Upon a night in Mid October
posted by Gavin | 9:55 PM
So Jen is starting to smile whenever she checks our email -- her laptop has been replaced and is now meandering back to our house, hopefully should arrive this week. She beams whenever she imagines loafing on the couch, working on her laptop while occassionally watching the baseball game or Friends episode that is on the TV. I look forward to using it too... at some point.
Tonight Jen is with Sarah at the Astros game. Last I checked it was the 5th inning with no runs. Seems slow. But, not as long as the Yankee/Red Sox game where Boston scored in the 12th inning to breathe some hope into their fans and into the series. I'm glad Boston is making a fight of it. I am suddenly amused to find myself talking about sports, and even perhaps sounding like I follow sports. I follow some, but Jen is the real sports fan of the family. Hence why she is at the game. :)
So it was a quiet evening with the dogs at home. I finished mowing the lawn just before the clouded pink sunset. After taking the dogs for a run we trotted back home where they collapsed unceremoniously on the tile floor. They really like running. I do too. In fact, I'm running again to prepare for the Houston Marathon in 14 weeks! Yeah, I know. It's a little late to start, let alone cold turkey. But I remember how fast I was able to bounce back into shape ten years ago... hmm. Well. We'll see! So I made a master plan today, with my planned daily and weekly mileage through to the marathon. (Hey, taking 2 semesters of running at A&M has to be good for something.) I think it suits me well. Most of my weekday runs will be between 3 and 5 miles, which should only take up 20-40 minutes plus showering. I plan to do that before I go to work in the mornings. On the weekends I'll do the longer runs, building up to 10, 12, and 20 mile long runs before the big run.
Jen was quite amused and, dare I say, perhaps a bit skeptical when she saw my master plan. And Becca too. I think these ladies don't take me very seriously. Stay tuned.
On another note, Jen and I registered for our own domain name. Sarah found a special sale with her provider where, for $10, you can register a domain with 800 MB space for a year. Great deal. So Jen and I tossed around ideas for an hour. After discussing welovespace.net and ravenslake.net we ended up compromising by selecting v-infinity.net. If you go there right now, it doesn't look very promising. Jen does not yet have her laptop, after all. And if you're not familiar with astrodynamic terms, the term V-infinity describes the velocity a vehicle has as it departs the gravity sphere of influence of Earth and embarks alone around the Sun. Pretty neat when you think about it.
Upon hearing the name, Becca called us nerdy. Which is terribly funny considering she attended Star Trek conventions. In costume.
Speaking of costumes, Jen has her Halloween costume nearly done. She's going to look great, as usual. I find myself wondering if I could pull together a costume. I also find myself wondering how I might convince Jen to make me a costume. :)
Tonight Jen is with Sarah at the Astros game. Last I checked it was the 5th inning with no runs. Seems slow. But, not as long as the Yankee/Red Sox game where Boston scored in the 12th inning to breathe some hope into their fans and into the series. I'm glad Boston is making a fight of it. I am suddenly amused to find myself talking about sports, and even perhaps sounding like I follow sports. I follow some, but Jen is the real sports fan of the family. Hence why she is at the game. :)
So it was a quiet evening with the dogs at home. I finished mowing the lawn just before the clouded pink sunset. After taking the dogs for a run we trotted back home where they collapsed unceremoniously on the tile floor. They really like running. I do too. In fact, I'm running again to prepare for the Houston Marathon in 14 weeks! Yeah, I know. It's a little late to start, let alone cold turkey. But I remember how fast I was able to bounce back into shape ten years ago... hmm. Well. We'll see! So I made a master plan today, with my planned daily and weekly mileage through to the marathon. (Hey, taking 2 semesters of running at A&M has to be good for something.) I think it suits me well. Most of my weekday runs will be between 3 and 5 miles, which should only take up 20-40 minutes plus showering. I plan to do that before I go to work in the mornings. On the weekends I'll do the longer runs, building up to 10, 12, and 20 mile long runs before the big run.
Jen was quite amused and, dare I say, perhaps a bit skeptical when she saw my master plan. And Becca too. I think these ladies don't take me very seriously. Stay tuned.
On another note, Jen and I registered for our own domain name. Sarah found a special sale with her provider where, for $10, you can register a domain with 800 MB space for a year. Great deal. So Jen and I tossed around ideas for an hour. After discussing welovespace.net and ravenslake.net we ended up compromising by selecting v-infinity.net. If you go there right now, it doesn't look very promising. Jen does not yet have her laptop, after all. And if you're not familiar with astrodynamic terms, the term V-infinity describes the velocity a vehicle has as it departs the gravity sphere of influence of Earth and embarks alone around the Sun. Pretty neat when you think about it.
Upon hearing the name, Becca called us nerdy. Which is terribly funny considering she attended Star Trek conventions. In costume.
Speaking of costumes, Jen has her Halloween costume nearly done. She's going to look great, as usual. I find myself wondering if I could pull together a costume. I also find myself wondering how I might convince Jen to make me a costume. :)
1 Comments:
What's really funny is that Becca didn't need an explanation of the name of the domain to understand the reference. And then she called us nerdy. I say it takes one to know one...
Post a Comment
<< Home