Back in Business + a Dining Delimma

After my pity party post about being sick of being sick, one of docs I work with in clinic took a quick listen to my lungs yesterday and to my surprise & glee they were mostly CLEAR!  Just one or two slight cracks!  What a difference from a week ago when they sounded like popcorn popping!  Therefore, I can start running again and ease into training for tri season!  My goal is an Olympic distance this year - the one I have my sights on is in Sept.  Plenty of time to get ready.  I ran a couple of easy miles yesterday and will probably only run 3-4 miles until the end of Feb.  Then I really need to work back up to 8-10.  The Olympic tri running distance is only a 10K, but it comes after a 1 mile swim, & 40K bike, so I need to train well above 6 miles to finish strong.  In fact, that's what I'm going to try for all the distances - train to 1.5 or 2 times the race distance.  I'm not sure my rear end will like sitting on a bike saddle for 50 miles - but that's what it's going to take. I'm so excited to get started!

On another topic, my youngest has decided that he is too big for his high chair.  He wants to sit at the table with the rest of the family.  He expressed his opinion by screaming loudly and arching his back when I try to put him in the high chair.  When I put him down, he promptly crawls into one of the chairs at the table and looks at me expectantly.  Our table (without the leaf in it) works fine to seat 4, but unfortunately, we'll need to add the leaf for 5.  When the leaf is added, it makes it an oval shape which doesn't really work in our kitchen...hmmm...what to do?  Maybe Craig's list will have an answer. :)