First, the injury update. During the marathon I noticed that I had some left calf pain but the pain had dissipated by the end of the race and was completely gone for 2 days after the race. Once the initial muscle soreness left me, I noticed that my left calf was strained. About two days after that my Achilles Tendon became very sore and a little swollen. Well, over a week later and I’m still suffering from Achilles Tendonitis (my own self-diagnosis). I’m using a lot of ice, some Aleve, and now Arnica (thanks Mike). If the pain/swelling doesn’t subside this week, I’ll either go for acupuncture or a doctor. This is keeping me from running, so I’ve joined a gym and started some cross training (which is probably a smart thing to do anyway).
July 4th was Nate’s birthday and it was absolutely beautiful up here. My parents, sister, and brother-in-law were town for the weekend so they got a good dose of a nice Seattle summer weekend. The highlights from the weekend included an Argosy boat cruise through the locks, the West Seattle 4th of July Children’s Parade, and of course Nate’s Birthday party. We had a few of the PEPs families over plus John/Kim and family for a BBQ.
This weekend we have a Sounders game and West Seattle Summer Fest – pretty exciting.
The BubbleMan was in the Junction tonight doing a bubble show. Zach is right there in the middle of it all.
Watching the BubbleMan.
Nate on his birthday.
Zach helping with the gift opening.
Nate likes his Handy Manny toolbox.
Illegal fireworks we can see from our house. Yes, those are not legal!
One more shot of the illegal fireworks.