Guess what I'm doing this weekend?

I'm going sailing. Literally.

On a sail boat. On real salt water.

Sans Kids.

I'm taking the Learn to Sail class. It's 2 weekends, starting tonight and I'm not sure what I'm more excited about- leaving the kids home with Larry for that entire time or learning to sail so I can rent the sailboats from base and take off on my own.

I'm going to ask for a raise when this is done. Because I'm pretty sure after 2 weekends with the kids, he's going to appreciate me all the more.

And since I'm asking for that raise, I already scheduled a consultation for me to get Lasik. The thought of them touching my eyes, pain, and threat of blindness is kinda scary, but the thought of being able to find the alarm clock without trying to find my glasses is awfully tempting. I don't ever remember not wearing glasses. I think it would be amazing to not wear them. I remember one time I was about 14 I fell asleep after school wearing my contact lenses and woke up in darkness and was able to see. It was amazing. I thought Jesus healed me. Sadly, He hadn't. A few minutes after waking up, I realized the eye pain came from the contacts still in my eyes, not from the divine hand of God. I've tried the extended wear soft lenses, but couldn't see well enough to drive safely or read at all. So I'm talking myself into Lasik. If I'm going to go for cosmetic surgery, I guess it's the most practical.

It also is playing into my early-mid-life crisis. I have it in my head that I need to start running somewhat competively- to get in shape, mostly, so I'd been jogging but not quickly until 2 girls from my bible study talked me into joining them on weekends. They're training for a 1/2 marathon and have been for 2 months now. I'm no where near their fitness level. They're running 9 miles this weekend and if I wasn't going sailing, I was considering it. Cept they'd have to come pick me up when they're done. Maybe with paramedics.

In no other news- well.. I don't know that there is other news.

Nothing exciting anyway, or nothing exciting enough I can think to write it down.

So.. off I go to make a list for Larry to take the kids to Soccer, birthday party and church with cupcakes for the soccer game, card for the soccer coaches, and if he can get the rest of the parents to sign them.. a gift for the brithday party and the operation christmas child shoe boxes on Sunday. Plus he'll have to feed them and if he has any interst in eating off dishes, he'll have to put the dishes in the dishwasher and run it at least 1 or 2 times.

Maybe I'll run out and buy some peper plates now that I'm thinking about it.