I felt like a 5k would be too, pardon the NSFW expression, pussy style, so I'm running a four-mile road race tomorrow morning.

What the hell, right?

Cross thy fingers.

“I'm so blind, bats resent me.”

… if you're a SPONGE!

Easier day today:

800m walk

800m run

800m walk

Started with Peter, Paul, and Mary, then heard some Fugazi, and ended with the Police. Not a bad set.

“I did it! I'm so amazing.”

–Lex, upon fitting together two puzzle pieces

This is the weather report for the next TEN DAYS in my town. City. Town.

Tonight

Jul 1

Scattered T-Storms

76°

Jul 2

T-Showers

72°

Jul 3

Isolated T-Storms

77°

Jul 4

Isolated T-Storms

79°

Jul 5

Partly Cloudy

75°

Jul 6

Isolated T-Storms

77°

Jul 7

Scattered T-Storms

76°

Jul 8

Few Showers

79°

Jul 9

Isolated T-Storms

80°

Jul 10

Scattered T-Storms

82°

Also, right now, there's a Flash Flood Watch in effect. In other news: Massachusetts SUCKS.

Our “Finding Nemo” DVD is… missing.

Took Lex to preschool early this morning so I could hit the track before going to do a home visit with my mom and her cadre of physical therapists. Did some stretching and then started running. “I wonder if I could do six laps?” I thought to myself. Turns out, hell yes I can!

I didn't feel as strong at the end of this run as I did after my bike-path run the other day — probably because I hadn't eaten breakfast — but I could probably have run another two laps if I'd had the time/inclination. Soooo happy! Then I walked a lap to cool down. Shins felt pretty good throughout.

So, for those of you keeping score, that's a mile-and-a-half of running without stopping. Booyah!

P.S. Happy birthday El!

I was away all day on Saturday but I figure standing in line for 2 hours, and standing during an audition process for another 3 hours was worth something in the training log.

Yesterday, I went out while the boys were napping and Monstro was prepping for our new D&D campaign (whoo!). There's this stretch of trail that runs about 40 feet beneath a bridge on my street and I'd always wondered how one got there. Well, as it happens, yesterday I ran to it and back again. I walked some, but not much. It felt amazing. A truly wonderful run. And, I think I've figured out how to stop shin pain: when my legs were still hot after my run, I gently pressed down the front of my leg with the ball of my hand. Then I did it a little harder. In the shower, I used a downward motion with my thumbs, pressing down the front and side of my shin. This morning it's like I never ran at all. Great to have a new trick in my arsenal. And boy, it felt great to be running on the first sunny day of the summer. I figure the whole trip was around two miles. I sprinted across a wooden bridge, so fast that a bicyclist looked back to watch me.

On Saturday morning I drove to a mall 90 minutes away to attempt to qualify for the upcoming Boston “Wheel of Fortune” episode tapings. I was there all day but wasn't randomly called to go on stage. It strikes me now that when they had the “Event” puzzle on the board and I knew the answer *before they turned ANY letters* that I should have just called out “I'd like to solve the puzzle, please”, but this didn't strike me until I was up with Babykins at 3:00 the next morning. Oh well. There is still a chance that my application will be chosen for the final audition, which will be held in Boston sometime in August — with my luck, probably while I'm in California. Nevertheless, I solved a puzzle in line and won a TV-38 t-shirt, and signed myself and Monstro up for Spin I.D.s so I could get the talking Pat and Vanna minifigs, so I got some good swag. Also, I learned that WoF receives 1,000,000 applications from wannabe contestants every year!

Now I just need to figure out how to get the pictures off my phone.

Oh, and if you want to look skinny in a picture? Pose with a Winnebago. Works every time.