Hello World!

I feel like I am in computer programming 101 where you write your first program in a new language and it is always to print “Hello World!” onto the computer screen. Nerdy me was just going to print the computer code that would write that on the screen in some language (I hadn’t decided which yet) and then I realized, I DON’T REMEMBER HOW. Yay! Computer programming is no longer a language I speak!

Anywho, what am I up to. Today is my Friday . Yep, you heard that right, I have the rest of the week off. Five Glorious Days. Tomorrow I am going to see the Sound of Music (again!) with Sister S, D, and her older daughter. I’m pretty excited. S&D and I went to the Sing Along Sound of Music together in Toronto together and are all big Fans. S probably the biggest Sound of Music fan in the world. On Thursday and I hanging out as S’s house and we are taking the niece and nephew to the sugar bush. I’m excited since I haven’t got to spend much time with S since I finished grad school. In grad school I took off a few weeks and would go and stay with S and work on my thesis from her house and have a good visit. A is going to take the train down on Friday.

Other good news I forgot to post last week. A’s grandparents got a visa to come to Canada! They are arriving on May 5th (sorry burger, looks like we won’t be able to make it to the derby after all). They don’t have their return flight booked as of now, but their visa is for four months. For me to be able to visit Iran, we will have to have a muslim wedding ceremony, and we were thinking to do that when his grandparents are here since they really wanted to come over for the wedding but didn’t get the visa that time.

Week one of tri training done. Went well, I did a total of 2000 metres of swimming, 1 hour 30 minutes of biking, and 30 km of running. Not bad. Probably one of the best weeks I’ve had since… oh, June 2007 ;) This week is going to be not as great with visiting and travelling and what not. I hope to still get in at least two swims, three runs, and one bike. Fingers crossed!

An Overdue Update

So it seems that over three months have gone by since I have done a proper blog update. I needed a break. Didn’t have much to say. Et cetera.

So what have I been up to? Not much to be honest. I can’t believe the winter passed so quickly and that we are gearing up for another field season. For a goodly portion of April I will be out in the field. Yay.

Married life is going well. Not much has changed – if anything at all – since before the wedding. I can’t believe we got married pretty much 6 months ago now. The time has gone so quickly.

I signed up for a triathlon clinic at my gym. I think I am the only one in the clinic that has done a triathlon before. I probably won’t learn much, but it will help to have people to train with – particularily the swimming. I haven’t swum consistently since I was in grad school. I have just gone to the pool once or twice here and there. I went on Monday and man my chest is sore today! And I have to swim again tonight! Ack! I want to do an ironman in 2010, so I really need to get back into shape. These are my triathlon/running goals for 2009.

1) Lakeside triathlon – June 7 (750m/30km/7km) Burger? You wanna do it with me?
2) That Dam Trail Run – June 14 (half marathon) I’m pretty sure that it isn’t real trails. I might be getting in too deep here if I am wrong!
3) Maybe (just maybe) Muskoka 70.3 in September (70.3 = ironman brand Half ironman. 70.3 = total miles in a half ironman – 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run)
4) Hamilton Marathon November 1 (eek!)
5) Sign up for IM Florida on November 8 (double eek!)