With all of the road trips Tom and I have been on lately, you may think we get bored spending all that time in the car. Think again! We have found that the best way to pass the time is by reading out loud to each other. Sure we get our share of dry throats and I get a little motion sick, but we can ride 300 miles and have covered tons of ground in an exciting, easy to follow book. (We have "real" conversations too; but the books make the time fly.) Harry Potter has been the best source of entertainment. Anything of higher literary value gets too distracting for the driver. We bought the final book, The Deathly Hallows, but after reading the first 2 chapters, it was clear that I needed a refresher of the last book. So we finished The Half-Blood Prince up in Duluth this weekend and have just re-started the final book in the series. It's great; we get to share in the excitement of the book, and reading out loud slows it down and makes it last longer, because let's be honest, who ever wants a Harry Potter book to end?! I'm hoping she comes out with a Prequel series soon!
We were up in Duluth to do a triathlon relay as the "Spring Lake Athletic Club". My sister Gretchen swam, I biked, Tom ran. It was great to have Gretchen involved, and hopefully more and more family members will join in in the years to come. We got third in our relay division; a decent showing, I think... Oh, and I should probably mention the "superb" fajitas we made Saturday night. They were, well, superb. Followed by homemade margarita pie that was smooth and tart, I was feeling good up until about 20 minutes before the race. Not good to bike on an upset stomach! If only I had my own personal Madam Pomfrey to cure all my ails...
