Whew!

I have really been slacking in the blog department lately!  It has been almost two weeks since my last post, but I have thought about posting almost every day.  By the time I get home at night I'm just too tired to put together a coherent thought, let alone type it out and proofread it. 


The first weekend of August was our anniversary and we went to the lake all day Saturday, which pretty much took us down on Sunday, we were so tired.  The following weekend was MOPAR Nats in Columbus, and we didn't get started on that trip like we'd hoped, so the whole weekend was a blur and didn't involve much rest.  This past week has been a bunch of catching up at the shop and trying to get ahead, since we'll be gone for ten days, starting tomorrow night.  Even though there's TONS of driving involved, and a car show it is still going to be more relaxed and restful and part vacation.  Once we get back from this trip we'll only have one show a month and they will either be local or very close to home, until SEMA in November.


But here I am, starting the last week of August, wondering where the summer went!  We've done more than in summers past but still didn't get to many of the things we wanted, and the heat is at least partly to blame for that since it was just too damned hot most of the time to do any outdoor activities.  The temps wore me out and made me physically ill a few times, too, so I had to miss a few yoga classes and gave up on other things in favor of air conditioning and sleep. 


Of course we brought Adrian home in July and she's taken up a good portion of my free time, and then some, since we've had her.  It's been about six weeks and her personality is finally starting to really come out and it never fails to amaze me how cool dogs are and can be.  That they all have different personalities that are just as unique to them as with people, and I'm curious to see how it develops as she gets older.  The housebreaking is coming along, and she's learning other commands.  I did succeed in finding another dog with a strong personality (aka a bit stubborn!) and she does a great job of standing up to Rock and not taking any of his shit...I love it!


Even though I missed a ton of classes this month with all the travel going on yoga has also been great.  I just need to get in the habit of doing a little at home to keep up and maintain all the positive results I get from class.  I can tell I have more energy, am generally less sore most of the time and am gaining strength, particularly upper body.  It's been a great experience and I'm glad I started going, and hope that my schedule through the fall allows me to continue, although I have my doubts about that once hockey starts up in a few weeks.  Most of our games are Tuesday/Thursday games and those are the nights I have classes.


One thing I've also started is the family tree.  I haven't had a ton of time to delve into it, but the website ancestry.com really helps find and connect with other people so in the limited time I've had I made good progress.  I plan to work on it while on the road and make good headway.  I've had trouble "jumping the pond" as my Dad calls it, so I need a bit more dedicated time to get those connections going.


I'm going to blog more and get caught up on all that on this trip as well.