Good morning Cheetahs!!!!!
Awww, thanks to EVERYONE for such a warm welcome & all the get-well wishes!
Things here are pretty good, although I think I must be getting restless because I've been going crazy in the kitchen... made 2 loaves of homemade bread & then pizza with roasted peppers, spinach, & goat cheese (yummy if you like that sort of thing...) I have until Thursday to stay completely away from workouts, but then I hope to at least get on the bike or elliptical.
Karen: Warm wishes to you & your mom, I know how devastating falls can be! LOL about Bryan Kest!!! ITA about yoga-- life for me is so much more balanced if I find time to fit it in... it's just the finding time part that can be difficult!
Linda: So sorry to hear about your family's experiences with preclampsia. It was definitely a tough few months for us.
Wendy: Your job sounds fantastic! I frequent the 24 Hour here & love those girls that watch my kids while I'm there-- they are lifesavers! When is DS's birthday? Mine's is May 22nd-- sounds like they're very close to the same age!

He is so fun, but he can be pretty intense! He's also in preschool, though just twice a week. It's run in collaboration with a gymnastics club, so he gets the academics & athletics. He's really enjoyed it so far. Good luck with the marathon training!!!

This April will be my first as well!
Cathy: Yay for English teachers!

That's exactly what I envisioned myself doing out of school... then through a series of life's twists & turns I ended up coaching instead. I love teaching-- so rewarding. LOL over "eating vs. cooking!" I think that's the best part about cooking-- the eating.

There's so many great skiing resorts out here-- my recommendations would be Brighton (not that I'm biased or anything

) & Alta in the SLC area & The Canyons in Park City. Those are the resorts locals usually go to. My dad grew up in SLC & was a ski instructor while he was in school-- he swears by Brighton & Alta. That's where I learned to ski, we'd fly out from Chicago every spring. And "Tommy Boy?" Classic.
Carole: LOL over DH's lazyboy!

My DH is a former swimmer like me, so I think when I started training for that tri it kinda sparked that competitive side in him again... he likes his lazyboy too!

The first triathlon we did last summer I actually beat him-- but no more!

He beat me in the last one we did in Sept. I'm just so glad he's doing something he enjoys again-- he'd been dealing with sleep apnea & other stuff... Most of it is gone now, so I'm very relieved. They say they should be able to tell if it's a stress fracture a couple weeks after the injury-- I guess usually they're too small to see on the x-ray initially but as they heal the calcification of the healing process shows up after a couple weeks.
Dallas: Yay for Chi-town!

I'm from the western suburbs-- I was born in Hinsdale & grew up in Woodridge/Downers Grove. I still have family in Naperville. Although I absolutely love living out west with the mountains & everything I get very homesick for Chicago. My dad is a big Sox fan & my mom is a Cubs fan.

I usually follow the Cubs, but I do cheer for both teams as well. LOL about working on my six-pack-- heaven knows I could use some extra work there!!!!!!

I'm a Shiva Rae fan as well!
Shelley: I am looking forward to getting on that elliptical crosstrainer ASAP!!!

I'd actually been thinking about rationalizing my way to getting on it now, but figure I'd probably better follow the dr's advice... But soon!

What a small world about the SLC marathon! I've heard it's supposed to be one of the better 26.2's at altitude. Where in AZ did you live? My mom's family is all in AZ-- Phoenix & the White Mountains area.
To everyone else, thanks so much for welcoming me here & bear with me as I get to know you all...

Best wishes & happy training!
~Brighton~