Countdown, pomelo, family history

According to the ING Georgia marathon site, we are 2 days and 10 hours from the gun going off!  WOW – it’s getting closer.  For the most part, I’m still excited.  As I read twitter posts about it, I get more and more excited!!!  I decided to ice the knee and take ibuprofin today.  Will do the same tomorrow…However, I think I gave my knee freezer burn from the ice pack.  If it’s not one thing, it’s another, right?!

For the past month or so, I keep buying pomelos, but we haven’t eaten them.  So I decided to open one tonight.  Greg had never had one before, and I last had one YEARS ago when I studied abroad.  So I opened it, and was surprised to find the flesh to be pinkish.  The ones I had years ago had a light yellowish colored flesh, similar to the rind.  So this was pinkish – but it was exactly how I remembered it.  A mild grape-fruity taste, less juicy, easily peeled from the membranes, with a distinct texture.  Of course I didn’t take any pictures for you – I don’t always remember to pull out the camera until AFTER the fact!  But we enjoyed eating it.

About 10 days ago, my aunt sent me a picture that she found when going through my grandparents’ stuff.  The picture is in REALLY good condition, given the age (ok, not sure when it was taken, but it is OLD), and had writing on the back that needed translating.  We got one translation – but no one knew the people who were mentioned.  I then remembered I had corresponded with a distant (uh, didn’t know about her til I got her email) cousin a few years ago about a side of the family that I don’t know much about (due to my grandparents’ passing when I was young).  So I went through the emails and found the names mentioned – we’re still trying to piece all the relatives together, but it’s neat figuring all this out.

And that’s about all I have for tonight.  It’s almost time for Grey’s Anatomy!