For the first place prize of crazy bicyclists, exhibit A - Sitting backwards on the handlebars of his bike, no helmet (of course), riding diagonally against the flow of 3-4 lanes of traffic (some turn lanes thrown in). The bike was facing the direction in which in was traveling, but the rider was not. I wish I'd gotten a photo but I think I was so incredulous we were seeing this in person and not reading about it on the Darwin awards that I couldn't process it.
Wonderful Richmond observations of the month x2:
Strangers are so friendly! And the dog park is the social mecca. We had dinner the other week with a couple we met at the dog park, and then again via craigslist when we bought some Ikea furniture from them. They graciously volunteering to save us the several hour round trip drive to the nearest Ikea and picked up some things for us. We then had them and their dog over for dinner and had fun getting to know complete strangers and swapping dog stories! Today at the dog park I chatted with a mom of two young boys that has been at the park a few times when I've been there, and she asked me for my contact information so she could help us get some meals after the baby is born and our family leaves. Amazing! We also inspired their purchase of a child sized ball flinger after her two boys spent a lot of time trying to master our set for the pups. Malcolm of course was happy enough to go after even the zero distance bounce throws.
The park system here continues to amaze. We spent more time on Belle Isle and made it around the entire island, including some creative rock hopping and near flip flop loss. Also some added challenges with hoisting the dogs down a ledge when they refused to climb the ladder. Most recently we went to Pony Pasture park (nothing in it resembled a pasture, unclear where the name came from) and even though it was a Saturday afternoon we were able to take a lovely several mile meandering hike with the dogs scandalously off leash and barely ran into anyone!
Excitement included the dogs crashing into a wetlands pond covered in thick green vegetation (we think Malcolm thought it was solid ground and literally charged in) - for which I was mortified for the delicate habitat our dogs had just likely demolished and Tyler couldn't stop laughing because both dogs had then turned green and smelled horrible; and rescuing a large catfish that somehow got trapped on a fishing line hanging off a pile of driftwood. We have many more parks on the list left to see, and also recently discovered that the local zoo has a litter of teenage cheetahs!
Other random life updates:
- Baby news - the nursery is getting more coordinated. Bought a secondhand glider on craigslist for a steal which is insanely comfortable. We had an Ikea assembling party to take our second hand shelf to a dresser/changing table.Hung up Aimee's amazing paintings which make the space look so much better.
I finally got some slight motivation for creativity and covered a lamp in fabric and got some minor decorations on the wall. Still have a few more things to assemble and coordinate but while it may not be Pinterest worthy I have at least managed to convince Tyler that my random craft ideas actually do turn out.
Still have a big shopping list to complete but we're not worrying about that yet - hoping for some Labor Day sales to start. I am exercising a lot of self control to not buy every item of clothing when Target brings out new outfits. Baby Laney has been super active and pokey lately. We get to play guess the body part and try not to act like a crazy lady at work when she kicks me so hard I have to stop in my tracks and catch my breath. I also wonder if sometimes my patients can see my belly squirming under my white coat and if that's disturbing?
- Work news - Tyler is realizing that to get his dissertation written before the baby comes he needs to get cracking, so the fridge is now stocked with Mountain Dew cans and he is chugging away! Still clocking in a lot of miles run each week and keeping busy with his inpatients and clinic patients. I picked up a couple extra shifts this week at my job, their bonus pay is hard to argue with, though I ended up with a string of evening shifts and I miss seeing my husband! I have officially decided that I will never again work full time urgent care, but I did actually have a day or two where I saw more than sore throats and back pain and felt like I did some real medicine which was great. Nothing like treating anaphylaxis to make you feel like a real doctor. I still feel like I'm the only person in the practice who will diagnose pharangytis and sinusitis without reflexively prescribing antibiotics (or low back pain without handing out percocet) but I'm getting used to it.
Still need to work on taking more photos and blogging more often, but better some than none! Missing everyone!
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