Hi Josh

Josh linked me - so I thought I'd stop and say hello.

hello.

I ran the 1/2 Marathon - 2 hours and 7 minutes, what? Very exciting. My original goal was to run it right around 2 hours, then -like everything I attempt- I pretty much dropped my rigid training program after 2 weeks. It took me an hour and 45 minutes to run 10 miles the week before the race. That seems ridiculously long, but most of that time was spent rolling my ankle (twice) and limping home bloodily after a fairly nasty fall on the trails. I ran 3 miles the week of the race in 30 minutes which is nothing to brag about. I was planning on running 5 or 6, but my shins had a terrible uprising and I succumed to ice. Long story short(er) my sister and I ran it together and kicked butt. We walked through every water stop which didn't really hurt our time all that much, and accidentally ran one mile under 8:30. The crowds were blasting "We Will Rock You" and the theme from Rocky, how could we not? Post race: my right foot is fairly messed up, and my weird occasional limpy walking is now making my back and hips sore. I'm going to the doctor tonight, Mom.

The week before the marathon my sweet ass free Intrepid started to overheat and was deemed "unsafe for highway driving" forcing me to invest in a new automobile. I went to Cupples Cars in the beautiful Lakes Region of New Hampshire (www.cupplescars.com, 1-800-Cupples) and came home in a kickass 2004 Jetta wagon. It's pretty much new (under 25k miles) and awesome.

I'm working diligently on getting work in New Hampshire by the 1st of the year - (which is only 33 days from now, consider the fire lit under my tuchas).

I got to see Josh and Dominique not once, but TWICE this weekend, that was great. And, if you know me well - you'll know that last Thanksgiving was perhaps the worst holiday in holiday history for my family (which, if you knew the comparison, is sadly impressive) but this year - holy crap! So. Much. Fun. It was just me, my parents and my sister (her husband just started working at a gym, so who gets to work the day after Thanksgiving? The new guy.) My mom made yummy paella and apple pie. No turkey here. We played Scrabble and Scene It late into the rainy night with Sangria and mulled wine a-plenty.