Friendship

I just wanted to tell you what an awesome friend you are, and that I really miss you and can't wait for you to come home. love you man.
The Giants game last Friday was amazing! Probably one of the best games all season. 754 was beautiful and it came in a game that had back-to-back home runs by Feliz and Molina, plus a Ray hr, and then a spectacular Omar play from a sitting position on the ground, and Sweeney getting his 151st pinch hit to put him ahead of Mota on the all time list. Very very cool; class act that Sweeney. Maybe you caught some replays online. I'll put some pics up soon.
Morris got traded for a Pirate outfielder, don't know much about him.
Oh, Bill Walsh died yesterday :( As you know, a major loss to football and the bay area. If you get a chance while you're online, or when you come back, check out Brent Jones' interview with Ralph on KNBR.com.

Swim Meets

Recent swim stats are in.
Coach, can I just say that they are off the charts and not the hook?

20!!!!

On the day of your interent viewing, I wish you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! And yea, coming back alive and full of cool African stories would be a pretty awesome birthday present for me. I miss you so much and can't wait to see you in a couple more weeks. Are you going to the bush now? Take pictures of all the animals.
Oh and to celebrate your birthday, I'm going to the Giants game Friday night :) If only Barry would hit one more tonight...and then tomorrow...

Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen . . .

[Setting: Milpitas Pool. Learn-to-swim, level 1. Three ~7 y/o GIRLS, and ME]

ME: OK, guess how old I am.

GIRLS: Forty!

ME: [Incredulous]...No. No, you're wrong. Guess again.

[GIRLS eventually get it right after several guesses]

ME: Right. I'm twenty. [All peppy and teacher-ish] What are YOU girls going to do when you're twenty??:D

GIRLS: Die.




HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! I thought I should celebrate quick before you are lion brunch, so I made you a birthday cupcake!

No, I didn't. But I did make you a birthday blueberry muffin with chocolate frosting...

I love you, Hudson! I hope you have an amazing day (when it comes), and p.s. I secretly want you to live ;)

Mermaids and Sushi

It rained today during swim lessons (first time I have been swimming in the rain in a long, long time!), and I thought my day could not get any better. It was hella super sex sick sweet glorious, bro. But then! Oh, then I ran 2.25 miles and biked 5 more, sweated out a dozen buckets of juice (so hot am I), and was not suffocated by asthma. Then! I sang Christmas songs while taking a shower, the latter being a hygienic practice that is not something that happens very often these days. And THEN! class was CANCELLED! due to a BOMB THREAT! in the men's room. Whoever did that should absolutely be arrested...but I would still like to shake his hand first, once he is handcuffed. Then I did a dance in the driver's seat and drove home. Then I had sushi with my parents and thought about you and your amazing wasabi feat of strength. All in all, I miss you, bud, have you been swimming in any watering holes, good night. [SAS]

Speed of Light

I hope Daniel's Kenyan bandwidth can handle all those pictures and that his laptop doesn't actually turn on him in a fit of rage when trying to download them, effectively ending his 19-year lifespan. Like Wikipedia would....

More pictures.

Here's Kristen's room. I'm done messing up the format on this pretty blog page. Sorry. And...here's some of my daycare kids--absolutely adorable!