Adventures of Julie-uli-uli & Captain Obvious

Today my sister is running a marathon (her first) in Arizona. I think I'm a bad sister because:
a) I'm not going
b) I don't even know what city it's in!

But anyway, I'm really excited for her that she's doing this incredible thing that I don't know if I could do. She's been training in MICHIGAN. Recently. Training for a marathon in Michigan in winter is NOT something that I'm really eager to do. So just there she gets major credit.

As I type this she's already running and has been running for a few hours. I hope she's doing well and gets an unexpected second wind :)

Although I can't be there, I am thinking of her and I do love her! I love you lobby!

Go sister go!

We did it! CO and I ran the entire 10K race - even without training adequately! We finished at a not-so-glamorous time of 1:06, but hey... not too bad!

I'm Miss Grumpy Pants right now, as I often am on Tuesdays after I spend my first of three days nannying. Today was mostly good, but in the last hour, he tried to bite me because I wouldn't do something. That makes me cranky.

In other news, I'm reading Cry the beloved country. And loving it.

Nobody likes a grumpy pants, so I'm going to go and get some food. Adios, keiki.

Today was a lovely day in Melbourne (as was yesterday!). Yesterday, CO and I headed out to Bells Beach and he went surfing. I was content reading on the beach with the sun warming my skin and a slight breeze on my face. It was delightful!!

The trees are in bloom (and allergy season is in full swing) and St Kilda Road is absolutely gorgeous. It's lined with elm trees and is one of my favorite parts about traveling around the city. The Yarra River was lined with people out enjoying the sun, and people were basking on the steps in Federation Square.

Tomorrow, CO and I are going to run 10K as part of the Melbourne Marathon races. Let's hope we don't die. :S It should be gorgeous, but we haven't trained as well as we should have... oh no!

After running the 5K for the River Bank Run, we girls decided to get the whole family in on the fun. We all "trained" (in our own ways) for the run on the 4th of July weekend.

Well, I'm not so sure I was proud of my running. Granted, I kind of make fun of Phoebe-runners (who doesn't?), but really, I don't think I'm the cat's meow of running. I certainly don't think that now.




Saturday morning, while running, I guess I wasn't paying attention... And in the middle of my residential neighborhood, I wiped out. I bit it bad. It was one of those where you actually have time to think on the way down. Is this the best way to fall? I couldn't come up with a fast enough response, so it just happened. Of course, it was at the exact middle of what I had intended to run, so I was the farthest away from my house I planned to be. On my way home, a kind lady asked me if I was ok and let me rinse off my leg and hand in the sprinkler...

It'll take me a while to recover from this one. Pictures don't do it justice.







HWotD:
hāʻule - to fall, drop, tumble
"haaah-ooh-lay"