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December 19, 2004
Good Night, Not so Good Morning
The party last night was a lot of fun. J told everyone that the party was starting at 7:30. Since I had to sneak the gifts for J in and set up my cookie tray, I aimed to arrive a little bit on the earlier side, not before 7:30, but not really fashionably late. Embarassingly, I was the first to arrive. I used the time to set up all of my cookie trays. I had way too much fun yesterday when I decorated my runner cookies and was individualizing the cookies to people in the group. Everyone got such a kick out of having a cookie with their name and characteristics on it. I felt bad because I didn't have enough runners for everyone who showed up.
Once everyone showed up, the party was a blast. It is a lot of fun to see the people you run with, their significant others, and some people who just can not make it to run with the group on a regular basis. Some people, myself included, look very different in regular clothes versus running clothes. There are always a lot of comments about how good some people clean up.
Again, I did not sleep particularly well last night. I thought that the cuts on my knees from when I fell in November had healed, but the newly formed skin on my right knee came off last night right after getting into bed. I could not get comfortable because anything touching it hurt. My stomach was not too happy either since I ate some food that probably was not a good idea. Topping off the night with some Christmas cookies very late was a particularly bad idea.
So now to the not so good morning...I woke up pretty early because there was no comfortable position to sleep in. I hung around for a while to try to cleanse my system from the eating and drinking of last night. Eventually I thought it was safe to go out. The temperature on the TV said 36, so I bundled up to go outside.
Within the first quarter mile I could tell you this was not going to be a pretty run. I was warm. Who me? Yes, it was not nearly as cold as the TV indicated. I had on adidas Astro pants, a long sleeve shirt, a fleece, hat and gloves. I'm not sure what I would have worn differently, but I was warm. The second problem was my stomach. Ooh boy, it was bad. Since yesterday's "long" run was quite hard this was meant to be an easy effort. Easy took on an entirely new meaning today. By the time I was around 3 miles I was just itching to go a half mile further for the port-o-pot. There was no getting to it fast enough. After the pit stop the rest of the run was pretty uneventful. My stomach still is not too happy, but it is settling down some.
The rest of today has been rather productive. I cleaned my room, changed the sheets on my bed, and wrapped the rest of my Christmas presents. I also got to watch parts of the Eagles game. Later on I must call the guy who I went out with on Wednesday night or else he'll think that I am completely avoiding him. Right now I'm not sure exactly what I want out of it and this week does not look like a good week to go out either. My brother is coming home tomorrow for our mother's surgery on Tuesday. He's making me look like the bad child for not taking the day off from work. We only get five days for the school year and I would rather take a day off when I can do something other than sit in a waiting room. So Tuesday night is not a good night to go out. I have a massage scheduled for Wednesday afternoon and am going to have to rush in order to run before it. I may take Wednesday off from work or take a half day depending on how the procedure goes on Tuesday. I may be going to the ballet with a bunch of friends on Thursday night. Then Friday is Christmas Eve. It is going to be a busy week, but it should make it go by faster!
Posted by Blondie at December 19, 2004 04:13 PM