instruction from TR.
Here’s the one for recent activities.
Greetings from my corner of Fangorn.
DS Tall Ranger (aka TR) built this blog for my posting pleasure and leisure(?!). I shall attempt to record aspects of my life here. Maybe even add some pictures!!
Fun weekend. Having the whole family here makes this home a beehive of activity. MM, Maidenette, and Little Ranger arrived shortly after noon yesterday. TR came a bit later. The Hobbitses, RainGirl (aka RG) and I were here to greet them. So wonderful to have the cousins get together and play.
My RangerKing (aka RK) is in heaven having so many Little People to interact with. The current project is to move part of the fence so two very obliging Ents may support a beam from which a swing will hang. The sand box was last week’s project.
There is much to be done.
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to the blogosphere we go.
Check the HOBBITS!! And Gandalf!! And the round, green DOOR!!
And don’t forget to check out my cool grandkids!