Lessons learned this weekend:
1. I will never be a concert "groupie".
2. There's a reason they make padded bike shorts/seats.
So Friday night, Amber and I headed to Fair Park to see Matt Nathanson, Train, and Maroon 5 in concert. I was pretty excited. Like, 5-year old on Christmas morning excited. I've been to my share of Christian band concerts in churches, but never a 'real' 20,000-people-in-attendance-concert. And since it was on my 30 List and tickets were dirt cheap, we had to go.
Thankfully, Amber did not make me walk when I went a little nuts in the traffic getting there. It was stand-still on the highway, we were late, and I navigated her through the ghetto to get us there. Whew; she's a keeper. Here we are after making it to our seats. 
'Concert' has now been added to the list of best spots for people watching. There was the row of 18 year old girls in front of us that screamed the entire time and took a picture every 3 minutes or so. The dressed-all-in-black crew sitting next to us. The guy wearing this (creepy) Maroon 5 shirt and many, many more. Entertaining in so many ways... Here's a little bit of Train, via Amber's phone, since mine is lame. We actually left a few songs before the end, because let's face it, after one Adam Levine song, you've pretty much heard them all...!
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This morning, I participated in an Indoor Triathlon at Lifetime Fitness. Perfect for the I-can't-swim-but-want-to-try-this-out newb. Let me tell ya, the event staff there had it together; I was way impressed overall. Very helpful, positive people. 10 minute swim in a lap pool, 10 minute transition, 30 minute bike on a spin bike, 5 minute transition, 20 minute run on a treadmill, earning points based on the distance traveled in each leg of the race. Very much geared towards people of all fitness levels. I highly recommend. Best part? No wetsuit rental/gear required. After I got off the treadmill, one of the ladies commented that I had great running form. I told her 'thanks, good thing you didn't see me flopping like a fish during the swim leg'!
Archive for September 2011
• Learning the meaning of "giving up something great for something greater".
• Making homemade granola; I finally found a fantastic recipe.
• Enjoying the cooler temps... but pretty stoked to have set the record for days over 100 degrees.
• Modeling for a photo shoot at work this week for FW Magazine. My claim to fame consists of a 4x6 image of running down the Trinity Trail with my co-worker. We now await our call from America's Next Top Model.
• Reading up a storm. I know stow books in my car to make sitting in commuting traffic bearable.
• Joining a new small group Bible Study on Thursday nights going through John Eldredge's Epic. Enjoying it so far.
• Cruising the streets of Grapevine's Grapefest for a big work outing. I even went as far as to compete in a Grape Stomping Competition. And I ate funnel cake and lots of bad food. And it was wonderful.
• Running at White Rock. Have missed being out there this summer and am loving being back at the old stomping grounds. Now entering Week 5 of marathon training.
• Trying to make some decisions for the next few months and leaning into God for assurance and guidance. Grateful for the encouragement of so many good friends.
Missing some Gila time this year; here's the first trip I joined in on in '98:
And Happy Birthday to my amazing Mom tomorrow – glad she gets to celebrate around a campfire in the wilderness!
Ah... back to school. It doesn't feel like summer should be over already (aside from the fact that I'm WAY over the summer temps), and yet that benchmark first day has already come and gone. There is plenty of photo album proof that the Nickson children were victims of the annual "first day of school picture" (all the way through the first day of college, kid you not), yet this is the only one I seem to have on hand at the moment. To be honest, I don't know that this was a first day shot, or rather, I'm HOPING I was not sent off to my first day of pre-school dressed like a little Ewok. But I did have the Care Bear lunchbox, so maybe that balanced the coat out? Eh, probably not. I did have a sidekick who rocked the "leather jacket" pretty well, yes, or yes?!
