Thanks for the supportive replies to my last post. I know you IF bloggers can empathize with the feeling of a "life in pause-mode" when it comes to having children!! Even though Kyle wasn't as upset by the news of our friends having a third child, I saw a different side of him yesterday. Yesterday, we attended our friends' one-year-old little girl's birthday party/bbq. We were expecting some kids there but honestly it seemed like 75% of the couples had little ones. There were soo many little tots running around - I don't know why we were surprised, it was a children's party, after all. But it definitely wore on him a lot more that I've seen before. I guess what got to us is that not only are we childless-not-by-choice, but now we seem to be in the minority of the married population for our age range, as in married without kids. We have VERY little couple friends left without children at this point. And, we are just so beyond ready to be parents... I really hope our "number" is called soon (no pun intended)....
On a positive note, we did some mega-tri training yesterday. We rode our bikes 14 miles (including over one causeway), then transitioned to run 3 miles over a causeway, down the road some, then back over the causeway yet again. The biking distance was close to what we'd do on race day (15.9 miles) and the running almost exactly the same length (3.2 miles). On Fri after work, we swam the entire distance for the tri- so basically we did the whole tri in 2 days this time as opposed to 4 last weekend. It was incredibly challenging to run after all that biking - my legs felt like wet noodles for the first couple of minutes into it. By that point it was also quarter 'til 10 and the temp was probably close to 90 degrees. So I did a lot of walk-run-walk-run action. I figure I can challenge myself to run the entire length on my next triathlon. For now, I just want to finish, no matter what my time is :)
Oh, and I learned how to filet fish at work, too - it's what we do with leftovers once we are finished taking age/reproductive info and mercury data (I work in a fisheries lab). We donate the filets to a local mission nearby. It was exciting to prepare the filets, as I've never completely cut up or skinned a fish before!! Sounds gross, I know, but it was cool to learn a new skill like that. I guess I can add something new to my 43 things list ;)
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I have to laugh about fileting a fish. I totally mutilated some trout when I tried to filet them for our smoker. They tasted fine, but man did I make a mess! There is definitely an art to it and it's an art I sure dont have.
Good luck with the tri training. Sounds like you are almost ready. I was tired just reading about it!
I am so impressed with your training!!! 1 mile of anything sounds too much for me, and here you are doing everything. Kudos!
As for the childless couple syndrome, what can i say? It really is a syndrome that flares up every now and again, and managing it is like a part-time job. We are nearly friendless because we cant seem to find couples who are similarly situated.
I'm sorry I missed your sucky anniversary... (I guess I also missed M's wedding anniversary since it was about this time...) Our numbers have to be up soon!
Many hugs.
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