Marian's Joke & other Randomness

Marian actually told a joke. I mean a real one, not the stuff she says that isn't funny at all! I was really excited. Joshua is obsessed with jokes right now, and Marian has apparently learned from him. Her joke goes like this:

What's invisible and smells like bananas?

Monkey Burps!

Yeah, gross, but darn funny! I laughed at that and she looked so pleased with herself. So it was worth it.

Here is what I found when I was running on Saturday. Okay, I had finished my run (all 4 miles, yeah, I'm good) and as I was walking, I saw this butterfly and I brought it in to show the girls. Then we released it. It didn't fly well and the wind was bad, so I hope it is okay.

This is Delaney, when the neighbor came over. It was so cute. She hid in Dan's legs and I had to get a picture of her. I guess she thought we were going to run away and leave her!

Okay, last thought for the night.... We have come up with a working plan for our move. Dan wants to detach on May 19, have the movers come the 19-20 and head up to DC on the 22-23. He will check in and we'll scope out the housing options. Then, after Memorial Day weekend, me and the kids will drive to my parents' house, while Dan stays behind. He will have time to really find a house, and I'll get to spend time with my family and drive to Colorado for our family reunion the end of June.

There are several drawbacks to this plan-1. Joshua will miss the last 3 weeks of school. 2. I'll send waaay too much time traveling and in hotel rooms with 4 cranky children. and 3. I'll miss the CP Triathlon. I have really been looking forward to it. I did it the last 2 years and I was going to try to make a better time this year. In 06 I was about 4 weeks pregnant when I did it, and in 07, I'd just had Delaney in Feb. I wasn't sure I could be ready for the trathlon (400m swim, 10 mile bike, 3 mile run), but I did it. I told Dan I had to have a special shirt.

This was my shirt last year. I had another design in mind for this year. So the delimma now is, that there is another sprint triathlon the next town over, but it is May 10. I can run, and I've been biking (only 4 miles) for the last 4 weeks, and I haven't been in the pool at all. Sooooo, 5 weeks to triple my biking, and to get my swim going. Ug. Yeah, the bike on this new one is 12 miles, not 10. I have a mountain bike and I suck at the bike part. I don't want to do it. If I don't try though, I know I'll kick myself. I just hate to get out of my comfort zone. I loved the CP one, its in my backyard! I run that path. I swim laps in that pool, and I bike that road. (Okay, I bike part of the path by that road!) I'm going to have to do the May 10 one. I will kick myself if I don't. Sigh. Now to find some motivation....