Knees

So today, my knees are killing me. I don't know what is going on exactly. On the way down the steps this morning to get Lukin up, I thought my knees were being weird. They had this dull ache to them. They almost feel like they are separate entities today. I don't even get it. Then when I was walking into work, I tripped over my own feet and thought that it was because of my knees. If anyone has any advice for me and my knees, I would be glad to hear it.

Generations

So this weekend, I spent time with my grandma, her husband, my mom, and my son. There were others, but those were the main players in my weekend. And I have to say that it is funny how the more time you spend together, the more obvious the generational gap seems to be.

For example: On Saturday night, my grandma and her husband were preparing this big meal for the family so we could celebrate my son's 2nd birthday and my grandma's husband's 65th birthday. While they were in the process of preparing all this food, they got warm. Well, their solution was to turn the AC down to 70 degrees. Now, I know that if you are hot, that would seem like the logical thing to do. But I think it was this generational thing that made me upset that they thought it was okay to let the AC run at 70 degrees. At our house, we would never think to turn it down to 70 in the summer (nor would we let it be as high as 70 in the winter).

I just had to shrug my shoulders because what good would trying to lecture about preserving the planet do when explaining it to those who are older? I didn't know the answer.

On a side note, I also noted that the older you get, the more that you feel having floral patterned stuff if okay. I am glad I am not there yet either.

YouTube

I don't know if I have ever mentioned this before, but I really enjoy YouTube. I don't use it for much reallly, but whenever I have a song in my head and want to hear it, I just go to YouTube, type it in, and there's my song. I love that. Today, I decided that I wanted to hear 'Say it Right' because I haven't heard it in a long time. Then I decided that I wanted to hear some Paul McCartney from the 90s, post Beatles Anthology, pre-Linda passing away. I just think it is nice that there is the technology available so that I can tune into these songs whenever I really want to. That's pretty awesome. Thanks YouTube.

Jumping Jacks

Lots of things are running through my head on which I would like to comment like the fact that I didn't know my blog would become a place to debate airplane fuel efficiency. Or maybe I should comment on the fact that I still don't have pics of Lukin's birthday on here. Or maybe I should comment on the new job opportunity that has presented itself. But instead of all those things, I want to talk about jumping jacks.

Jumping jacks. The words themselves bring to mind phy ed in elementary school. They weren't hard to do. They didn't require any equipment. They were just part of the mandatory gym drill and we didn't ever really question why. Now I know why. If anyone would have mentioned them before yesterday, I wouldn't have given them a second thought.

Think about it. What is a jumping jack? I never really thought about that before. But after my workout yesterday, I now know that jumping jacks are cardio. I never would have assumed that ever. I never thought of them as being anything to get my heart rate up in elementary school, but then I wasn't really thinking about my heart rate in gym before either.

You see, I have started circuit training. I say started because yesterday was my first day. And at the end of every circuit is jumping jacks. Can you do jumping jacks for an entire minute straight? At this point, I cannot. I told the school nurse and she said that it's hard to do that or jump rope for an extended period, but that she knows this guy who can jump rope for like 30 minutes straight. He is the most physically fit man she has ever met. I bet.

So I must wrap this up so that I can go home and do night number two of circuit training. Think of me huffing and puffing as I try to do 15 separate minutes worth of jumping jacks/jumping rope. Yay me.

Patience, patience.

I know that some of you are wondering where the birthday pictures are but I haven't had time to sit down at the home computer (or rather the patience to sit down and do it on the home computer). I plan to get that on here sometime during my weekend. Maybe Friday or something. But don't worry, the pictures are coming. That way everyone can see some updated pictures of the Little Man.

Dear "Anonymous"

So a couple days ago, I was on this rant about how this guy that I used to know moved to another state and is now working for a private jet company...remember? Anyway, someone must have misinterpreted what I was getting at, and left this rant of their own in the comments. (To review the entry and the comments, see Happy and Sad entry (May 7th, 2008) and read the comments.)

Anyway, my husband gets this magazine called Aviation International News, and in the most recent edition there was an article called: ATA: bizjets are bigger polluters than the airlines. Sounds like I found the proof, that the individual who made the comment said, that I wouldn't be able to find.

In the article, James May, Air Transport Association president and CEO, "claimed that airline jets are five to six times more fuel efficient than corporate jets. '...carrying 200 people and cargo across the country in a single plane burns a lot less fuel than 33 separate corporate jets, each flying six people.'"

The article continues on talking about how airlines in the U.S. have improved their fuel efficiency by 103% between 1978 and 2006. And also about how, "ATA carriers have made a committment to improving thier fuel efficiency by an additional 30% by 2025."

So, I guess that if "Anonymous" didn't get that I was basically talking about the whole idea of commercial airlines being like the way to "carpool" in the sky, then I guess finding the information to support the bigger concern beyond that (that being increasing fuel efficiency) wouldn't really make any difference...except to prove that I am right, and not wrong as they suggested.

But again, I welcome all comments. This particular entry is dedicated to "Anonymous" who, by commenting, made creating this entry kind of like a game. And that was fun.

May 12th Post Script

Thank goodness that the person the post script is about can't read yet. He might be mad he was the post script. I just wanted to take a quick second and say:

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY LUKIN!!!

Love,

Mommy