Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Not Much New
That's pretty much the gist of our lives right now. Not much new.
My days consist of getting up too early, spending too much time at work, then usually doing something fun in the evening but it ends all to early when my bed time hits. Some of the fun things consist of:
Dinner with friends - a few nights ago we did a big Mediterranean style dinner with Greek salad, a fish dish and Charles made these delicious herbed cheese and tomato stuffed hamburgers that we had in Pita. So good.
Tennis - I have been learning how to play tennis and I love it! It feels quite natural to me most of the time. I'm used to racquetball so it's hard to remember that I just have the tap the ball - that right now, any type of force means I have to go hunt for the ball. It's nice to finally have an outdoor activity that I love, besides hiking. Yesterday we played for 4 hours and I am pretty sore today.
Hiking - I can't remember if I mentioned this already but Charles and I found some amazing hiking trails down by the Asbury College Equestrian Center. I thought they'd just be a nice walk in the woods but we ended up being taken on a path that overlooks the KY River valley, a path that took us right down to the river (it was quite the hike back up) and a third path that led us right along the bottom of the KY Palisades. Absolutely breathtaking. And who knew that was pretty much right in our backyard!
Star Trek - Charles and I did the 2 week free trial of NetFlix and Charles got the first season of Star Trek - The Next Generation. So we've been watching episodes here and there: on a lunch hour, before bed, while eating dinner, etc. I didn't think I could get into it, but I'm really loving it! It's kinda corny and 80s sometimes but I love that there is usually some moral dilemma or something.
Movie Mania - we've been on a movie kick lately. We saw Charlie Wilson's War this week - quite good... although they could have done without the first scene, Be Kind Rewind (ok), The Simpsons Movie (ugh) and I know there are more but they must not have been memorable because now I can't think of them.
Reading - I've been doing quite a bit of reading this last week. I read Redwall (the first book in a kids serious about a Warrior Mouse - it was a quick, fun read) and now I'm reading What is the What which is a fantastic (but sad) story of a Sudanese Refugee in America. The writing is brilliant. It was a finalist for the National Critic's award (or something like that) for best Novel either this year or last year. I have not finished it but at this point I would highly recommend it.

And I guess that is pretty much it. I've been practicing some music for Kate's wedding, trying to come up with a title for the piece I wrote for the bridal processional, I had to pull together a couple songs this morning for chapel today which went pretty, I've been spending some good quality time with my hubby (Saturday was a super fun day full of tennis, swimming, lunch at the Joseph Beth (bookstore) bistro... )! Good stuff. I even got a new cookbook! (Can't wait to try out some of the recipes!) So far this summer is off to a good start. But I must admit it gets harder to get up and come to work every morning. It's hard enough in the winter but in the summer it is just torture. I'm SO looking foward to my week off in July!

My ONE down note is that I'm getting carpel tunnel and that really sucks. I think it's my body's way of saying "TOO much typing, TOO much time at a computer. GO OUTSIDE." But alas, I cannot. So instead I'm wearing a brace and trying not to kill my wrist with piano and tennis.
 
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