Chicago update and race plan

Sleep: erratic. Monday: 12 hrs. Tuesday: 2am-7am. Wednesday: 10:30pm-1am, 4am-7:40am. Jet lag is hard!!!!!!!!!!! I had to remind myself during frustration that the whole point of coming here early is to get over the jet lag, so just live it! I still have 3 nights to go before the race, hopefully it gets better. Eat: … Continue reading Chicago update and race plan →

Bumpy arrival to Chicago

I arrived Chicago, with little "surprise" on the way. I arrived the airport after saying goodbye (hard!) to the family, contemplating how to entertain myself during 4 hrs transit time in Tokyo. It turned out that I didn't have that.... instead I had to transit domestically from Narita to Haneda airport which is 70km away!!! … Continue reading Bumpy arrival to Chicago →

Rushing week, birthday party, and tapering weeks

This week has been hectic. Partly due to high management visit which led extra work and meal time FaceTime with her. All good but super busy, especially since I'll be away for 10 days so need to wrap up some work. We also celebrated Sofia's 11th birthday on Thursday, public holiday, from 10am to 6pm. … Continue reading Rushing week, birthday party, and tapering weeks →

Weekend: small adventures

I didn't have the planned weekend pre-Sofia getting sick, but we managed to insert small adventures to make it a good one. Saturday morning was spent in the kitchen. I baked 4 loafs of bread, one banana bread, while the girls did their homework at leisure pace. I was feeling tired, afraid of getting sick, … Continue reading Weekend: small adventures →

5 on Friday: tears

#1 a lot of tears were shed on Friday, by Sofia. Sofia felt sick Thursday evening, and woke me up midnight as she had 39C fever. I gave her Tylenol, she went back to sleep, she skipped school on Friday, no fever some coughing until 1pm, 39C again. I took her to the doctor and … Continue reading 5 on Friday: tears →