Today Ben was really excited for his visit to Colossal Cave, which he calls “Collosical Cave”. Later that day he told me all the “facts” about how a drapery stalagtite (or is it -mite) is formed. His favorite part was the story about the robbers and possible buried gold still in the cave somewhere. Did you know Colossal Cave is the driest cave in the world? I didn’t. Ben is so full of curiosity (and commentary) about everything. No wonder kids are a part of that all great eternal plan, without them adults would forget (and do) all the wonder in the world. Thanks Ben for being such a good kid, and teacher. [Now if we could just sometimes turn the volume down a tad.]

Getting in shape and tracking your eating habits can be a real pain. A while back I discovered a free service that helps a lot: FitDay.com. It takes a little work to get setup, but once your commonly eaten foods are there, it is a snap. I even put a few days of Nick’s eating to help figure out why he is always so tired lately. Turns out he’s not eating nearly enough. One side effect of tracking your food in fitday is that you tend to eat less because you know you’ll have to write it down. I also use fitday to keep track of exercise and workouts. Don’t have a lot of time to mess around with this stuff, so having something that is quick helps immensly. [BTW, this pic is from Hagg Lake Olympic Triathlon, two years ago, let's just say it's a good motivator.]