beautiful tuesday

it was a glorious day... the weather was ideal.

i got up early, drove the two older kids to school and then had to take sam to the dentist. we arrived at the dentist office a little early (8:10 for a 8:30 appt.) and sat in the car with the windows down for a few minutes to wait for the office to open. it was already warm.. probably 70ish.. and there was a slight breeze... the breeze brought with it the aroma of lilacs. its the first time i've smelled it this year.. and the scent filled the car.

i did buy 2 lilac bushes for my new garden, but they are only saplings... i don't know how many years it will take before they flower enough to fill the backdeck with that sweet smell.

i dropped sam at school and headed for the gym. it was kinda annoying at the gym today. i just wanted to swim my laps and get on with my day. it started out just fine... only a few little kids in the lesson pool and the lap pool was completely empty :D

i started swimming and it didn't take long before a VERY annoying man showed up. he chose the lane directly next to me. when i swim laps.. i don't go fast, just a steady pace, and my goal is to swim between 30-50 minutes.. depending on how much time i have. Mr. annoying showed up after i had already been swimming for 15 minutes and my pace was already set. the first annoying thing he did was stop me when i got to the end of my lane to turn around.. :| so there went my pace.. and then he asked me "how long is one lap in this pool?" clearly annoyed i said "i don't know... i swim according to time, not how many laps i go..."

i then tried to regain my pace... get my heart rate to a steady 140 or so.. and continue... when all of a sudden Mr annoying decided to attempt somesort of butterfly stroke.... and with all of his flailing about he ended up spalshing me right in the face as i turned to take a breath..... ugh. i inhailed the water (that never feels good) and had to stop again to cough up the water

there was still several lanes free.. so i decided to move down and try to continue my workout. about 30 minutes into my swim... another guy jumped into the pool.. of course he chose a lane directly next to mine. when i got to the end of the lane... this guy would start swimming.. really fast.. like we were racing :| and then when he would get to the other end of the pool before me, he would just sit and wait until i got there.. and i would turn... and he would do it again. i've experienced this same thing in the pool before.. always with men... they like to feel like we are racing.. and they are always winning :| it usually lasts about 10 minutes then they get tired and leave. guys do the same thing on the freeway i've noticed.. if you pull up next to them.. they just can't stand it.. they have to go faster than you. ok.. i'm not bashing guys.. just making an observation ;)

i stopped at the garden shop and bought a few things for my yard... i still don't know what is already planted here, things are just starting to bud and pop up out of the ground. i'm fairly sure there isn't a single thing planted in the flower bed that borders my back fence, so i'm going to make that into a vegetable garden.

i also got 2 planters to put on the railing of my back deck.... i think i'll enjoy this house a lot more once i get some beatiful things growing in the back garden.

i called a pool company to come and do some minor repairs and open the swimming pool for the season but they can't get here until the last week in may. i don't think it will be warm enough to swim before then anyway.. but i'm having a party on june4 (end of the year party for one of my music groups) i hope the pool is ready by then.

bills traveling again.. new york city this time.. i swear he travels 2 or 3 days each week, and most of the time he is flying somewhere for a one hour meeting.. seems like a waste of money to me. with phone conferencing and video conferencing.. i would think flying across the country to have a one hour meeting would be a thing of the past.

although.. i have to say.. i wouldn't my flying to manhattan for a day ;)

tomorrow i have class... and then if the weather holds up.. i'll be in the garden again

bye for now!