Salads

So at lunch me B. and R. went to Panera and I had a salad called asian sesame chicken it was pretty good but not as appealing to me as my favorite chicken caesar of course.

Yesterday was my day off from watching the girls so I did a nice 7 mile run and then went to tower records and browsed cds and dvds for a while.

At night I started getting caught up on the recent Doctor Who episdoes, I finally got to see "Father's Day" which I had read was considered one of the best of the new episodes and now I understand why. The premise is that Rose decides she wants to go back in time to 1987 to the day her Dad was hit by a car and died so she can comfort him. Doctor Who of course does this favor for Rose who in turn saves her Dad's life and thus creates a time paradox. In the end the Dad realizes this and goes to get hit by the car again which puts all time back to normal. As a father myself, it was very tough to watch, quite an emotional episode. But certainly the best I have seen so far. I believe I only have three more to go and then I am done with all of last season's episodes. What an amazing show.

Another show I keep hearing about is called "Veronica Mars" about a girl who is a detective I guess and solves mysteries. I might check it out and see what all of the fuss is about.

Today is an exciting day for N&J as they have testing on reading comprehension done at their new school. Last night I read them stories and then asked them questions about it. They did well but unfortunately the story was really a distressing one- about a grandfather who raises his grand-daughter all alone and then he gets ill and their roles are reversed, the little girl ends up tucking the Grandfather in to bed at night and reading him stories. N. was very sad about all of this, she is a lot like me after all, we are both extremely sensitive. J. on the other hand was very matter of fact about it but she had empathy towards N and myself and comforted us.

The other thing lately that I find hilarious is that N. wants me to shave my head but not J. They discuss this amongst themselves sometimes and it always makes me smile.
Tonight I am again taking them out for dinner and to play as A. is studying for another nursing certification thing.

So I am registered for three running races and also have three concerts this summer/fall:

I did three races all ready so this would be six for the season, not bad.

RACES:
May 29 Elgin Fox Trot 10 miles
June 4 Lincoln Park Zoo 5k race
October 22 Chicago Marathon

CONCERTS:

August 3,4,5 - Lollapalooza (the SHins, Ryan Adams, hot Chip, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc.) with B.
September 3 Cheap Trick with N&J AND B&R
September 29 Roger Waters with A.