I'm BACK!!!!

o.k. i've been back for two days now, but it's just been hard to get back into the swing of things. we got back on sunday morning at 1:03am, according to the handy garmin.

we got to MN, I only got through 4 episodes of six feet under. I have since watched another disc, so i'm up to the 3rd disc of season 1. I will say this. I have never had a show, where in every episode, i have laughed and shed a tear, all in an hour. EVERY EPISODE PEOPLE. anyway, that to say, it's good.

we did a marathon when we got there, after driving to Hayward, WI.

it was such a fun race....hills galore and just small town scenery as you are skating through some rural roads and screaming 34 mph down a hill...but that's another story. it was a great time. i got a medal, not too pretty, but i'm proud of it. i skated the race on my own, with no pace line...had no intention of doing well, as we were all lumped in with pros at that one...and managed to pull of 3rd by only 8 seconds. if we hadn't been lumped in all together, t would have had a 1st place.

the rest of the week was a blur, for a few reasons...

1. we went to fogo de chao with t's brother and girl. we went at 5pm, we were asleep in meat comas by 7:30pm. it was that bad. i'm surprised they had any meat left over to feed the masses after we left

2. we FINALLY got to try out a sleep number bed. we have been contemplating getting one for a bit now, and well...will not be. i don't know if it was that bed in particular or what...but it didn't work for us. the first night, i woke up with t on me because his side was set to 55 and mine to 25, so he had rolled into my "hole". we set them equal at points, different at others....just didn't work.

3. we got massages from every mall we went to. it was like we had a pseudo hobby while we were there...and that was getting massages. it was a good time. they all had the same video playing while we were there though, and that was an instructional one on how to give massages.

4. there is something to be said for seeing things as they really are in a situation. seeing the true colors that you haven't let yourself see before. i would say that these situations are usually sad ones...and it was no different in this situation. but, we can move on from the experiences and make things better in our own lives because of them. parents should always protect their children....always. anything less is abuse and inexcusable.

i got back to go to my grad school orientation yesterday. i learned how to use a calendar there. no joke. it was like grad school for dummies. i sat there and pondered, "would this be helpful to me, if i hadn't gone to grad school already?" i thought...and thought and i came up with a resounding NO. it would only be helpful if i had never lived past the age of 10. they were teaching people how to use a calendar, how to not use facebook when you are studying, and how to say NO to people. funny? yes. so funny, i left.