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October 16, 2007
i've been everywhere, man
i was cleared for exercise last week. i was excited to return to my 5 mile run, which i did on friday after ben got home. i was nice to take off without the kid and the dog. It was really nice to be able to run to the lake front. With the stroller, i have to walk to the lake b/c of the bumpy sidewalk. I would like to spend the hour running. I thought that i would be forced to wait for ben everyday, but it dawned on me that i can drive to the lake and then run. not that great for the environment (i'll make it up by walking to the grocery store), but good for my very slow runs. this is a good solution until it gets to cold to have him out. then in the spring he'll be big enough for the jogging stroller which will be good to run on sidewalks with.
the weather is so! strange! it is 75 out today. in the middle of october! in chicago! not that i am complaining, but we have had some strange weather this year.
ben got his hair cut off. i laugh every time i look at him.
i'm having motivation issues with some stuff that i should be get done. i could blame it on the lack of sleep. but it is something that i didn't really like to do when i did get sleep. it will get done. someday...
i am totally loving my rss feed sharing feature.
i am also loving my new magazine called the week. it had a tidbit about a family that had a three babies each on Oct. 3 each two years apart. It quotes an "expert" saying that this is a 1 in 75 million chance. I am assuming this is calculated by (1/365)^3 ~1 in 75 million. Of course, this is totally the wrong way to calculate this. This calculation only works if each event is totally random (i.e. you are hit my a meteor on Oct. 3 each two years apart). Having a baby on a certain day is not a random event. There are 10 weeks of the year where you aren't pregnant and therefore couldn't give birth then. The fetus isn't viable until 24 weeks. Therefore there really is only 18 weeks that you could give birth and this is not totally random it is totally dependent on when you are "trying". Anyways, the odds are totally not 1 in 75 million. Assuming that the 18 weeks are random it is more like 1 in 2 million.
this is at least how i think of it. Aiden was born on my mom's birthday. The odds of this happening was 1 in 126 - as the were 126 days this year he could have been born on.
Posted by christina at October 16, 2007 3:37 PM