Today before school the family had a trip to the local library, which happens to be next to Jacob’s school. While I was getting a new library card, Melissa and the kids were looking at books. Before I knew it Jacob came over to me asking if he could take out a book. The book was an Arthur Chapter Book, I of course checked the book out and he immediately opened it up and started to read it. Even when we got to his school after showing it off to a couple of his friends he sat down and continued to read. It wasn’t long before Violet joined him and listened to him read. It amazes me that my little man, who just turned 5 is reading a chapter book.
Almost 3 weeks ago I pushed myself to run longer then I ever had before. I ran for 2 hours and 46 minutes. While I was running I felt pretty good, a little thirsty, but I handled that by refilling my water bottle with Gatorade about 3 quarters into the run. My pace was a little slow, but I wasn’t out there for speed. It was my Sunday run. My long run. I am trying to push my sunday runs from the 2 hours I have been running over the last few months up to somewhere between 3 and 4 hours. I want to try running 30km. My goal on Sundays is to leave early for my runs. Usually 9 or 10. On the faithful day I started my run at 11:15am. So I found myself running during the hottest part of the day, and that was my biggest mistake.
After my run I was tired, but I didn’t think anything was wrong. As the day went on it became clear I had used up all my energy and I could barely function. So I slept away most of the evening and all through the night expecting to wake refreshed and ready to work. It didn’t work out that way. I woke up tired, and with a headache. I tried getting up with the kids, making them breakfast and even went through the motions of getting ready for work, before I accepted that I was in no condition to work. So i climbed into bed. Melissa had her hands full that morning, Jacob was also sick he’d thrown up the night before, and started his day the same way. Lucky for us he mostly got it in the bucket. So Melissa and Violet took care of Jacob and I. The day is a bit of a fog, I do know Melissa kept insisting I drink water and Gatorade. I missed 2 days of work, though on the second day I was able to do some work and really didn’t feel 100% till the weekend.
Today the family headed out to Sherway to pick up a few things. While there Jacob and I found ourselves in the new Lego Store. Jacob was quite excited to be there, though apart from the Cars sets he was most interested in building his own Lego men. Perhaps we’ve found Jacob’s next obsession interest.
Today I had a little surprise as I was heading out to pick Melissa up from work. It seems that the Elevator that was supposed to be fixed this morning, wasn’t. I pressed the button and it started to go down but then stopped. I waited it didn’t move. Pressed all the buttons and still it didn’t move. So I opened the little door and called for help. It only took 20 minutes for the on-call person to come and free me. Still I think I’ll be taking the stairs for the next few days.
Today a friend posted this video to Facebook, it highlight a devastating condition that I didn’t know existed. I thought I should share it here to help raise awareness.
Today when I got home from work Jacob showed me some of his Lego Storm Troopers he’d put together. It’s great to see Jacob getting into Star Wars, I really need to get a copy of the Original trilogy to watch with him.
Today while Jacob was in school, Melissa and Violet headed out on a trip to some of the local stores. Of course before heading out Violet needed her Tangled crown, sun glasses, bracelet and of course her purse. The pictures Melissa took are just so sweet.
Today was fathers day and so of course my picture of the day is one of me and my kids. We had a great day as a family, after a morning with mommy I spent the afternoon just me and the kids, out and about enjoying the sun shine.
Today we took a trip down town, to do some shopping at the Eaton Centre. It was a great day, both Jacob and Violet did great, even when it got crowded. Our picture was snapped at the start of the outing while we waited for the subway to take us down town.
