This weekend at POC was very fun. Haven't been bowling in forever, so the Thursday night event left me a little sore. Managed to bowl the last game somewhere near my old average though. I had helped carry Con Suite equipment and supplies to B'ham, so on Friday morning I helped conal_cearna carry in stuff for the Con Suite. Then the Combat_grannies arrived with the sound ( Read more... )

Got a late start on running today. So I did the short, three-mile run that begins and ends at my driveway. Pretty sure the time was a new PB, but I had decided not to time it before starting. It is a good run when even the hills don't slow you down.

So I thought I would make some frozen margaritas but my blender is MIA :(

I did it!

So, I've been working 36-hour weeks for the past nine weeks. This will continue for a while depending on the economy. Since my 40-hour schedule had already included three hours overtime per week, I am able to put in 36 hours in only four days and have Fridays off ( Read more... )

Sometimes it's easier to appreciate things you've seen over and over if there is someone new there to see it with you. I spent the first day of the fair's opening weekend with peeps from Con. Most of them were there for the beer and food. While I find being able to get food on a stick interesting, it has been years since I thought of it as an ( Read more... )

Another couple of days alternating between sleeping and not sleeping. Only three hours Wednesday night. Went to bed around midnight but it took a few hours to fall asleep ( Read more... )

I slept through my alarm on Monday morning. Then this morning I woke up around 4:15 and couldn't get back to sleep. Around 5:30 I got up, got ready and went in to work early ( Read more... )

On the up side I had a new personal best today of six miles in 63 minutes. Unfortunately it was the start of what was intended to be a half-marathon distance that I did not finish--again ( Read more... )

As bad as Sunday's run was, tonight's was good. It felt like I was gliding from the start. Ran six miles at a consistent twelve minute pace.

Thursday will be too cold for an outdoor run. I will try to do a few miles on the treadmill and then try again for a long run on Sunday.