The past few weeks have been just absolutely flying by, last weekend was a hectic one, Kelci and I both worked Saturday then immediately headed home to Hoisington for a couple of b-day parties. 1 for our amazing cousin Gracie who turned 9, and then another for Kelci's grandmother who turned 80 something. So it was an eventful Saturday. Then Sunday it was church, some video games with the brother-in-law and a game of Pollyanna and then back in the car for the drive back to Wichita. My Mom and Sister were at the house waiting for us because they had come to town for a 3 day shopping binge. So we headed out to Brooklyn's Chophouse (players) to watch the Steelers game that night. So we all got dressed up in our Steelers clothes including our niece Lyla. Watched the Steelers get pretty much handled by the Patriots but it was still nice to spend the game with family. Then Monday we had a birthday dinner of Little Caesars and Kelci and I got to spend a ton of time playing with Lyla who is a walking machine now. Also I finally persuaded Kelci to give me my present a much anticipated Kindle E-Reader. An absolutely amazing present and while I know she doesn't get the point of reading books on "digital ink" I still love her for indulging me.
Tues was my birthday and after a few hours of work I headed to chipotle to eat a delicious bday lunch with Kelci, her mom, aunt and grandmother. Then the group of us met Andi, Mom, and Lyla at the Dr's office. We filled up the waiting room full of excitement. Kelci's sonogram ended up being scheduled for my bday which was pretty much the most amazing present ever. I've seen Kelci getting a little bit of a baby bump and of course knew we were having a kid, but actually seeing legs arms toes eyes a nose and everything was just absolutely amazing. It was thrilling and scary and awesome and just tons of emotions in a 10 minute sonogram session. We still aren't going to find out if it's a Maxwell or a Maxine so we'll just stick with max for now. After that it was a solid midday run, a nap and then London Broil and a Stout at Granite City. One of the best days of the Year.
Weds Thurs Friday were back to normal chill days with a little bit of running and a lot of reading, I borrowed my brother in laws Call of Duty game so between that and the wondrous kindle very little of anything else went down on my part other than a few runs getting ready for the turkey trot.
Saturday we were up fairly early so we could head over to Cowtown for the 35th annual Turkey Trot 10 mile run. At 9:00 after pretty much no warm up I lined up in the mid-back of the 800+ runners and the gun went off. First mile was pretty crowded running around people but after a couple it started to spread out and I was able to slowly pick people off. I love starting towards the back and then working my way forward from there. Maybe I'm just a jerk but I'd rather pass people than get passed. Unfortunately right at the 3 mile mark I got a hot spot on the inside of my left foot, which 7 miles later turned out to be a pretty huge blister with a matching buddy on the other foot. I didn't wear my race shoes and just my trainers and like the idiot I usually am I didn't tighten them and that led to my mediocre battle wounds. Luckily the pain didn't slow me down and I was able to finish the race more than 10 min faster than when I did the same race in 2008. I averaged 7:22 per mile which for me and my total lack of running lately was amazing. I was shooting for a time under 1 hour 20 min and ran it in 1 hour 13.
After the race we dropped bax off at the Vet so he could attend camp for 2 days…aka a kennel, and then we headed to KC for the Sunday Chiefs game. Met up at the Hotel with Kelci's extended family…think 60 people... and then headed to the Ameristar casino for some KC BBQ. Then it was to bed early after the long day and long drive. Up early Sunday to head to Arrowhead for some SERIOUS tailgating. I tried not to let the blisters limit me and played some tackle football and devoured some delicious burgers, dogs and brats…at 10 am… then into the stadium and our lower level end zone seats which were absolutely amazing. From the great vantage we watched the Chiefs handle the pretty lackluster Cardinals. Then it was back out for post-game tailgating. After another rowdy game of Tackle football and another huge helping of food it was back in the car for the 3 hour drive home. Which traffic and road work were nice enough to turn into a 4 hour drive.
Pretty solid couple of weeks, now we have the turkey day right around the corner and Kelci keeps talking about how great our Christmas tree would look in the living room, so here comes the hectic season
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