Another 5K down

Well, I ran another 5K this weekend. I did it in 25:54 which is about 2 minutes better than my best for the year and only about 45 seconds off my best. The race was decent and I ran it fairly well (except for the 2 times I about dy heaved after the 2 mile mark). The next race will be in 2 weeks in Van Wert (kids schedule permitting).

GOOD NEWS.... I have accepted an offer from CTS to come back. I would be MTL (manufacturing technical leader). It is a combination of engineer and UAW supervisor and Lean implementation. Actually, the engineering is minimal but I will be responsible for everything in the assembly department from scheduling to shipments to UAW issues. The pay is the same as when I left (minus the 5% paycut the everyone at CTS is taking right now) so I can't complain. I start June 1.

Later

Oh ya, by the way, Mady is almost fully potty trained. She only had one issue in 4 days at grandpas and 'Bamas. I have to make her say Grandma soon. 'Bama gives me the willies.

Mady May 2009

Well, grandma and grandpa took Mady for 4 days. They had a lot of fun which included tents and kittens. Mady had a blast.

Friday. Mady did better on her potty training today than yesterday. Yesterday she had one #1 issue and one #1 and #2 issue combined. Today, just the #1 and #2 issue combined. We feed her really buttery corn yesterday so we had it coming today. BUT, potty training herself seems to be working but she still needs the suggestion planted in the head. Daily potty updates will be coming if she continues to be successful (plus it is better than talking about my ever increasing wieght and my poor running workouts).

Our Superstar Sleeping Beauty...actually photo..he chose the blanket

Look at the determination. She has been hitting the hell out of the ball...finally

Good photo

Ok, I should be back regularly. Mady has been wearing panties almost all day today with only 2 accidents. What seems to work the best is to have her potty train herself. I know it seems to be the lazy way out but it seems to be working. She seems to get a kick out of going to the bathroom, undressing herself, and getting on the potty all by herself. Whatever works!!!!

I will be posting various pics soon.

I got a new hard drive from Samsung. It took Kerry and I all day to load everything but it is done.

Bad news, Kerry got let go on Tuesday. Both unemployed

Running update. April 26, 2009 I ran the breast cancer run in South Bend. My time was 27:04 which is better than the Wake Forest run but the run still sucked. I blame this on several things:

1.) Treadmills suck for speed workouts, even when they are placed on a incline.
2.) Allergies. Full force here and Zertec did well but I still had drainage during the race.
3.) After 4 months of running, I am still out of shape.
4.) Bad weather. There is just not a substitute for running on trails. Oxbow park is still flooded from the rain we had from a month ago. It doesn't help that every 4-5 days, we get at least an inch of rain.
5.) Cold. It rarely reaches 55 degrees and that is with a 20 mph wind...too darn cold for outside runing.
6.) Age, I am 34 now. Might as well start drawing social security. My life is OVER!!!!!

3 weeks until my next run Memorial Day Sunday