Discipline

At some point is it going to start feeling like spring?! Yet another day well below normal but at least we broke the 40 degree mark. It was one of those deceiving days - you look out the window and it's beautiful and you step outside to cold temps and a brisk wind. It's not looking like it will be normal temps any time soon, either.

Yesterday Julie and I went to meet the run/walk teams. We were originally thinking of training with them but when we got there we realized we didn't really prepare for the cold temps, so we drove a couple miles down the trail and cheered them on as they passed. We then went to the Tahoe team spin training, where we got in a good hour spin. Unfortunately, my back has been acting up a little the last couple of days (along with nasty shin splints when I run/walk) so I wasn't able to push it too much on the bike. Today we went to Life Time and got a good hour swim in before hitting the hot tub and heading home. Things are still progressing but it's getting a little frustrated. One of our mentors loaned us a swim video and DVD which we watched tonight, and I think it will really help us with some of our drills and mechanics. We'll see!

I've got an issue about which I'm curious what your feedback is. At Life Time they have a hot tub/spa that has a large sign right at the steps saying something to the effect of "You must be at least 18 years old to use the Spa". While we were in there (and this happens almost every time we're there) children would come in with their parents. I really have an issue with this, and the issue isn't whether or not we were able to use the hot tub but it is with the parents. What type of message is it sending to the kids? "Well, Johnny, there is clearly a sign that says you must be 18 but we're going to ignore that because it doesn't apply to us. We can choose which rules we follow and which ones we don't." How is the child going to know which other rules don't apply to them? Shouldn't the parent be setting an example here? I'm sure if it was me my parents would have said "No" and that would have been the end of it. Things like this seem to be happening more these days. Parents need to be parents.

Our nephew Brian is doing something really cool on his website (linked at the right). You'll have to go and check it out. You can read about it in one of his posts (it deals with plagiarism) and it's something that you can take part in and add to. It's pretty neat so you should check it out.

We hope you all had a nice Easter, and that you were able to find all the eggs the Easter Bunny hid at your house.