Whew - I'm glad that's over

It's been busy busy busy here in Mishaland.

I had my last Brownie function last night - at a moonbounce place. There was a huge slide, a large moonbounce, a boxing ring, and an obstacle course, plus air hockey. I joined in on the fun and played on all the equipment because I am 9 years old at heart. The slide was pretty steep and fun. The obstacle course was... not good for adults over 5'6" because the obstacles were like this: /\/\/\/\. Squeezing up and down thru there just about killed me - I was racing my daughter. The moonbounce was really fun and running around it in circles was like a combination of running in the water and running in on the surface of the moon - you had to push off really hard using your thighs, but then you went flying. Must be why they call it a moon bounce, eh? I'm so smart it kills me.

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Speaking of energy and kids... have I ever mentioned before that my older daughter has ADHD? Well, she got it from me. I didn't realize I had it until she was diagnosed, which happens in most cases. When she was tested, she came back as being more on the hyper-active side than on the attention-deficit side, which surprised me. I've always known that I had a short attention span, but now that I notice my behaviors in my own life, I think I'm more on the hyper-active side, too. For example: in dance class, we will go thru a choreography a dozen times and we will all be sweaty and tired, but I will still jump up and down in place, waiting for the next go round. When the kids have some kind of physical activity, I always participate with them instead of sitting on the sidelines with the other parents - be it sports, dancing, just running around playing, swimming, etc. Part of the reason is because I want to be INVOLVED in their lives, not just watching from the sidelines, but still. I'm not in super-good shape, either. If I were to make an honest assesment of myself, I could stand to lose 10-15 pounds. I'm not a couch potato, but I don't work out. I just have ALOT of pent-up energy. I never really thought of myself as hyper-active, but compared to the other adults in my age-group, I guess I am. huh

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I ran my last round of training this morning to my company's sales team. It went well and now all the preparation and setup tasks that I've been working on for the last couple weeks are done and I can get back to my regular goof-off schedule. I'm typing in my blog and scarfing chocolate birthday cake as I speak, and I have the last book in a 3-book series to read later this afternoon. Ahhhh. This is more like it.

Of course, I'd rather be home napping or laying around the community pool (well, floating in the pool with my eyes just above the water like a hippopatamus would be more accurate) because it's one of the jungle-hot days here - the heat index is at a balmy 97 degrees.

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I am working on a "20 Things I Hate" post because I was tagged by Nikkilicious. You beeyotch. Now I have to come up with 20 things I hate. Hmm. It's funny because I'm so laid back, I rarely take time to obsess about I don't like, so I may have trouble coming up with 20 things. But on the other hand, I may get annoyed and pissed off as I write so I may end up with more than 20. I guess we'll see. I'll be posting it soon. Maybe.

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And last but never least:

Farewell, Charlie. I will miss reading your take on life.

Be well, my friend.