05/07/03

Did a bit over three miles on the treadmill today. Ran most of it. Again, walked a little so I could chat with Laurie. Am very excited because I am getting an mp3 player! Love the way it happened, too. A few days ago, I posted a message to the Dead Runners Society mailing list, and in it I mentioned (in passing) that two things I wanted most in life (materially speaking) were Lasik surgery on my eyes and a portable mp3 player to listen to while I’m running. And so this girl on the list wrote to me today, saying she’s getting rid of an old one, and do I want to buy it for $20? Heck yeah! I mean, it doesn’t hold much, but who cares, for $20?? I’m so excited!

And then, after the gym, I talked to Dawn and we set a date for the fundraiser at the pub. June 21. Mark your calendars! And, I know she thought I was a dork for saying this, but it’s the same day that the new Harry Potter book comes out, and I’m slightly worried that people will want to stay home with their book rather than go out. So, if the people I know are that pathetic (okay, what am I saying? I’ll probably have a copy of it behind the bar with me) I will be missing out on some funds. On the other hand, I’ve decided I could potentially turn this into a funny way to raise more money. Anyone who brings a copy with them to the pub has to donate a buck or two. Extra.

05/06/03

I guess I’ll move my blog now to this site. I consider my training unofficially started, because yesterday I did 4.5 miles on the treadmill. The most I’ve run at once since the half-marathon in February. Went really well. I should say, actually, that I only ran 3 miles of it. Laurie came and walked on the treadmill next to me after I’d run the three miles and I walked the rest so I could talk to her. So it was definitely an easy day. And the running felt easy, and great. I find that if I look at a magazine while I’m running, it goes by faster. Can’t read because I’m bobbling up and down constantly. Now, I know this probably isn’t the best idea, I’ll certainly never be able to read while running on a road, but whatever.

05/06/03

Am moving my blog over here so I can use it as a training blog, like I did for the London Marathon. So go! And no, the design isn’t complete yet. Cut me some slack!

05/05/03

Wish the weekend had lasted longer. Wish my brother and sister-in-law didn’t have to leave already. Wish I saw them more than once every two years. Sigh. But I had a good time this weekend. Friday I got home from work and Evan, Jennifer, Jenny, and Rob were sitting in their rental car in front of my house. They had been sitting there for an hour. Their excuse was that Jenny didn’t set her clock back an hour (from DC time) and though I said I’d be home by 6, they got there at 5. I really can’t believe that would happen, though. Not that Jenny would neglect to change her watch, but that Evan and Jennifer (and Rob) wouldn’t have caught it. Unbelieveable. Anyway, we hung out at my house for a bit. George came over, I introduced him to Evan and Jennifer, we all went to the pub to wait for the ferry. Took it across to eat at Pat O’Briens on the river, but it was closed. So we went to Cafe Maspero. Yum. Cheap. Good. Window-shopped a bit, then took the ferry back. Stopped by pub again, then we all (except George) piled into the rental, drove to the house where our Great-Aunt Sis used to live. We spent many (boring) childhood Saturdays there. We reminisced. Aunt Sis used to give us each a dollar when we left, which was always the most exciting part of our visit.

After that, we drove to Baton Rouge. Jennifer rode with me, we had nice girly talk. Then hung out for a bit with my mom, then went to sleep. Next day I ran some errands, helped get ready for the crawfish boil. Lots of people there. George came. Ate crawfish, hung out, relaxed, visited, etc, etc. Ate way too much yummy food. Was very full. Went to sleep after watching funny 80s show on VH-1. Evan kept singing along to the theme song.

Yesterday we took my mom to brunch. Nothing too exciting. We went to the mall afterwards, wandered around a bit. I bought my mom a ring for Mother’s Day. Evan hid from us and called me on my cell phone. “I’m in the garbage can…” It was funny. Well, you probably had to be there. Hung out for a bit after that, had burgers for dinner, went back to New Orleans. Sigh. Wish the weekend could have lasted longer. Wish Evan and Jennifer didn’t live so far away. I see Jenny and Rob relatively often, and I’ll definitely see them again in October, if not sooner, for the marathon, so it’s not as sad to leave them.

My mom gave me my dad’s wedding band. I’m wearing it on my middle finger. I am disgusted to note that it fits. My dad had large hands. So perhaps my middle finger is slightly larger than my ring finger, therefore my hands must be slightly smaller than his, but still. I have man hands!

05/01/03

So I’m now officially signed up for the Marine Corps Marathon via Team in Training. I’m very excited. Nervous about having to raise $3400, but I’m assured it’s not as hard as it sounds. And I have lots of ideas. Yay! I think I’ll switch my blog back over to a marathon-training blog, like I had when I was training for the London Marathon. Yay!

04/30/03

Tonight is meeting for TNT. Am excited. Can’t wait! Am excited about running another marathon! Am not excited about running in the heat. But it’ll make me stronger (if it doesn’t kill me.) And I’m excited about fundraising even though, really, I hate asking people for money. So probably in a month or so, I’ll hate fundraising, but right now I’m ready to raise the dough! Woo! I’m pumped! har har.

Evan and Jennifer and Jenny and Rob are getting to Baton Rouge tomorrow. It sucks that I’ll be only 90 minutes from my brother and Jennifer, who I haven’t seen in a year and a half, but I won’t be able to see them. Not until Friday, anyway. We’re going to dinner, then to pub and just hang out a bit. Can’t wait. Have to clean my house. Thoroughly.

Last night George and I went to a sushi place in the quarter for dinner. Was yummy food, but service was bad. It’s too bad, too, because I think it’s the only sushi place within walking distance. No, that’s not true. Rock ‘n’ Sake is close too. A bit more expensive, though. But good. Tonight he’s cooking me dinner. Steaks. Yum. It’s the only thing I’ll let him cook me, besides frozen pizza. The boy needs cooking lessons. Only he doesn’t think so. Hmmm.

04/28/03

Had nice weekend. Was pretty relaxing, partially at least. Saturday we went to Baton Rouge, had lunch with my mom and her new “friend” Buddy and his grandson. Nice man. Good hamburgers. George and I went to a flea market after that, he’s in search of an old Apple computer. No luck, unsurprisingly. It was mostly crap. No, actually, it was all crap. So then we went to get a daiquiri (George was nervous about going to a party with no one he knew) and then to Kettie’s shower. Was mostly her parents’ friends, so George knew just as many people as I did. Hung out with Miller Pam, a co-worker of Kettie’s who lives in New Orleans. Incredibly delicious food. Even though wasn’t really hungry after burger at mom’s house, had to eat some of it. Holy cow. Watched Kettie and Mark open presents (dang, I really want to get married now!) and then left. Was good to see Kettie, can’t wait until her wedding to see all of our friends. Yay!

Went to pub upon returning to New Orleans. Was a relatively quiet night, but drank enough vodka tonics to ensure a little loopiness. Sunday I went to Barnes & Noble, bought the Trading Spaces book and DVD with my gift card. Fun! I never would have bought them with my own money. Perfect gift card purchases. Watched the DVD last night. Wish desperately I had cable. One day, soon, I will. I am determined. Went to pub for a little while in the afternoon, borrowed dresser from Dawn, rearranged apartment a little. Cooked some dinner, read some more of my book, went to bed. See? Relaxing.

Didn’t work out all weekend. Terry went out very late both nights, and wasn’t up to working out in the mornings. I still can’t find my membership card to the other gym, and am resisting paying the $5 to get a new one. I really do need to just suck it up and buy a new one. Every day I go to the gym with Terry instead of the other one costs me $1 anyway. But am working out tonight. Forty minutes on the treadmill, I think.

04/26/03

Yay! Had lovely night last night. Went to dinner at Crescent City Brewhouse, had yummy hummous and this delicious salad with crabmeat and bibb lettuce and mmmm yummy then bread pudding that was soooo good. Then we went to O’Flaherty’s for a drink. I was pretty tired, long week and all that. After that, went to the pub. Lots of weird drunks there. Had a drink, purchased for us by Polly and Colin. Went back to George’s, gave him his present (a watch) which he seemed to really like. He gave me a $50 gift certificate to B&N. Woo hoo! Yay! Can’t wait to spend it!

First date-iversary

Awww, happy georgiversary to me! (Okay, and pamiversary to George.)

Yesterday, I came home from work and there were a dozen beeeautiful hot pink roses on my kitchen table. Very very pretty. And by golly, that George managed to surprise me with flowers! Didn’t think it would be possible, as I dropped many many hints (ok, orders) that I wanted some. But he did surprise me, by giving them to me yesterday! So sweet. Love that boy. Can’t wait to give him his present tonight. I’m very excited about that. Yay!

Last night met Anne at the Mayfair. Haven’t been there in aaaaages, almost a year, probably. Was good to see her, wish we could have hung out more, but I’ll see her next month at the reunion. I forgot her birthday present, I’ve had it since her birthday in March, wanted to give it to her in person, but naturally I forgot. Silly. Joe Beck (went to LSMSA with us) came, he’s always entertaining, especially with the stories of his girlfriend. And then an old colleague of Anne’s met us. So the three of them, all lawyers, had a bit of lawyer chat. This always happens to me. I really really need to meet up with a bunch of graphic designers and ONE lawyer friend, just so they can see what it’s like. (Boring.)

Going to Kettie’s wedding shower in Baton Rouge tomorrow. Crawfish! Yum!

04/24/03

Yay! Am going to see Annie tonight! (Friedman. It’s hard to keep track of all the Ann(e)s in my life.) We were going to have dinner, but her mom made plans for her so now we’re just going to go out. Will be busy after work. Drive home in traffic. Go to gym with Terry. Drop laundry at George’s. Eat something. Meet her at 7:45 or something.

Exciting…Ren found out she got into the Marine Corps Marathon. (They have a lottery system for picking entries.) I just hope now that I don’t have a problem getting in via TNT, or I will be very sad. Well, the meeting is on Wednesday, guess I’ll find out then.

Am very sore from gym yesterday. So am only going to run for 35 minutes or so tonight. No muscle work today.

04/21/03

Am sleepy again today, but only because I didn’t sleep too well. This weekend was Easter weekend. A pretty relaxing weekend, overall. Friday after work I met Terry and we went to the gym. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical trainer and then worked my upper body on the weight machines. Could barely lift my arms after that. Felt great. Went to the pub later, everyone was commenting on my strange mood. Endorphins, I suppose. Was showing off my bulging arm muscles to all and sundry. Tee hee!

Saturday George and I went uptown for lunch. It was Crescent City Classic day, but I didn’t run it. Last year it was so hot, plus it was $25 to enter, I don’t have that kind of money to be throwing around. Particularly in light of my trip to DC and the multiple weddings, graduations, reunions, trips and other stuff that will suck me dry in May. But that’s okay. At least it’s going to be a fun month. I’m really looking forward to this week. Thursday, Anne is coming in and we’re going to go out. Friday is the anniversary, exciting, exciting. Saturday is Kettie’s crawfish boil/shower. Yay!

Oh, so back to this weekend. Saturday night we went to Taqueria Corona for dinner. Was very yummy, but was very very full afterwards. Hung out at pub for a few hours with Dawn, Annie, Megan, Terry, Robert, David, etc, etc. George went home because he wasn’t feeling well. Saw Cindy (marathon partner?) and made plans to run on Sunday at 1. Crazy time to go running, and I was glad when she stood me up. I ran a mile around the neighborhood, then had to stop before I suffered a heat stroke. Oh, this is going to be really fun, training for a marathon in the summertime! Yeesh.

Went to George’s parents’ house for Easter dinner. Was very nice. Met his grandpa, who is adorable. I wish I had a grandpa. Hmmph.

04/16/03

Am sleepy. Dunno why. Slept well last night. Yesterday was my two-year running anniversary. And what did I do at the gym? 10 miles on the bike. Just didn’t feel like running. Would have, had I gone to the Navy gym because it’s got better air-conditioning. Whatever, though. At least I did something. Monday I ran and walked on the treadmill, nothing too exciting. But I can definitely tell a difference in my arms. Buff! With a layer of flab on top. Ah well.

Am excited about idea of doing MCM. Still. Wish meeting wasn’t two weeks away. I am far too impatient for this sort of thing (waiting.) Hmmph. Want to start getting money from people now. But I guess that wouldn’t be wise.

Am excited about this weekend…have nothing to do, except go to George’s mom’s house on Sunday. George said she might cook lamb. I am keeping my fingers firmly crossed. I love love love lamb. Mmmmm. And I hope I get some chocolate. Perhaps I should buy some to give myself, just in case I don’t get any. Yep, that’s a great idea. Only problem is it would never last until Sunday, unless I bought it on Sunday, which defeats the purpose, but then again, I would get it half-price…hmmm….