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December 10, 2005
The Assorted Thoughts Post
Listed in no particular order:
1) I avoided participating in a large car crash last night. Outside of Billings, MT, there was a multiple car crash that began with the 2 cars in front of me and ended up involving several more cars. I guess there was some black ice, and combined with wind and blowing snow, the conditions were ripe for disaster. One car lost control and sent itself spinning, the next car slammed on its brakes and fishtailed right into the spinning one. Me, I narrowly avoided them both by squeaking past their now collectively spinning selves. It was close and I was releived.
2) My dog is quite sick. For a while last night, bad things were happening. This week she had surgery to remove the lump on her side, and now she's shaved to her skin on one side with a big sewn up gash marking the surgery. She was all doped up on doggie pain meds to make her more comfortable. As it turns out, she had a reaction to the pain meds that resulted in blood pouring forth from multiple orifices. She's recovering, though I've never seen my energizer bunny-like border collie as lethargic as she is today. I guess that's what happens when you lose a lot of blood in a short period of time. But she's going to make it. Things didn't look very good at about 3 am last night.
3) I'm less sick than I was a few days ago.
4) As for running, I did a short 3 miler in Billings, MT in the dark last night. I didn't know if I was going to run or not yesterday, but the freakish interstate incident sealed the deal, I needed to take a break from driving. I didn't know where to go, so I drove into downtown Billings (which is tiny!) and ran up and down some city blocks for a while. It made me feel better. This morning I ran a 10 mile "long run." It felt great. My friend called me last night saying she was too drunk to drive home from the bar and would I come pick her up. I did, and so I volunteered to run to pick up her car today as well. It was so nice to do a one-way run. So, first I ran from my house to her house (1 mile, all uphill) to pick up her keys. Then I ran from her house to the park boundary (5 miles, 1000 feet downhill). Then I ran about 15 minutes uphill and 13 minutes back downhill (I think 3 miles total) a dirt road whilst breaking new tracks through shin deep snow. Then I ran from the park boundary to the bar where her car was (1 mile, all flat). In total, it was 1:20 and pocket change. This evening, I plan to run a bit more (3-ish miles, to make up for an unintended rest day earlier this week) on the treadmill, and then lift.
5) I'm loving the Yaktrax. I hope whoever invented these things is a millionaire, because they are brilliant. Despite the traction of Yaktrax, I still managed to fall today. I don't know how I do such uncoordinated things, but I do. I slipped and fell right onto my hands and knees. My ego was bruised, and my right knee is kinda scuffed. I think it's a cute war wound, though!
Posted by Meghan at December 10, 2005 4:10 PM
Comments
I'm glad you're okay. Driving in the winter scares the heck out of me. I'm a wimp, so my husband ends up doing most of the winter driving.
Posted by: Caitlin at December 11, 2005 11:05 AM
It takes a good friend to run 80 minutes in the snow to pick someone up at a bar. Of course, it also sounded like a fun run. Be careful in all that snow.
Posted by: Dallen at December 11, 2005 9:57 PM
Your adventures sound so so WONDERFUL!!!!!!
Sorry you fell :) Yes, I am sure you managed to get a "cute" wound. :)
Posted by: Audrey at December 13, 2005 10:05 PM
I'm sorry to hear about your dog, I hope she (and you, for that matter) gets better soon. And I'm glad you just had a close call and nothing more. A close call a few years back has made me a very paranoid winter driver. I've enjoyed reading about your adventures, and I'm glad you include things that aren't just about running :-)
Posted by: Alison at December 14, 2005 7:52 AM