Mama Can't See Straight

~I woke up this morning with my right eye completely swollen shut. Damn bee sting. I wrapped an ice cube in a wash cloth and held that on my eye until I could see at least a little and then went to the pool to swim. Nalani said it was hard to look at me. I looked like I'd been punched in the face. Excellent. I put my goggles on though and the problem was solved. No one had to look at me.

~Now my whole eye area and forehead itches like mad. Kind of a funny reaction to a bee sting, no? Maybe I need some Benadryl.

~I get such a kick out of watching Moana socialize with other little kids. Kirsten (our day care lady) has done such a nice job in teaching these kids how to interact with each other and it transfers over to other kids outside daycare. This afternoon I took Moana to the playground. There was another little girl there (almost 3yo) and Moana walked right up to her and said "Hi Friend!" She's such a cute little social butterfly. The two then climbed and played together and had a blast. At one point the other girl offered Moana some of the chips she was eating. Moana reached right into her bag and grabbed a few and then said, "Thank you for sharing!" She's so polite. :)

~I don't get a kick out of grown ups smoking near the playground. Really? Is that necessary? I actually asked a woman that today. I can keep my mouth shut in some situations but when someone is smoking at the playground around my all those kids, well, my mouth opened right up. Is it really necessary to smoke right here at the playground? Seems like maybe if you're going to smoke it would be better to go over there (I pointed far away). And the rude woman had the audacity to say "there are no kids right here" and she pointed to her immediate 2ft area. I just shook my head and said, astounding, and then walked away. She stood there right next to the climbing equipment and continued to puff away. Isn't there a law or something about smoking within a certain distance of playgrounds? If not, there should be.

~Yesterday I found out what the effect of too much caffeine actually is on HR. Usually I get up and run first thing in the morning and just have a shot of espresso first, but yesterday I waited and ran Moana to daycare in the jogger. This gave me a more leisurely morning around the house which included time for actual coffee. A whole french press of it in fact. In my defense, it was like the best coffee ever on the planet and I drank it black. SO, turns out that 2 big cups of coffee increases my HR by ~5 beats. Maybe not a big deal to some people, but that made my run awfully slow yesterday because when you're working within a low and narrow HR range, well, 5 beats is huge. Lesson learned, save the real coffee for post run. Except for Nalani. I found out that when she has a bike workout where the HR ranges look like they might be hard to hit, she drinks more coffee first. Um, I think that's called cheating.

Ok. I think that's enough random nothingness for tonight. :)