Today was filled but nice nonetheless. Except for one small part--the part where I got another 'no, I don't want to see your ms.' in the mail today. That makes 3 'nos' in about 5 days. I think I like my rejections staggered out a little more.
Anyways.
My quads were killing me today. I have been trying not to bore everyone with my daily workout reports but yesterday's workout was pretty good--enough that I'm still feeling it more than 24 hours later! I did intervals on the treadmill for about 30 minutes but I really pushed myself so that my two uppermost speeds were significantly faster than I normally run. I spent all day being psyched at yesterday's workout. =) Tonight I toned it down some--still ran for 30 minutes but kept it all at one pace (which is only a little bit higher than the average speed I have been running at the past couple of months) except towards the end I put the treadmill on an incline for about 5 mins. There is definitely something to be said for finally sitting down to relax and type this up.
Tristyn, Maia and I were invited up to Cathy's to play for awhile, or rather the kids played while Cathy and I chatted. There were some pretty good forts and secret hideouts being constructed by the kids. I think Tristyn and Havoc's fort outdid the girls' secret hideout. We came home with barely enough time for me to start dinner before Rick came home. It's easy to lose track of time when with friends. =)
The kids were really excited to carve pumpkins and were all for putting them on the table among the remains of dinner to get started. It was difficult, but I convinced them to hold out just a little while longer to give me some time to clean up. They did their homework faster than normal--too bad I don't always have a pumpkin to dangle in front of them to speed them along!
They drew the faces they wanted on their pumpkins and I carved out the top. That's about as much as I think I'm capable of. I do best on pumpkin seed making and clean-up crew.
No one likes doing this but since Tristyn and Maia aren't old enough to carve this job falls to them.
Rick does a pretty good job of carving and following the lines the kids drew.
We had to carry the jack o'lanterns outside to test them out. That's very important. Tristyn's is on the left--Maia's is on the right.
A simple but fun decoration to use on our mantel.
Finally, a rousing game of Candy Land to cap off the night. Tristyn elected not to play because he wanted to scope out the kitchen to see what I had tucked away for dessert. It didn't take him long to find it either--neopolitan ice cream sandwiches. He and Maia each had one before it was time to get ready for bed. You can't have too much Halloween--we finished the Junie B Halloween book and they fell asleep to their new Halloween CDs.
I'm not sure how they fall asleep listening to the Ghostbuster's theme song.