Take "ability to multi-task" off my resume

I used to think I was very good at multi-tasking. In fact, I once prided myself on my M-T ability. The past month, however, has proven that I am not nearly as capable as I thought I was.

In the past month, I went home to Cincinnati for a week, came back for a few days, hosted SMH's parents for a week and a half, then went to Spokane for a conference. And during all this, I haven't found time to blog once. Shame on me.

I should probably kick off this round of blog entries with a description of our visit to Cincinnati, and move chronologically from there. But I won't — I'll begin with more recent activity.

On Sunday, I went to Spokane, where the temperature was in the high 90's. Spokane is only about 30 miles away from Coeur d'Alene, so temperatures were pretty much the same there. I mention this because Sunday was the Ironman in Coeur D'Alene. So, athletes swam 2.4 miles, biked 112 and ran 26.2. In 90+ degree weather. Yikes.

One of the reasons that we were attracted to the Pacific Northwest was the weather. Apparently, this year's weather is a big, funny joke on us because there's all kinds of records being broken. In the winter, there was the record rainfall. And, now there are record high temperatures. Somewhere in the mid 90's, I think. But, I'm not complaining. Well, actually I am, but not that much. It's hot, but without the oppressive humidity a la Cincinnati, it's altogether tolerable. And, highs are supposed to get back to normal — upper 70's / low 80's — by tomorrow.

I'll sign off with a little insight into WA phonetics. The letter "a" is pronounced strangely here. Pronounce these places: Spokane, Gonzaga and Yakima. How did you do? See below:
* Spoke-ann, not Spo-kane
* Gon-zag-ah (like "zig-zag"), not Gon-zah-gah
* Yeah-kih-mah, not Yaw-kih-mah

Oh, and nobody pronounces it "Warshington" here. It's okay, Patsy — you're still welcome here :)