I have not been a very good blogger lately. I mean I did blog about the important things like my Mom and Teh Deployment but not about me or what we've been doing.

I will remedy that situation forthwith!! This is the first weekend in a long time that I've felt rested. Last weekend was busy and fun but I was so tired by the time it was over that it ended up being a 3 day weekend. My body was unhappy and I probably would have gotten sick if I kept up my frenzied pace. So I stayed home and did projects around the house. The rest of the week was good and this past weekend was lovely. It was very Pacific Northwest. We went to Powell's and I bought a vegetarian cookbook I've been drooling on ever since I checked it out from the library. Then we went to Cork to check out their new beer selection and ended the day at The Concordia Alehouse for some lovely Pacific NW beers.

Today we exercised and then saw Iron Man at Cinetopia. The movie fookin' rocked and Robert Downey Jr. is hott!!!! Who new? I can't wait until the next movie but will bide my time with the new Hellboy and Indiana Jones movie. I should probably take in an art-house movie to balance out the machismo.

I keep finding new music that needs a home in my iPod. The list is getting long but my bank account has other ideas. It doesn't help that Death Cab For Cutie's new album drops tomorrow. WAH!!!

So that, as they say, is that. Nothing too exciting to report. I need to start taking pictures again.

It can be said that my commute to work most Tuesday mornings is not a pleasant one. For one thing, I have to get to work early which means I have to sit in rush hour (or would that be snail hour?) traffic. Second, people in this neck of the woods don't know how to merge which means getting on to the interstate is a test in defensive driving. This Tuesday wasn't any different, except it was raining. Since it NEVER rains here people drove extra slow and did not merge AT ALL.

To avoid vehicular homicide on my fellow commuters, I reached for my Ipod and set it to shuffle. The second song to shuffle through was Tupelo by my husband, Nick Cave. He growled and snarled told me no sleep run this deep. The energy from the songs lifted my spirits. I listened to him all the way to work and it put me in a much better mood.

I listened to him on the way home tonight and my world was a bit more peaceful when I arrived at home.

Who knew?

I ain't a down here for your love
I'm down here for your soul.

It's amazing what 10 hours of sleep can do for one's outlook on life. I woke up this morning feeling more alive than I have in a week. Problems don't seem as big anymore and it's comforting in a way.

Work is quiet today and that's fine with me. I had to argue with a German guy about why he couldn't move his boat into a new slip until the current lessee cancels his lease. His son called him a "cranky old kraut". I laughed.

I've been getting caught up on little projects and finally got the Neighborhood Newsletter written and mailed off to the printers. That means we get to blanket the 'hood with newsletters for the next two weeks. Oh joy!

Groceries after work today and then pasta e fagioli for dinner. I'm going to check out the shiny new Fred Meyer's on SR-14. I hope they have a good wine department. My life is so exciting.

Tomorrow I have to get back on the exercise wagon. I have to run and do something else. The something else depends on how crowded the pool is when I'm done running.

The five-mile list has been pared down to a couple of items I can do later in the week. We had a nice, relaxing weekend and I cooked up a storm. Which is good because now I don't have to cook for a couple of days.

I started my first day of training for the triathlon today. My legs are a bit cranky but I managed to exercise w/o dying. It was nice swimming after my run and I didn't get tired like I usually do when I swim. I guess I'm doing something right. The nice thing about bringing Ian to work at 8 is that I can go to the gym after that and avoid the mid-morning mommy rush. I hate jogging when the women have their strollers on the track. They are ruthless and will run you over. I got a bunch of things done this morning and had to go to Gi Joe's today and buy some new water shoes and tubes for my bike tires. I'm so high-speed.

That's all I have to report for now.

Carry on.