Is this really an ultra marathon?

[jbnati]

Friday night was a pretty quiet night. I just rented a movie.

It was my W's weekend with my S, but she works on Saturdays. She dropped him off on the way to work. I had committed to him that we'd make some chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and I followed through on it. I had some chores to work in the mix on Saturday like laundry, etc. However, my S is also very excited about taking over his Mom's bike for now. It's an upgrade over his in that it has multiple speeds and it also has a bike computer. I think I had mentioned I was taking the day off of riding on Saturday, but it was a nice day and he wanted to ride with me. We ended up riding 11 miles at a leisurely pace.

My W had texted earlier in the day and asked that I'd have him ready to go by 4:30 so she could pick him up. I pretty much had him ready by then, but more of the same from her. She showed up about 5:15. I try not to give her too hard of a time about it, because I'm not the most punctual person myself, although I'm not chronically THAT late. I was cutting the grass when she showed up. It was another one of those pleasant exchanges. She complimented some things I've done in the yard.

On Saturday evening, I had a buddy of mine come over. We went out and tried a pizza joined I'd spotted on one of those group bike rides I had done. It was pretty good stuff. We just went back to the house and watched some football. Turned out to be a pretty good evening. I ended losing that extra hour of sleep I was supposed to get and then some.

Sunday morning I got up and ran 2 miles. I'm trying to revive my running program. Went to chuch after that. It was a good service, and it was great seeing everyone again. I ran into some people I've not seen in awhile and updated them on my situation. After church I had a long class on serving in my church. It was a really good class geared toward optimizing your gifts in service.

My W was supposed to have my S home by 3:30 because she had plans at 4:00. I didn't ask what those plans were, and frankly I really didn't want to know. She shows up at 4:15. I still didn't give her too hard of a time, as it really didn't matter to me. Yesterday, I was upbeat and positive as usual, but she seemed a little down. But then again, she's a very difficult read. <--- I think this may have been a contributor in getting us to where we are. She's a difficult read and I may not be all that great at reading. I dunno. Who knows? Maybe her plans fell though?

I ended up watching the first half of the Bengals game at home. After that I took my S to a sports bar / wings place to watch the second half. This place had been a Sunday tradition for us as a famlily for the last couple of years. I was hoping my W wasn't going to be there with some OM or something. I gave her a heads up on my plans when she dropped off my S. She wasn't there.

My S and went grocery shopping after that. He's actually been a tremendous help. He will help me plan the meals and I'll give him his own list and he'll run around the cart and pick the stuff up. Again, I am very proud of the boy.

Just a full crazy weekend.

Of course, I really can't rest up at work because I have to catch up from last week now.