Yanti & Salty Beyond Ridiculous Manatees PART 6--CLOSED (Page 78)

I have a brother and we did not play at all.  He is about three years younger than me.  We tormented each other.   As you said, having a sibling is not a guaranteed playmate.

Jo, we have two fairly non-athletic girls. Both did band, one did girl scouts, they were involved in theater in HS, one did NJROTC. There may be other options that are not sport related. Keep your ears and eyes open, as I'm sure you will. Approach it like training, ie plan, think, try different things, etc. It is tough at her age, the options may not be as vast as they are a little later in life. 

Jo, so glad that the second half of the day was better for you! Great job getting A all activitied up.

JoGo, thanks for the post.  Very thoughtful.

Felicia, sorry to hear about your sister.

Allen, Yanti is in Australia after an IM attempt.  She got within 10k of the finish and did not make the time cutoff.  Are you on Facebook?  She posted some pictures there.  I think that the album is set to "public" so maybe this URL will work for you -- https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10101230386222975.2847218.3412897&type=1

Kirsten, nice job getting that workout in.  I know that when we had Hannah, she would kiss me while I tried to do planks.  Very distracting! 

Salty, bad tracks.  BAD TRACKS!

Good to hear from you.

If you only read through 3 pages, you have missed a lot.    

Maybe we should put together a clif note version for you. 

I'll start:

• Yanti had a little race called Ironman on Sunday.

• Some railroad tracks jumped out of no where and fought with Salty's bike.  She is okay and lived to run a half marathon this weekend. Bike is still healing.

• There is a 30 day jogo challenge to move your body every day for 30 minutes in December

Anyone else want to add to this to help Allen catch up...

Yes!  I did band, Brownies (but not girl scouts), no ball sports whatsoever.  We lived in Iowa when I was going to start middle school.  Someone said, "What are you going to go out for next year?"  I had to think quickly.  I had to go out for something that did not involve balls or any kind of coordination.  I replied, "Track."

Iron man-flu.

Band is great!  Anything where there is social bonding.  Individual sports like swimming and track are okay, but again, the team work and learning to work with people for a common goal, is so important with only children.  Trust me on this one.  I am 48 years old and just now learning how to deal with conflict and reaching goals.  I still tend to not rely on anyone, ever.  I never learned from siblings how to resolve conflict or work together.  It has affected every aspect of my life.  Communication is crucial for an only child to learn, and you only get that from group socialization and working toward a common goal.  Track and swimming were what I went into because I was afraid to be part of a team.  Please steer your daughter toward groups that have to work together, not individual sports.  

There is only one Yanti.

You haven't met my sister.

Very true, should I be scared?

Be afraid. Be verrrrry afraid.

People who know the one of us and meet the other--a deep, almost panicky shockfear steals into their eyes as they gasp ... "There's ... there's TWO OF YOU?!"

I'm wondering if they should smile. A devious, devilish grin.

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There is only one Yanti.

You haven't met my sister.

Very true, should I be scared?

Be afraid. Be verrrrry afraid.

People who know the one of us and meet the other--a deep, almost panicky shockfear steals into their eyes as they gasp ... "There's ... there's TWO OF YOU?!"

Now how did I KNOW that comment would immediately spring you forth from the woodwork?

There's your devilish, devious grin, DubSix.

Good  day Manatees!

Well I woke up with the cold in full force, feeling like my face was going to explode off my head (or maybe wishing it would). So, in true triathlete style, I googled to see if I should go to Masters with a bad head cold. Threads on both BT and ST popped up and both gave a resounding, don't go. So I didn't. I still plan to get in my JoGo time, just not sure what it will look like. A run if I'm up to it later, or maybe just walking the dogs or some core work.

Of course the first thing I did, after I sent off an email to my boss, was to read through the Manatee thread emails. Some interesting conversation stemming from Jo's post about Artemis.

Janyne, I don't think I knew you lived in Iowa. I was born there but my parents moved to Colorado when I was 2. We have a lot of family there so I spent a LOT of summers there as a kid.

Allen, good to hear from you!!!

As for the sibling talk, I have two sisters and one brother. As a kid we all played, once in high school I spent more time with my older sister, now I talk most with my brother and, more often, my brother's wife.

Now I'm off to look at those FB photos from our Yanti-ness.

I am never going to get this RR written. Never ever.

I have a seriously stacked piglet schedule the next four days. How did this happen?!

You are stacking piglets for 4 days?   Pictures and details will be anxiously awaited.... 

Huh, I qualified for AG National Championships for tri.

Is this worth doing? I don't know anything about it. I'm sorry. I am a tri-failure. It sorta seems like fishy USAT marketing. But I dunno. 

PSA:  12 hour $12 sale at Team Estrogen.  Good through midnight tonight.

I don't know anything about it. And you obviously are not a "tri-failure."

Congrats.