The 4th of July

Happy 4th everyone a day late! I have not written so much lately but I think that is because I have been more involved in my life and busier doing things rather than writing!. We had a few friends over for the fourth for a pool party. It was a lot of fun. My goal this summer is to entertain more, especially more casual entertaining rather than saving up for one big event that stresses me out and i end up not enjoying too much. We spent most of the day by the pool and eating as well. After dark we stayed outside and only did a few sparkler's but the kids really enjoyed those.

Me and Mount Whitney???

I am having a bit of an anxiety crisis. During my recent weekend at Big Bear, one of the other moms asked me if I wanted to join a group hiking Mount Whitney in August. I thought, hey pretty cool. The other women going are all pretty cool and I have always wanted to do more cool outdoorsy things so I said sure, why not. Anyway, it is not until August so i have plenty of time to prepare.

However, once I started reserching Mount Whitney and hiking it, I started to realize this is a huge monumental hike!!!!! Oh my gosh! I have since discovered that this is an 11-mile hike most of it at high altitudes. Altitude sickness is mentioned in most of the websites I visited and I even read about a number of deaths on Mount Whitney (now I need more details on this major fact). Basically, you can't just decide to hike Mount Whitney and do it, there is tons of preparation and gear involved. Camping out under the stars, eating dehydrated food, pooping in the woods and saving it to bring back to civilization...am I crazy?

I would say that when I was younger I think I would avoid many tasks that i did not think I would succeed at ahead of time. I think now that I probably passed on some exciting opportunities. So, as of today, I am still committed to the hike. However, I see a lot of work ahead getting my body in shape for this 3 to 4 day hike!

So far, I have been reading up on the internet about Mount Whitney and hiking/camping. I already spent some money at Amazon.com on a few books as well on Mount Whitney. I have to start locating my gear, but luckily do have some more experienced friends who have promised to help. I think the toughest part will be convincing myself to work out more to prep my body! I can not believe I signed on for this.

A Small World Encounter...

I had to blog tonight about my pilates class after putting the girls to bed. My mom was nice enough to watch the girls and I dropped them off and went to the 6:30 p.m. class instead of my usual. The class was great but pretty hard tonight. I really sweated! However, after class, one of the other students comes over to me and says, "Are you Lisa?" I was looking at her and said, "yes," but frankly, I had no recognition of this person at all. She was beautiful and fit, but I had no idea who she was. Anyway, she proceeds to tell me she is my old friend Cathy from elementary school. I had not seen her since high school I think, but a number of years ago, we somehow got back in touch via email and have been trading Christmas cards over the past 10 years I think, while never actually being in the same place to meet. Anyway, she currently lives in the San Fernando Valley but has been attending this pilates class for about 4 years. Somehow, in all that time, we never took a class at the same time. I guess I should be amazed that she recognized me as I would never have recognized her! I am looking forward to getting to know her again.

Super Bowl!

Okay, I have to admit that the last half of the Super Bowl was actually exciting. Frankly, my opinion of the Super Bowl is that it is a great excuse to spend time with friends. Our friends did throw a great party! The girls ran around with all of their friends all day and now are sound asleep just minutes after their heads hit the pillows! (Definitely, a huge bonus!) The food was great and the company was better. I had a chance to talk about many things, parenting concerns, exercise, our upcoming trip to Mammoth, Sofia's day-care, and also just some fun frivolous topics. I wish we had Super Bowl once a month!