Deep Thoughts by Sarah Handy #3

1. Lost Dog:
For the first time in all of his 9 years, I lost Kai while running Ten Hills trail. I decided that I would run the entire loop without stopping (while pushing Tim in the jogging stroller -- not an easy feat). Well, it ended up that the run wasn't too bad and I made it! At the end of the run, I bumped into Mr. Brewer and Raul, the CV High running coaches. We chatted for a few minutes, (more on that under the next item) but when they left, Kai was nowhere to be found.
Normally, Kai is the perfect running partner. I like to run at 10 Hills because he can go off leash and he knows the trails there better than I. He must not have realized that I stopped & since the normally quiet trail was crowded with highschool runners, I'm guessing he continued on for a second time around.
After calling for him without a response, I ran both sides of the trail but still couldn't find him. By that time, it was dark, I had Timmy waking up in his stroller and I had left my cell phone at home. I decided to go home so I could let Brian know where I was and to have him help me look for Kai. Luckily, when I got home, my cell phone had a message from a girl who had found Kai on Redwood Road near the golf course. Thank goodness. Poor Kai Lua. I'm glad he was okay.


2. Black Sheep:
So I ran into Mr. Brewer first and talked to him for a minute or two before Raul showed up. When Raul came by, Brewer asked him if he remembered me and he said, "Yeah. You're the blacksheep." I asked him what he was talking about and he said, "You were the one who stayed out with your boyfriend and your parents called us to find you." Great. That's Raul's memory of me. I did make it clear to him that was the only bad thing I ever did... haha. I'm still laughing that Raul called me Blacksheep. hahaha..jerk.


3. Ticks:
Dude. I have found the fattest ticks on Kai lately. They are so big that their legs poke off of him like little toothpicks off of a gumdrop. Sick! Poor Kai. Maybe I need to stop running at the trails for a while.

4. Tim is awesome:
Tim has grown up so fast. He is sleeping so well. He falls asleep around 7:30pm and wakes up around 6:00am. Nice. So different from when we brought him home 2 1/2 months ago and had to feed him every three hours. I sure don't miss those days! He's eating like crazy and has already graduated to size 3 diapers. (I won't tell you what happens when we try to squeeze him into the size 2's.)



5. Baby Flip-off:
Is it just my baby that flips everyone off all the time?




6. Window Smashing:
It seems that every two years or so, we have a window smashed on one of our cars. The first one bugged me but now I think, yep, it really was time for it to happen again. This time it was the Xterra window. Usually someone drives up Stanton beaming a bunch of cars along the way with B.B.'s, bricks, rocks, etc. Our neighbors car was hit while she was driving! As Brian would say...Punk teens -- cancel prom. (And Raul called ME a blacksheep, hrmph!)



7. ATVing:
We bought a couple of used ATVs and took them out for a spin with Tim the other weekend in Burney. You all need to come up to Burney now for the fun. We have 2 dirtbikes and 2 ATVs to ride out in the forest behind the house. We should be able to take the ATVs out in the snow to pull people on sleds because they are 4-wheel drive. Whee!


8. Tim says:
Thanks for my cute clothes Uncle Joe & Auntie Steph!

Haha..this Blue Steel picture makes me laugh.