I'm Back

I know I have been away from here for quite some time. I think I have just been having some blah moments where I felt like I didn't really have much to say. I have still been reading a lot of your blogs and keeping myself up to date on what is going on with you. So I figured it was time for me to update a bit now too:

• I have just run 21.1km as part of my training for the ING Ottawa Half Marathon Race later this month. I met with my pace group downtown to run the route we would be running for the race. Even though it rained for the first half of the route it felt good to finish and I still felt good at the end. Sunday is usually our Long Slow Distance (LSD) run so we didn't run it at a race pace but we did tend to go faster than we should have. We will be running it again next Sunday as well, hopefully it will be a bit more sunny then and we can really enjoy it. The route is quite nice it starts at City Hall and goes across the Parliament Buildings, over to Hull then comes back along the Rideau Canal. I am actually looking forward to the race, it might sound crazy but I am.


• I went down to the Tulip Festival this past weekend, it started this weekend and goes on until Victoria Monday (May 19). I wanted to go just to Dow's Lake area which is along the canal, however my sister thought it was better down at Major's Hill Park so we went there and unfortunately not many of the tulips have come out to show their bright colours yet. We will probably head towards Dow's Lake next weekend to see more. I did get a few pics though, here is one of painted Tulips all in a row.

• The new family I am with has just moved into the Glebe and I am loving everyday being there. We are about 2 blocks from the Rideau Canal, a block from Bank Street and it is just a short walk to the Nature Museum which we will be getting a membership to at some point. I now have the little one (11 months old) on a great schedule and I am really enjoying my time with her. We go out on a walk everyday and eventually will be making it to the Tot Lot down the street, a park only for Toddlers. The mom will be going back to work in a month and then things will change for the little one but hopefully she will adapt well to it.

• I will be starting another season of Ultimate Frisbee in the next few weeks. I played with this same team last fall and I enjoyed it quite a lot so I decided to play with them again, for the summer we will be playing on Friday nights.

That is pretty much all that is new with me for right now. What have you been up to? Plan to do in the coming weeks now that summer is at our doorsteps?