Mon 5 Jun 2006
Yesterday was a very pleasant day. Mr. W and I strolled to Ralph’s and got some ingredients, and he made breakfast (hash browns, pork steak & eggs, apricots, guava juice) which we ate while watching “Friends.” It’s nice to watch “Friends” from the beginning through so my brain can piece together the progression of events. Then we went to Lowe’s and I bought my parents a new kitchen faucet, and we drove over to my parents’ house where Mr. W got down and dirty under the kitchen sink to remove and replace their current leaky faucet. After he scored those major brownie points, my parents treated us to Japanese food. Then Mr. W and I came back to his place (after scrapping plans to run a few miles and/or to wash both our dirt clods that we race around in), watched a couple more episodes of “Friends,” and hit the hay. I slept very soundly.
I was only slightly guilty that as I was having my leisurely day, Vicky was in San Diego running her limbs off at the Rock n Roll Marathon. Props to her for finishing! I called her on my drive to work this morning and asked, “Do you still have feet?” There was a pause, during which I assume she was checking, and then she said, “I can see them, but I can’t feel them.”
Today Mr. W and I are gonna meet up for lunch cuz my mom gave us some Chinese dzong zi she’d special-ordered from Dragon Boat Festival day. Yum! Man, tonight, I definitely have to work out. Jujitsu or running or both.
Mr. W got Farewell My Concubine and Temptress Moon DVDs which are in Chinese, so he suggested we watch them with my parents after he changes the faucet. I went online and read some reviews and plot synopses, and saw that China banned Concubine for the depiction of sex and use of opium. I don’t know…I’m just not comfortable sitting in an open area within sight of my parents while sex scenes are playing on TV. Blech.
Go Vicky!
You Rock! You should have run it Cindy! It was pretty awesome! Weather was good – overcast until I crossed the finish line. It’s what…three days afterwards and I still can’t walk quite right…but hey…I can say I finished!
Not only that…but both Cheryl and I were interviewed by the local news and both of us made it on TV! Want my autograph? 🙂
Yeah, Vicky rocks.
Congrats on the celebrity status! So did you manage to tape the segment of the news that you were on? What’d you say? “I’m tired, but in capital spirits! I just wanna say hello to all my friends out there, especially to Cindy, without whom I wouldn’t have started running.”
Mad props for Greg too! I don’t know who you and Cheryl are but the two of you must be awesome! 🙂
The race was a lot of fun. It was my first marathon and it won’t be my last. It was one of the best things I ever did for myself.
I am convinced to get Cindy on the marathon bandwagon. I can’t wait till September when we do the Disneyland 1/2 Marathon!
So here’s the link to the news story:
http://www.kfmb.com/story.php?id=52581
Ahh! Cheryl and I tried to get into the Disney 1/2 but it was full! Maybe next year! Hmm…depending on pace, maybe we could run it together! I think I’m going to pace for Cheryl at the Nike women’s 1/2.
This was also my first. It may not be my last, but it will probably be my last effort to go for a personal record. Any other one will be a lot more of a social event for me. It’s so much more enjoyable that way.
Oh well…next – Big Sur Ride and possibly Swim or Die and a 1/2 iron next year!
Greg, I just watched the news clip! That is so cool! You were the first interview, Cheryl was the last, and in the middle was a plug for the team Vicky ran with (Team in Training?) for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.