Monday, October 12, 2009

Home for the Weekend

I got to go HOME, last weekend! It was so NICE to sleep in my own bed for three whole nights. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful for my job, but I did some quick calculations, and realized that for the calendar year of Nov '08 to Nov '09, I will have only been in my own home for two months and one week. The rest of the time I was either in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Kenya or the East Coast. All GREAT places to be, but still there's no place like home.

I went for a run with my Running Group Saturday morning. Gotta admit, I had a lot of trepidation - was worried about keeping up. But, I DID! And we ran 8.6 miles, at an 11 minute pace, so I feel really really good about the Tulsa Run on October 31st.

And then, Saturday night, I went to the Fair. I was coerced into trying this:


You're thinking, Seriously, Chocolate Covered Bacon? Yes, that is what it is. Fortunately, the requirement was one bite - (I was kind of curious, but one bite cured that)

And then, for the first time in my life, I was won a prize.


Cute lil guy, isn't he? But, he smelled so NASTY that I left him on a table for someone to take (which someone did in about 3.2 seconds) It truly was the thought that counted.

Now I'm back in DC - with a group, because they were snowed into Minneapolis. So, THEY'LL arrive tomorrow. Whilst in the Chicago airport I saw this...


Tulsa State Fair is way ahead of it's time.

4 comments:

  1. you runners annoy me:0) i guess it makes my speed walking seem lame-O ! good job lady--

    there are some things in life i do not need to try. chocolate bacon...that might be on that list:0)

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  2. I ran my first 10k last March at age 51. I'm still running...trying to work back up to the 6 miles so that I can run it again this coming March. I would love to be able to do this indefinitely, and to be able to increase my miles per minutes.
    I'll be checking back to read more up your upcoming posts.
    Blessings.

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