home sweet home
quick recap of the weekend..... one word. HOT. (yeah, no..i'm not talking hot. i'm talking H-O-T. texas hot. hot texas heat in the 108 degree range hot). Hurricane Rita was a no-show in Austin, but Sunlight and Dust showed up in her absence and made for a very VERY dirty weekend. the bands??? amazing. all of them. i now have a list as long as my arm of all the cd's i must "buy" (read... burn in a very illegal manner! ha. love technology. i mean...wait... what?! i never said that....)... the boys? texas gorgeous at every turn. (as if i'd surround myself with anything less!!) the Texas Boy himself?! yeahhhh... not so much. not so much in a he-never-showed kinda way. the kind of not so much that makes you want to pull your hair out in frustration because i mean really, is calling your friend (me) to let them (me again) know that you aren't coming for the weekend, so that they (yeah, still me) don't sit there wondering if maybe there's just something wrong with their (yup. hiya) phone and maybe THATS why it hasn't rung yet?! UGH. Texas Boy is now in the Texas Doghouse.
stupid boys.
anyway. i know how much you all want to hear about my love-life... er uh. lack there of. %^&$! oy. moving on.
i went running!! and it was glorious!! for four whole miles!! and then the whole in texas part of running in texas kicked in (yeah hi it was hot) so i said ummm... 4 miles is almost 8. stopping is almost not stopping. walking back is almost running the other 4 miles. and so i turned toward home and never looked back. yeah.... i love that about vacation. i dont even really feel that terribly horrible about it. (although out of guilt i did try to run again later in the weekend, got 2 miles in, and decided my four was now kinda like 6, which is really close to 8... and i walk a lot at ACL.... i bet i at least walk 2 miles... i totally got my 8 miler in this weekend! rock on! and then i went back to the apartment and basked in my "8 mile" run having been accomplished!!!) heh... see. sometimes being completely ridiculous is really helpful!
anyway. got back to a very cluttered messy apartment yesterday, in which i'm currently sitting in the middle of and y'all serious. i mean serious. i gotta clean. i have laundry (clean, dont worry) in piles all over. and i'm just staring at it... praying for some sort of "spoon full of sugar" mary poppins magic so i wont have to actually get off my lazy anti-laundry arse and fold/hang/put in drawers all my clothes. i mean i have SO MANY CLOTHES.
(yet strangely...nothing to wear.)
in other non-running news (since that seems to be the theme today) today marks my one year anniversary at my job!!! my very first "for real" outta college 8-5 job! i had a Healthy Choice dinner to celebrate....
(omg i need a boyfriend. thats just pathetic).....
::smacking hand on head... IM RIDICULOUS::
anyway. it had desert in it and was only like 280-something calories (which.. i don't count calories, so i dont really even know why i care.. but there it is. thats what i get to say about my celebratory 1 year anniversary dinner. it had 280-something calories and was made in a microwave....WOOO the big-time, here i come!) oy.
luckily for me i find this all very humorous... (at least i've got my health... er something... right?!)
so. like i said. i'm back. i'm back and i'm eating tv dinners in front of my television while i avoid housework... oh yeah.. i'm definitely back!
(and damn if it ain't good to be back!)
Comments
DATE: 9:39 PM
i see i'm not the only one enjoying your streams of consciousness...welcome back.
Posted by: Danny | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 8:43 PM
funny, i found it the same way just a few days ago =)your writing style is adorable. it's like reading the script for a sitcom or something. especially the post where you rolled your ankle and fell in front of the guys at the bus stop. hilarious!keep up the good work and good luck on your marathon(which is on my birthday!).alwyas nice to see that there are other shift key-challenged folks floating around out there, too!
Posted by: J | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 7:02 PM
hey, found your blog through wil's comments a few weeks ago and i'm hooked. i kept wondering, when is she going to get home and post again, she's fun to read. anyway, glad you had a great time, wtg on the 8 miles (yeah, it counts), congrats on the one year job and i say, don't pick up the phone when texas boy finally calls. at least not for a day or two. ;)
Posted by: mipper | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 11:45 PM
hey girl-boys are dumb. specially boys that don't appreciate witty girls. that's first of all. second of all, healthy choice dinners were MADE for one year anniversary dinners. ;-)anyway you've got a marathon coming up. boys would just get in the way! now comes focus time. ;-)
Posted by: partyrunner | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 12:18 AM
I was kind of down this morning until I read you entry, you made me grin, snicker and finally laugh. Love your post. Thanks for unknowingly brightening up my day. Welcome back! I can't wait to hear all about your marathon!
Posted by: Jack | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 4:05 AM
Congratulations on your job anniversary! It's funny but after 5 years... you don't really celebrate anymore... =Danyway, glad you're back safe! what bands were the highlight of the concert? i'm always looking for new tunes.
Posted by: brent d. | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 5:29 AM
Welcome home! Glad you didn't get rained on...hey, wait a minute, that means no pix in the wet tee shirt - I'm bummed. Sorry about the Tx boy, but in light of his behavior, you're probably better off w/o him.
Posted by: Scooter | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 3:24 PM
There's a reason that us Texas runners have been doing long runs at 5AM lately. Heck, most of our group were doing a short one because its getting close to Chicago, so we started at 6 - I was doing a slow 20 and finishing after 9AM positively kicked my ass. Come on down for Freescale in February though, it'll be nice and cool (well, 50s at least).
Posted by: Richard from richardstanford.com | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 9:56 AM
Forget Texas boys. Think Oklahoma boys! Just as good, but without the disadvantage of being Texan (j/k!).I mean, if there were a girl like you around here (smart, witty, run-y (the adjective form of 'runner'), cute, and runs a nice blog), I'd snatch her up in an instant!Anyway, you should count calories every once in a while. Not to make sure that you aren't getting too many, but to make sure that you are getting enough. Use one of the online calculators, one that will factor in your activity level as well. make sure you're getting within 20% of that amount (ball park number). If you eat too few calories, you'll start burning muscle.
Posted by: bitweever | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 7:18 AM
Welcome back...what, you didn't like my Texas heat? Come on, it's not that bad!You need to ditch Texas Boy...but know that we aren't all that way! (Just ask my wife!)
Posted by: Flatman | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM
DATE: 6:52 AM
My rules on vacation running is that it is actually double the mileage...so if you ended up running/walking or even dragging your a$$ 8 miles, that counts as 16. Reason being (at least for me) I am usually hung over the next day (on vacation at least), so I'm dehydrated (um yeah, I like the Rum) as well as I'M ON VACATION, and not suppose to do anyting, unless you are on an adventure vaction, in which point this whole comment is just a bunch of ramblings.....Glad you enjoyed the bands, who cares about the boys, there'll be plenty of others and Healthy Choice makes a great meal for any "special" occasion, but not quite as good as my fail safe for those types of events: pizza!!
Posted by: Djgoldnboy | July 4, 2006 8:03 PM