8th Annual Greater Maitland 5K

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A few things

1) Levi's questions are becoming more difficult to answer. "What's a planet?" I can get through, but "Is a bubble a liquid?" requires google.

2) Baby girl scoots around on her belly all over the house. She also likes to say "da-da-da-da".

3) I'm obsessed with Diablo 3 right now so you'll have to wait until I'm bored with that for a better post.

Heard at our house today

OK baby Noelle. Do NOT take your socks off and eat them.

Red Sox

Levi played his first baseball game today. First sporting event, really. He got two hits and almost stopped one grounder.

I was the third base coach, and the "outfield coach" which basically means tell the kids to stand up and look ready.

Ruby Power

Need to go to bed. But, you'll be impressed to see the results of my program:
21990232555549 is prime.
No joke. And I can do better. Much better.

Read it and weep

Yup. Somehow I got talked into being an assistant coach. When I agreed I didn't realize I had to sign up for an online course. It was a monster! After twenty minutes of reading and multiple choice questions I thought I was almost done, but that was only unit one of ten!

I wasn't going to spend my weekend taking that course. I figured as long as I kept the kids from crawling on the dugout fence and pouring their water bottles on each other I'd be OK. I discovered I could just click through the course without reading anything or doing any of the coursework. So that's what I did. However, ten minutes of clicking "Next" later, I'm presented with a final exam. I can't be certified unless I pass. Whoops.

I had to get an 80% or better on the test. I missed all the baseball questions (something about when to use a cutoff man or where the catcher should put his hand if there are two outs and no runners on), but thankfully there were plenty of questions like this:

What are the three goals every coach should strive to achieve with his or her team?
a. continual learning
b. having fun
c. being excited about baseball
d. all of the above

Certified Baseball Coach. Be it known to all.

Work Today

There's a sealed box. I have to open it.
Try jamming a chisel in the crack.
Hit the chisel with a hammer.
Hit the box with the hammer.
Hmm... take a breather.
Hit the box with a rock.
Drop the box on the rock.
Drop it off a cliff.
Drop the rock off the cliff onto the box.
Hmm... what now?
Throw it in the water. Maybe being wet will help.
Try the chisel again.
Try the hammer again.
Worth trying the rock? Sure. Thud. Nope.
What now?
Box... open... what can I do? Must find a way... but.... how?
Think, think, think.
What happens if I shake it? Sounds good... but I need to open it.
"ANYBODY KNOW HOW TO OPEN THIS BOX!?" echo, echo, echo....
I'll sit on the box. Sit here and think some more.
Claw! Scratch! Kick! Punch! Sit.
Time to go home. We'll pick it up tomorrow.