I am LEGAL!

Ok, so swimming a 1000 meters under 2 minutes seems pretty lame to me (that was an obvious typo to see who would catch on to my stealth “try to pretend I am a fast swimmer lingo” ) when I just found out the other day immigration is letting me stay for another 3 YEARS!!!

Immigration not only surprised me by being 3-5 months early on their decision, but on the outcome!! What a relief; I cannot say how many bricks were on my shoulders, but let me tell you it was a lot! And to make this moment more perfect, we received notice on Gregory’s birthday.
Now, this means we get to go to France this year!! Yeaaaahhhhh….croissants here I come (screw the gluten allergy, this is worth it!)

Happy birthday Gregory!! Gregory’s birthday was on Tuesday and his best friend from Chicago flew into town over the weekend and partook in a bunch of fun. The boys went skiing, to Denver, visited museums, ate a lot and had time to “Catch Up”

I made dessert for Gregory’s birthday consisting of a lot of chocolate cupcakes and berry tart. I must admit, the “tart” part of the ordeal is fairly involved, but I succeeded in making something edible. We had Wolfgang (recent b-day boy as well) and Leslie over to partake in the sugar fest which was a lot of fun! Good food and good company; I could not ask for more.

As for training…I can imagine myself living the rest of my life watching ER re-runs and Grey’s Anatomy??..you see, when you taper not only does your body give-up and deteriorate(regenerate, but it does not feel like it!) to the “sluggish, lazy I “don’t want to move” state; the brain does likewise. Try as I might to focus, get those work hours in, all I can think of is “Carter Is back on ER…” So there you have it taper has made me a TV obsessed freak!! Although we do not own a TV, but you would be amazed at what you can have streamed over your computer/internet.

T o make this TV addiction worse is the fact that we are “snowed in” today!! I mean the nerve of the weather Gods to impact our “lovely” climate with snow; this is absurd! How are we going to get our bike rides in and sun-tans?? You know tanning is an art??? So, I spent today working…other than my “wimpy” one-a-day taper workout my day was spent at the computer..then I caved. There was a new “House” episode…I watched it, then I went to my NetFlix Survivor episodes…I am doomed, please help me!! LOL.

Cheers!! The bike has been shipped to Oceanside..this race is becoming more real to me every day.