Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I had a real great day today.

First of all, today it was Nefarious’s annual checkup at the doctor’s, which meant that I was able to sleep in an hour later and get up at eight. I’ve been in a ton of pain the last couple days, but upon waking I was relieved to discover that I felt good and walking wasn’t the nightmare that it usually is. Everything at the doctor’s went well, and she’s in perfect health, which isn’t much of a surprise because she never gets sick. I was also relieved to find that her eyesight is perfect as well (although I assume she will need glasses in the future). Most of the appointment was spent giggling and answering lifestyle questions.

I had parked in the Whole Foods parking lot, so before bringing Nefarious to school she grabbed some avocado sushi with brown rice, and I got myself a big treat of a salad with all my favorites. When I got home I spent the afternoon programming, working on a new movie/media management tool while an interesting documentary on gun running played on the TV — I think my favorite thing about my PS3 is the ability to stream HD movies to it. It has however been a little hard on my ISP.

It’s been cold here the last little while, feeling like -19 degrees according to the news, cold enough that I haven’t felt too motivated to go out. But when I picked Nefarious up from school it was almost warm, that winter warmth that comes with fluffy snow falling in still air. To my amazement, Nefarious’s friend Cassie claimed never to have been sledding in her entire life — I’m not sure how that is even possible — so she was happy to join us. We spent two hours sledding at Lithuania Park, not leaving until it had been dark for some time. Most of the time the girls ran up and down the giant hill to have races with the other kids there — holy exercise… I just waited at the bottom of the hill until we moved over to one of the smaller hills that the climbing of was less of an achievement and we managed to put three of us on the little foam slab of a sled that Nefarious and I picked up a few weeks back.

Eventually we made it home, and Caitlin had spent the day getting tattooed (so she had a great day as well) and was totally wiped out so it was just going to be Nefarious and I for supper. This gave me the opportunity of the simple pleasure of cooking a high fiber whole wheat linguine, which I seem to be the only person in the house that really likes it, served with an awesome veggie spaghetti sauce that Caitlin made yesterday. After supper we read a chapter and a half of The Prisoner of Azkaban, and we’re at the exciting part at the end as the real servant of Voldemort is revealed.

Now I’m watching Freaks and Geeks with Caitlin — the first time I’ve seen it again since we watched it together way back in ’99 — and eating a half pound pack of the best sugar snap peas I’ve had in ages as I write this entry. I have to wonder if that show would have been more successful today, because it really feels like the sort of show that could have its following seriously ramped up due to internet fans.

I know that all this might not sound like much, but it’s days like this that make me eager for tomorrow.

By the way, the strange black blur in the background of the second picture is a teenager having a tumble in one of their races. Oh, and seeing this awesome 4×4 video was also an easy but brief highlight.