Hit the ARC today for the last 40-45 minutes of lap swim before their 1:30-3:00 maintenance shutdown (every day? really?). I had to share a lane for about 3/4 of the swim, but both were good lane partners. No biggie. The water was a little cooler than it has been the last few times which is good because I swear last week I felt like I was sweating while swimming and that isn't fun (plus it tends to fog the goggles more - really need to get me some anti-fog stuff - what do you use?). I started out feeling pretty strong - thinking I might have caught a glimpse of my inner shark. I must have gone out a little too hard though as I started feeling tired and slow in the middle and then felt a little better towards the end (better form?). I tried to count laps, but my mind wandered as I tired and then I tried to count again towards the end, but only got to 7 when they blew the whistle to get out (a couple min early even!). I must have swam kind of hard as I felt a little woozy getting out and feel pretty tired this evening.
I did take a picture of the pool as I am going to try to do a "day in the life" as discussed on SUAR's blog. I forgot this morning, but can recreate it tomorrow morning as getting lunches packed and kids off to school is about the same every day. Something to look forward to - although my days aren't that exciting.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
6x4x4 Bike Ride
A friend had suggested this workout a couple weeks ago, but for a variety of reasons (not the least of which was my 4 day mental vacation this week) I hadn't gotten around to it. But after all of the inspiration of yesterday's championships and the continued gorgeous weather here in central Missouri, I made sure there were no excuses today. Although I have to admit, that this:
made me briefly think about one excuse. Note how nearly straight out that flag is flying. Note all of the sunshine and hardly any clouds. The good news was that it was in the 70s for temps and the humidity is about 40%. The kids were happily left at home so it was just me and my bike.
I started out with a nice easy warm up for about 10 min, then I attempted to do 6 "hard" minutes followed by 4 "easy" minutes, 4 times with a pretty easy 10 min or so cool down. Part of the purpose of this is to get a better feel for "hard" versus "easy". What I found was that I couldn't really get to "hard" on the flat topography. I could only get up to "medium" by up'ing the cadence and switching to harder gears. So I added some hills to try to get in enough "hard" - and boy, I could feel "hard" deep in my lungs. But it was hard to stick exactly with the 6x4 plan because sometimes you'd hit a downhill during a hard section or you'd be finishing a hill on an easy section. So I went a little longer trying to get it somewhere close. I rode about 1 hr 12 min (including warmup/cool down) which was a little over 12.5 miles.
Oh, and as for that flag - I definitely could feel the 10 mph E-SE wind in my face on parts of my loops (I was never more than about 3 miles from home on mostly an E-W route). It kind of sucked! But thankfully it jived fairly well with the "hard" sections.
Tomorrow I have to meet my surveyor friend in the morning in Columbia to help him with a flood elevation certificate so that means it will be "swim" day. Yay!
made me briefly think about one excuse. Note how nearly straight out that flag is flying. Note all of the sunshine and hardly any clouds. The good news was that it was in the 70s for temps and the humidity is about 40%. The kids were happily left at home so it was just me and my bike.
I started out with a nice easy warm up for about 10 min, then I attempted to do 6 "hard" minutes followed by 4 "easy" minutes, 4 times with a pretty easy 10 min or so cool down. Part of the purpose of this is to get a better feel for "hard" versus "easy". What I found was that I couldn't really get to "hard" on the flat topography. I could only get up to "medium" by up'ing the cadence and switching to harder gears. So I added some hills to try to get in enough "hard" - and boy, I could feel "hard" deep in my lungs. But it was hard to stick exactly with the 6x4 plan because sometimes you'd hit a downhill during a hard section or you'd be finishing a hill on an easy section. So I went a little longer trying to get it somewhere close. I rode about 1 hr 12 min (including warmup/cool down) which was a little over 12.5 miles.
Oh, and as for that flag - I definitely could feel the 10 mph E-SE wind in my face on parts of my loops (I was never more than about 3 miles from home on mostly an E-W route). It kind of sucked! But thankfully it jived fairly well with the "hard" sections.
Tomorrow I have to meet my surveyor friend in the morning in Columbia to help him with a flood elevation certificate so that means it will be "swim" day. Yay!
Kona Inspiration
This last week started out pretty strong even with the ATV accident, but one rest day midweek turned into a complete losing of my motivation (and 3 more rest days - ack!) But yesterday, as I was totally procrastinating...um...everything...I was being reinspired by the awesomeness that is IronmanLive in Kona! Although the technology was giving me some fits, I loved every live blog update and each second of video.
I can't believe so few bloggers have said much about the incredible races yesterday. Julie Dibens rocking out the bike with a huge lead over Chrissie at one point and then I come back from going out to dinner and she isn't even in the race anymore? And Rinny chasing Chrissie down and trying to close that last few minute gap at the end? Crowie totally setting a course record by 12 seconds? Over 1000 racers (including an awful lot of crazy fast age groupers - including one CMC gal!! Yay Jackie!) going sub-11. Just too much awesomeness for one day!
And to add motivation to this incredible inspiration, CMC took their SIXTH national club championship in Myrtle Beach yesterday! Way to go! I hope to someday feel worthy of toeing the starting line with you. I had briefly thought about it this year, but I wouldn't have contributed much in points given my severe newbie status, but the course looked so awesome and CMC has such great support and sponsorship for this race. Maybe next year! Just too much travel already scheduled for this week for me.
So before the sun sets today I will get out there and get a nice long bike ride in. Have a meeting in Columbia tomorrow so there will be a swim. No excuses. No laziness. This week has got to go better!
I can't believe so few bloggers have said much about the incredible races yesterday. Julie Dibens rocking out the bike with a huge lead over Chrissie at one point and then I come back from going out to dinner and she isn't even in the race anymore? And Rinny chasing Chrissie down and trying to close that last few minute gap at the end? Crowie totally setting a course record by 12 seconds? Over 1000 racers (including an awful lot of crazy fast age groupers - including one CMC gal!! Yay Jackie!) going sub-11. Just too much awesomeness for one day!
And to add motivation to this incredible inspiration, CMC took their SIXTH national club championship in Myrtle Beach yesterday! Way to go! I hope to someday feel worthy of toeing the starting line with you. I had briefly thought about it this year, but I wouldn't have contributed much in points given my severe newbie status, but the course looked so awesome and CMC has such great support and sponsorship for this race. Maybe next year! Just too much travel already scheduled for this week for me.
So before the sun sets today I will get out there and get a nice long bike ride in. Have a meeting in Columbia tomorrow so there will be a swim. No excuses. No laziness. This week has got to go better!
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Brownie 5K+/-
I really wasn't feeling it today. My mood was crappy and I felt like snacking all day. I didn't get much work done. I was just blah! Hello PMS! I was feeling slightly less physically sore and beat up, but wasn't excited about getting in a workout. Then I noticed that it was Brownie meeting night. So I thought to myself "No excuses! Shut up and walk/run already!" My 7 year old daughter's Brownie Girl Scout meetings are an hour long and held at our church/school. No reason I can't spend most of that time on the sidewalks.
I decided to mix it up and take a different route. One of the other moms took a walk in the same general direction, but at a much slower pace and shorter planned distance so I didn't stay with her past the first intersection. Instead I headed off at a brisk walk and broke into a jog at the 5 min mark. I alternated some walking and jogging doing a loop through Lincoln University campus and back up towards church. The problem was it was getting kind of dark towards the end and the campus isn't in the greatest neighborhood. Note to self - don't go this way again. I mapped it tonight (roughly) and it was right at about 3 mi.
I felt pretty strong for part of the time, but the last part sucked because my shins were starting to argue with me. I was in the last few blocks anyway so I just decided it was time to cool down by returning to a brisk walk. Got back and did some stretching while chatting with the other moms as the girls had their snack. Then came home and stretched some more and did some core work while watching some Biggest Loser. Been a while since I've done much of that - it was much easier this time. I really need to incorporate more strength work in general.
I decided to mix it up and take a different route. One of the other moms took a walk in the same general direction, but at a much slower pace and shorter planned distance so I didn't stay with her past the first intersection. Instead I headed off at a brisk walk and broke into a jog at the 5 min mark. I alternated some walking and jogging doing a loop through Lincoln University campus and back up towards church. The problem was it was getting kind of dark towards the end and the campus isn't in the greatest neighborhood. Note to self - don't go this way again. I mapped it tonight (roughly) and it was right at about 3 mi.
I felt pretty strong for part of the time, but the last part sucked because my shins were starting to argue with me. I was in the last few blocks anyway so I just decided it was time to cool down by returning to a brisk walk. Got back and did some stretching while chatting with the other moms as the girls had their snack. Then came home and stretched some more and did some core work while watching some Biggest Loser. Been a while since I've done much of that - it was much easier this time. I really need to incorporate more strength work in general.
Monday, October 3, 2011
A little beat up...but swam anyway
I definitely felt some of the 11+ miles of my Saturday in my legs that night as I lay in bed. And I expected that there would be a little more stiffness on Sunday evening after sitting on an ATV for several hours on Sunday (plus you do engage some core as you manage balance on some rough terrain). But what I didn't count on was my son flipping us over about 15-20 min into the day-long ride.
He has been driving our Honda Recon alone and with a parent for a while now, but he mostly is in open pasture and this was much more technical going through woods and ditches. He didn't gear down and spun going up an embankment from a ditch. Then he panicked and hit the throttle instead of just braking and yelling for help (my husband was right in front of us and another UV was right behind us). This is a pretty light machine and not 4WD. So, in slow motion, the whole thing flipped over on top of us. Thankfully, the rack on the back took some of the weight of the machine off me, but I had part of my son's 119 lbs and part of the machine's weight and all of my weight pressing my left arm/shoulder/hip into the rocks and mud. My son's left hand/knuckles got trapped under the handlebar, but we laid there for mere seconds before my husband got us free and helped us up. My daughter (who was riding with her dad) was hysterical, but my son and I were both kind of stunned. We were just glad to be basically ok - just a few bumps, bruises and scrapes.
The ATV started right back up and I drove it the rest of the morning while my son rode with his dad. As we continued on, I got a little teared up thinking about how much worse it could have been. He drove again a little bit after lunch, but let me take control on a few more inclines. I was proud of him for not letting it get him down. We both were feeling a little beat up last night so we iced his hand some more and I took some ibuprofen. I woke up a lot last night as I found new places that were sore every time I moved in bed. The only visible marks are a big bruise on my arm and some scrapes/small bruise on my back. I had a jacket tied around my waist that cushioned a little of the blow to my left hip, but I can feel the soreness deeper in (no visible bruise).
But today I wanted to work out some of the stiffness in my left shoulder and had to come to Columbia for business anyway so I went to get my swim in at the ARC. I didn't feel particularly fast most of the time and some of it outright stunk. But I got through it. I figured that was OK for today. Forty minutes - probably barely 1500 yards - win some, lose some. If my husband is up for it, might take a short walk after dinner. If not, I won't be all that bummed to just chill.
He has been driving our Honda Recon alone and with a parent for a while now, but he mostly is in open pasture and this was much more technical going through woods and ditches. He didn't gear down and spun going up an embankment from a ditch. Then he panicked and hit the throttle instead of just braking and yelling for help (my husband was right in front of us and another UV was right behind us). This is a pretty light machine and not 4WD. So, in slow motion, the whole thing flipped over on top of us. Thankfully, the rack on the back took some of the weight of the machine off me, but I had part of my son's 119 lbs and part of the machine's weight and all of my weight pressing my left arm/shoulder/hip into the rocks and mud. My son's left hand/knuckles got trapped under the handlebar, but we laid there for mere seconds before my husband got us free and helped us up. My daughter (who was riding with her dad) was hysterical, but my son and I were both kind of stunned. We were just glad to be basically ok - just a few bumps, bruises and scrapes.
The ATV started right back up and I drove it the rest of the morning while my son rode with his dad. As we continued on, I got a little teared up thinking about how much worse it could have been. He drove again a little bit after lunch, but let me take control on a few more inclines. I was proud of him for not letting it get him down. We both were feeling a little beat up last night so we iced his hand some more and I took some ibuprofen. I woke up a lot last night as I found new places that were sore every time I moved in bed. The only visible marks are a big bruise on my arm and some scrapes/small bruise on my back. I had a jacket tied around my waist that cushioned a little of the blow to my left hip, but I can feel the soreness deeper in (no visible bruise).
But today I wanted to work out some of the stiffness in my left shoulder and had to come to Columbia for business anyway so I went to get my swim in at the ARC. I didn't feel particularly fast most of the time and some of it outright stunk. But I got through it. I figured that was OK for today. Forty minutes - probably barely 1500 yards - win some, lose some. If my husband is up for it, might take a short walk after dinner. If not, I won't be all that bummed to just chill.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Anniversary of Sorts...Not Triathlon Related
Today is October 1, 2011. Exactly one year ago today I packed up the remains of my cubicle home for the last time and came home to a lot of prayer of what God's plan was for my life. I had over 15 years of experience as a civil engineer and had never been unemployed before. The consulting firm I worked for had gone through at least 3 staff reductions over the previous 2 years. I don't know why I was so stupid to not see it coming. Maybe because I was busy when the called me and four others into the conference room one at a time and laid us off. Oh, and in our industry - that really means fired...not that they will call us back some day when they need staff again. Except they told us earlier in Sept and sent the other four immediately home that day telling me that I had until Oct 1 because a principal had told them that he needed me to finish a project for him before I left. But laying me off just meant that they didn't really have cause other than they couldn't foresee enough workload to justify us staying on. Never mind a couple of guys making way more than me that continue to be there wasting oxygen.
So the question in my head was "Well, what do I do now?" And the answer was that I had a certain amount of clients that would follow me because there wasn't anyone at that 9-office firm that did what I did for them. And it looked like I would have at least a little work for the old company as a subcontractor because they were still under contractual obligation to some of "my" clients. And given central MO isn't the mecca of engineering opportunity and no one else was really hiring, I dove into the complete unknown of being self-employed. There was a lot of stumbling around that first few months. I spent 2 months obtaining liability insurance (oh yeah, with the pollution rider since I do Clean Water Act stuff), wrote a business plan (yeah, they didn't teach us about those in engineering school), and tried to get the word out to my "network" about my "new adventure" without sounding too bitter about how it came to pass.
The spring brought a big subdivision project (yeah, that I haven't gotten completely paid for yet) and the summer brought annual report season for my municipal stormwater clients (thankfully, they did pay promptly), but this fall brought a work slowdown that feels like someone put on the brakes. I had goals for this first year. I got about 70% there - that feels like a C-. But I managed to keep my head above water so maybe I should be more grateful for what this year has been.
Unemployment hit our household again the end of July when my husband was laid off again (electrician - this does mean he would get recalled as work picked up). He'd had a good run - 20 months of 40 hr/week. But we'd been living on his income so it was a hit. Thankfully, we're very conservative with saving when he's working so we're fine and, also thankfully, he was asked by the hall to go out to the nuclear plant for a shutdown project this fall which he started this last Tue. Will be nice to be able to pay bills without dipping so far into savings.
I do recognize that my owner/principal engineer status has afforded me some flexibility I would have never had if I were still working for "the man". This summer when I got up early and got in a brick workout (45 min bike/30 min brisk walk) would not have been possible if I had to be at work 40 min away at 8 AM. Or when I would knock off at 2 or 3 PM on Friday and take my son to the pool so we could both get some exercise. Or when I would swim for 30-45 minutes during the workday at the ARC (ok, I might have been able to swap a lunch hour or two for that one, but still - it was nice not to have to worry about what I looked like when I was done). So maybe part of God's plan was that I would finally be able to take some time to take care of me. To move me from a girl who couldn't swim 25 yards, couldn't walk step for step with my husband and thought 5 miles on the bike on flat terrain was a "killer workout" to this person that finished two sprint triathlons and a couple of 5k's and has lofty goals for next year.
What will this next year bring me as I grow as a business owner, a triathlete and a person? Will be interesting to see. Went to mass this evening and thanked God that we made it through this first year and to give me strength to get through this next one. I also thanked Him that I am able to do the things I can do with this slowly shrinking body and prayed for continued progress on my fitness goals. I thanked the Lord for the extra time I've gotten to spend with my children now that I am the one that picks them up from school most days and for the other times I've been able to participate in their lives. So many times I want to kick God out of the driver's seat, but I know that I must surrender my willfulness. I need to believe that His plans are greater than mine.
OK - we'll be back to regular scheduled programming soon.
So the question in my head was "Well, what do I do now?" And the answer was that I had a certain amount of clients that would follow me because there wasn't anyone at that 9-office firm that did what I did for them. And it looked like I would have at least a little work for the old company as a subcontractor because they were still under contractual obligation to some of "my" clients. And given central MO isn't the mecca of engineering opportunity and no one else was really hiring, I dove into the complete unknown of being self-employed. There was a lot of stumbling around that first few months. I spent 2 months obtaining liability insurance (oh yeah, with the pollution rider since I do Clean Water Act stuff), wrote a business plan (yeah, they didn't teach us about those in engineering school), and tried to get the word out to my "network" about my "new adventure" without sounding too bitter about how it came to pass.
The spring brought a big subdivision project (yeah, that I haven't gotten completely paid for yet) and the summer brought annual report season for my municipal stormwater clients (thankfully, they did pay promptly), but this fall brought a work slowdown that feels like someone put on the brakes. I had goals for this first year. I got about 70% there - that feels like a C-. But I managed to keep my head above water so maybe I should be more grateful for what this year has been.
Unemployment hit our household again the end of July when my husband was laid off again (electrician - this does mean he would get recalled as work picked up). He'd had a good run - 20 months of 40 hr/week. But we'd been living on his income so it was a hit. Thankfully, we're very conservative with saving when he's working so we're fine and, also thankfully, he was asked by the hall to go out to the nuclear plant for a shutdown project this fall which he started this last Tue. Will be nice to be able to pay bills without dipping so far into savings.
I do recognize that my owner/principal engineer status has afforded me some flexibility I would have never had if I were still working for "the man". This summer when I got up early and got in a brick workout (45 min bike/30 min brisk walk) would not have been possible if I had to be at work 40 min away at 8 AM. Or when I would knock off at 2 or 3 PM on Friday and take my son to the pool so we could both get some exercise. Or when I would swim for 30-45 minutes during the workday at the ARC (ok, I might have been able to swap a lunch hour or two for that one, but still - it was nice not to have to worry about what I looked like when I was done). So maybe part of God's plan was that I would finally be able to take some time to take care of me. To move me from a girl who couldn't swim 25 yards, couldn't walk step for step with my husband and thought 5 miles on the bike on flat terrain was a "killer workout" to this person that finished two sprint triathlons and a couple of 5k's and has lofty goals for next year.
What will this next year bring me as I grow as a business owner, a triathlete and a person? Will be interesting to see. Went to mass this evening and thanked God that we made it through this first year and to give me strength to get through this next one. I also thanked Him that I am able to do the things I can do with this slowly shrinking body and prayed for continued progress on my fitness goals. I thanked the Lord for the extra time I've gotten to spend with my children now that I am the one that picks them up from school most days and for the other times I've been able to participate in their lives. So many times I want to kick God out of the driver's seat, but I know that I must surrender my willfulness. I need to believe that His plans are greater than mine.
OK - we'll be back to regular scheduled programming soon.
Jog for Cause 5K + Functional Fitness
Got up and moving this morning to head out to a little local race to raise a little money for breast cancer research (a fundraising team entitled "Save the Wonder Twins" - love it!). This was organized by a friend of a friend and it is just a couple exits down the highway from my house which are the two reasons I chose it over the other races in the area today. It was also super duper cheap ($15 if you paid by early bird deadline) and that included a T-shirt. I wanted to establish a 5K time without my 7 year old affecting the time so I went alone. I only knew one other person in the race (which kind of surprised me) and then the one gal that was one of the organizers. Should definitely recruit some other friends for my next 5K!
Jog for the Cause started at the Taos, MO, Knights of Columbus hall, ran down to/into/out of Bradford Court, back down Hwy M to the park entrance and then down the long driveway of the park to the finish "chute"/flags. There was awesome law enforcement (sheriff) support to control traffic and one little water station about half way through by the church. Weather remained sunny and gorgeous even if a little cool (44° when I left the house - brr).
I'll have to double check, but I think the official time was 42:05 for just over a 13:34 min/mile pace. The first mile was much stronger (more flat/downhill and got a little caught up in the starting line energy) with a 12:07 split (according to my cheapo Walmart watch) with the 2nd mile slowing way down (much more going up hill) to about 15:30 with the 3rd mile picking a little back up (mostly because I wanted to be done, but there was a pretty good downhill too) to about 13:30 and then I tried to run it in! I came in 60th overall out of about 140 walkers/runners. So even though it was mostly walkers behind me, I'll call that a top 45% finish. When you are slow as shit, it don't take much to set a new PR!
Oh, and of course there were a few of those asshat runners that ran the course backwards, talked about doing another 5, 7, 10, etc miles afterwards to get in their training for half-mary's/full mary's, etc. Like I don't feel bad enough about a 42 min 5K to have their incredible fitness rubbed in my face. Oh, and the guy in a Boston Marathon t-shirt. Yeah..those types. LOL
Rushed off after grabbing a half bagel and banana at the end to catch my son's football game only to find out they had changed the schedule and the game was later. Oh well, got to wash my face and grab a folding chair to take out to the field. Hung out while my nephew's team finished getting their butts kicked and then while our team battled it out for a 18-12 win so they are now 1-1-1. Then we all went out to lunch and ate too much (ugh - I should really learn).
I came home and gathered my things to run an errand. The "functional fitness" part of my day was putting my library book, ID, and phone in a little backpack and heading out to the library on my bike. It is 8+ miles round trip and I didn't try to push speed, but did manage to ride up a couple of the ugly hills between here and there. Had to walk the one on Doehla on the ride back because I couldn't get my bike to downshift and lost momentum trying to get it done. It is a short hill so I just walked it up and then rode the rest of the way home. I did the whole trip in about an hour including locking up the bike to return the book, find and check out two more. I took Kovas's suggestion and picked up "Run Like a Girl" and then a few others who said "Born to Run" was an interesting read. Both were on shelf so yeehah for that.
Tomorrow will be a long day with probably about 30 miles on a charity ATV ride down near Freeburg, MO. The weather appears to be holding and the beginning of fall color should be gorgeous through there. We'll see a lot of my husband's extended family so should be a great day.
Jog for the Cause started at the Taos, MO, Knights of Columbus hall, ran down to/into/out of Bradford Court, back down Hwy M to the park entrance and then down the long driveway of the park to the finish "chute"/flags. There was awesome law enforcement (sheriff) support to control traffic and one little water station about half way through by the church. Weather remained sunny and gorgeous even if a little cool (44° when I left the house - brr).
I'll have to double check, but I think the official time was 42:05 for just over a 13:34 min/mile pace. The first mile was much stronger (more flat/downhill and got a little caught up in the starting line energy) with a 12:07 split (according to my cheapo Walmart watch) with the 2nd mile slowing way down (much more going up hill) to about 15:30 with the 3rd mile picking a little back up (mostly because I wanted to be done, but there was a pretty good downhill too) to about 13:30 and then I tried to run it in! I came in 60th overall out of about 140 walkers/runners. So even though it was mostly walkers behind me, I'll call that a top 45% finish. When you are slow as shit, it don't take much to set a new PR!
Oh, and of course there were a few of those asshat runners that ran the course backwards, talked about doing another 5, 7, 10, etc miles afterwards to get in their training for half-mary's/full mary's, etc. Like I don't feel bad enough about a 42 min 5K to have their incredible fitness rubbed in my face. Oh, and the guy in a Boston Marathon t-shirt. Yeah..those types. LOL
Rushed off after grabbing a half bagel and banana at the end to catch my son's football game only to find out they had changed the schedule and the game was later. Oh well, got to wash my face and grab a folding chair to take out to the field. Hung out while my nephew's team finished getting their butts kicked and then while our team battled it out for a 18-12 win so they are now 1-1-1. Then we all went out to lunch and ate too much (ugh - I should really learn).
I came home and gathered my things to run an errand. The "functional fitness" part of my day was putting my library book, ID, and phone in a little backpack and heading out to the library on my bike. It is 8+ miles round trip and I didn't try to push speed, but did manage to ride up a couple of the ugly hills between here and there. Had to walk the one on Doehla on the ride back because I couldn't get my bike to downshift and lost momentum trying to get it done. It is a short hill so I just walked it up and then rode the rest of the way home. I did the whole trip in about an hour including locking up the bike to return the book, find and check out two more. I took Kovas's suggestion and picked up "Run Like a Girl" and then a few others who said "Born to Run" was an interesting read. Both were on shelf so yeehah for that.
Tomorrow will be a long day with probably about 30 miles on a charity ATV ride down near Freeburg, MO. The weather appears to be holding and the beginning of fall color should be gorgeous through there. We'll see a lot of my husband's extended family so should be a great day.
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