Well a year ago, I had plans for Father's Day. They had just announced that they were going to have an Ironman 70.3 in Lawrence, KS - my old college stomping grounds. I thought, can't pass that up. Well things happen, and this Father's Day, rather than racing for 5 hours, I will most likely be a daddy.
But my friend Mike answered the challenge and is signed up and ready to go on Sunday. For those interested, you can check it out at www.ironmankansas.com.
Mike is bib #1045.
As for me. There is always next year. Hoepfully Mike will do a good job this weekend, and then next year there will be a larger former-KU-swimmer contingent racing.
Good luck Mike!
As for the rest of you..... better start training for next year!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Belated Pic
over to trick-or-treat and was a monkey. As you can see by her
chocolate filled smile, she got treats.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Big Mack
Here are the latest pics of the little one - taken yesterday. She is getting a little upset with the paparazzi trying to catch her in compromising photos, so these may be the only ones until the big day.
So there is a small pool started with the arrival date and the weight. My pick has always been June 5, and I think she will weigh in at a beefy 6 lbs 11 ozs.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Recent Travels
Well amidst Baby Watch 2008, there have been a few other adventures....
A week after spending the night in the hospital with #13 and some contractions, I flew down to Vegas with my dad. He had a deposition; I had a hearing. The hearing was fine, but let's just say the trip was . . . . a nightmare. Enough said about that.
Two days later, still nervous that the little tyke would poke her head out any day, my dad and I boarded a plane to go to Pasadena for a 9th Circuit BAP argument. Usually LA is terrible and going there for anything is a pain. But, on the good advice of my brother, we flew into Burbank, and 20 minutes after getting our rental car, we were in Pasadena.
If you haven't seen the Ninth Circuit Courthouse in Pasadena, it is quite amazing, at least as far as courthouses go.
A week after spending the night in the hospital with #13 and some contractions, I flew down to Vegas with my dad. He had a deposition; I had a hearing. The hearing was fine, but let's just say the trip was . . . . a nightmare. Enough said about that.
Two days later, still nervous that the little tyke would poke her head out any day, my dad and I boarded a plane to go to Pasadena for a 9th Circuit BAP argument. Usually LA is terrible and going there for anything is a pain. But, on the good advice of my brother, we flew into Burbank, and 20 minutes after getting our rental car, we were in Pasadena.
If you haven't seen the Ninth Circuit Courthouse in Pasadena, it is quite amazing, at least as far as courthouses go.
And making the trip even better was the fact that the next morning at breakfast, we ran into our opposing counsel who informed us that - while my brother, dad and I were enjoying a nice dinner outside - she had a two hour shuttle ride from LAX the night before.
Well the hearing went great, and all that is left is to wait for the decision.
Anyways, a few days later, some of #13's great friends from Chicago flew in for a weekend up at Tahoe. And then this last weekend we have some good friends from Sacramento come up to spend the weekend in Tahoe as well.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Random Fact - Fishing Spiders
I don't know why, but the little fact at the end of this blurb (from Wikipedia) caught my eye. I just think that the strange ways species protect themselves is pretty interesting.
Dolomedes is a genus of spiders of the family Pisauridae. They are also known as fishing spiders or dock spiders. Almost all Dolomedes species are semi-aquatic, with the exception of the tree-dwelling D. albineus in the southwestern United States and the grassland spider D. minor in New Zealand.
Like all pisaurids, female Dolomedes carry their egg sacs in their chelicerae, and use silk to build a nursery web. These nursery webs are built shortly before the spiderlings emerge from the eggsac. The female places the eggsac in the nursery web and the spiderlings emerge within twenty four hours. The spiderlings of most North American Dolomedes species remain in the web for one week, and then disperse en masse.
D. triton, the six-spotted fishing spider, lives primarily in small lakes and ponds. This spider consumes mostly water striders, but like all Dolomedes, is an opportunistic ambush hunter that will eat anything that it can capture.
What is particularly cool about this spider is that it can detach its legs to escape preditors. As you can see in the picture below, this fishing spider is missing two of its legs. A predator likely grabbed the spider by the limbs, which the spider jettisoned in response - a process known as autotomy.
Dolomedes is a genus of spiders of the family Pisauridae. They are also known as fishing spiders or dock spiders. Almost all Dolomedes species are semi-aquatic, with the exception of the tree-dwelling D. albineus in the southwestern United States and the grassland spider D. minor in New Zealand.
Like all pisaurids, female Dolomedes carry their egg sacs in their chelicerae, and use silk to build a nursery web. These nursery webs are built shortly before the spiderlings emerge from the eggsac. The female places the eggsac in the nursery web and the spiderlings emerge within twenty four hours. The spiderlings of most North American Dolomedes species remain in the web for one week, and then disperse en masse.
D. triton, the six-spotted fishing spider, lives primarily in small lakes and ponds. This spider consumes mostly water striders, but like all Dolomedes, is an opportunistic ambush hunter that will eat anything that it can capture.
What is particularly cool about this spider is that it can detach its legs to escape preditors. As you can see in the picture below, this fishing spider is missing two of its legs. A predator likely grabbed the spider by the limbs, which the spider jettisoned in response - a process known as autotomy.
Pretty cool. I can't wait to share this random info with my daughter.
M.I.A.
So I have been missing lately. Things have been getting pretty crazy at home with the baby coming. It is amazing how many things need to be done before she gets here - build dressers, bookshelves, cribs; buy clothing, supplies, strollers, diaper genies; clean the baby's room, paint; etc. On top of all of that, we thought our little one was going to be making a suprise appearance and spent the night in the hospital on Monday night while the doctor's tried to stop #13's contractions. I guess delivering the baby at 34 weeks is a bit early, so hopefully the baby can stay indoors for a few more weeks.
Things have also been crazy at work as I prepare for a number of hearings and depositions this month.
Oh, by the by, hospitals are the WORST place to try and get some sleep. There is always something going on that keeps you up: alarms, nurses coming in and out checking on #13, people in the hallways, etc.
Things have also been crazy at work as I prepare for a number of hearings and depositions this month.
Oh, by the by, hospitals are the WORST place to try and get some sleep. There is always something going on that keeps you up: alarms, nurses coming in and out checking on #13, people in the hallways, etc.
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