actual exchange via text message

Me: It's cold. I don't think I can do this. Let's all move to Puerto Rico.

Matt: Do what? Be cold? Because I got news. You don't have a choice.

Me: PUERTO RICO IS A CHOICE.

(we seem to have this exchange every year around this time since I moved back to the Midwest.)

May 2, 2009

I've been spending an awful lot of time lately planning vacations I'll never take and lusting after houses I will not buy. After several weeks of this, I've grown tired of myself and have started accepting that major changes in job, geographical location, and housing aren't as near as I'd like them to be. Still, all of this dreaming and house lust indicates to me that I do need change and that I do need some distraction.

So I signed up to run the Indy mini-marathon in May. There are people at my work who are getting together to train and support each other, but believe me, I will need as many cheerleaders as I can find. I've idly talked about training and running for a half for awhile and now I have the spreadsheet with which to do it. The plan for the rest of 2008 is to get myself back in 5k shape and then begin training in 2009 for the race. I haven't run a step since May, so my first workouts this week should be...interesting.

never fear

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