Chasing The Wild Goose

The Perfect Human?

I just came across this amazing article in the latest issue of WIRED magazine:

Dean Karnazes runs 200 miles just for fun (he ran 50 marathons in 50 days). Here are 12 secrets to his success. By Joshua Davis from Wired magazine.

DEAN KARNAZES WAS SLOBBERING DRUNK. IT WAS HIS 30TH BIRTHDAY, and he'd started with beer and moved on to tequila shots at a bar near his home in San Francisco. Now, after midnight, an attractive young woman – not his wife – was hitting on him. This was not the life he'd imagined for himself. He was a corporate hack desperately running the rat race. The company had just bought him a new Lexus. He wanted to vomit. Karnazes resisted the urge and, instead, slipped out the bar's back door and walked the few blocks to his house. On the back porch, he found an old pair of sneakers. He stripped down to his T-shirt and underwear, laced up the shoes, and started running. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Click here to read the rest of the article at Wired.com.

Surprise Arrival

Little Aspen Joy surprised us by arriving a week before Amy was scheduled to be induced.  Thankfully, my brother and sister and their spouses had arrived the night before and were able to look after the other kids as I rushed Amy to the birthing center.  Amy awoke at five and her water broke but she didn’t go into labor until they put her on Pitocin at around ten.  She got an epidural shortly after that, which (she assured me) made everything much more pleasant.  At about 12:10 she pushed for about five minutes and Aspen was born at 12:15.  She weighed 8 lbs. and was 20 ½ inches long.  She was very purple at first, but still very beautiful of course. 

Later in the day the other kids came to the hospital to meet Aspen and it was love at first sight.

Aspen (or “A.J.” as I call her) is doing great.  She is eating well and sleeping well.  She is very sweet natured and we are so thankful that everything worked out just as it did. 

So, happy birthday Aspen Joy!  We are very excited to have you in our family.

Click here to view a photo album from Aspen's First Day