Wordless Wednesday: Zombie attack

Date: 2010.08.25 | Category: wordless wednesday | Response: 0

Some weird amount of savings

Date: 2010.08.24 | Category: family | Response: 6

The following is a word-for-word transcript of the voicemail I received from my 16 year old nephew, Connor. His mother and my other other nephew, Ian, were giving him pointers of what to say in the background, which I did NOT include in the transcription.

Hey, Auntie Kim, this is uh, Connor, um calling to see if you’d be wondering … uuuuhhhhh, calling to see if you’d be interested in buying …. ahhhh … Entertainment Book to support Rufus King Cross Country for $35, it has some weird amount of savings you can get if you use all the coupons and —   Ian’s telling me the facts right now I didn’t listen — there’s like $20 worth of gift cards on the front or something … if you, like, Facebook me, or something, I can give you detailed info. Yeeaaaahhhhh.

So what do you think? Should I buy one, use all of the coupons, and get some weird amount of savings?

Connor, Jeff (my brother, their dad), and Ian

Miles run: 16-ish

Date: 2010.08.21 | Category: I'm just saying | Response: 3

I’ve survived the Badgerland Striders Build-up run, although I only did about 16 miles rather than the 18. There’s nothing like planning, and packing your stuff, and laying out your outfit, and then waiting for your group of runners to take off only for the guy in charge to say: IT’S HOT AND HUMID OUT THERE, which reminds you that your Kool Tie which you bought the night before, and carefully soaked in a bowl of water for 30 minutes this morning, was STILL IN YOUR CAR. The car that was parked on the other side of a ravine.

So, I did what I’d expect each of you would do. I ran to my car, fished my car key out of my Amphipod belt, rescued my ticket to a reduced heart rate, and then sprinted back to the starting line. And everyone was gone. Gosh darnit! Luckily there was another lady who was late for the race who ran up just as I did so we ran together for awhile, the whole time I’m telling her my walk/run system and how I just listen for the RunKeeper lady to alert me in my earbuds that it’s time for the next segment …. waiting … still waiting …

And that’s when I realized that in my haste I’d forgotten to start my activity on RunKeeper. I figure I had run a good .50 to .75 of a mile already, not counting the run to my car and back to the starting line.

The first six or so miles was all on the Oak Leaf Trail, in the shade, and I did pretty good. I was dead last, but still I was doing pretty good. All of that changed once I hit the War Memorial and had to run behind the Summerfest grounds through some park that I didn’t even know existed, turning right at the red lighthouse, and then up Erie St. into the Third Ward. Wow, was it hot! And I’m not even going to mention the parking lot attendent’s tent that I thought was the rest stop tent. Oops. $20 to park your car?? That’s CRAZY!

The route then doubled-back to the War Memorial, through Vetrans Park, and back to the War Memorial. It was on my way back that I ran smack into the Arthritis Foundation’s 5K Run/Walk to Milwaukee Irish Fest. Ohmygosh. I was afraid someone wouldn’t pay attention to the space in front of them and run right into me!

Once I safely made it back to the rest stop tent (again) at the War Memorial, I waited for Jennifer to walk by so I could wave before I finished up the 1816-ish miles. Thankfully she did NOT snap a picture of me. Oh gosh, I’m sure I looked like a sweaty mess.

Instead of running around the lagoon, again INTO the 5K-er’s, I opted to get back on the Oak Leaf, finishing out my run in the shade rather than the hot sun on Lincoln Memorial Drive. My iPhone battery died at 14.16 miles, so I have no idea what my true mileage is, but I’m calling it 16.

I’m happy to report that it’s now 4:21 p.m. and the only part of me that hurts is the outer bottoms of my feet. Why? I don’t know, I’ve never experienced pain there before. I’ve got some lovely chafing on my back from my sports bra. Fun times.

Coming up this week I’ve got three easy six mile runs. Unless I decide to run one of the half-marathons next week Saturday. I guess I’ll make that decision on Friday.

Before I end this I want to tell you about Lake Park, where the run started. I used to live just a few blocks away from here, and I would ride my bike or roller blade around quite a bit. One day I roller bladed down to the lakefront and then realized that the only way to get back was to go up one of the hills. Well, I was pooped, and roller blading up a hill was just not going happen. Option B was to walk up this staircase.

And so I walked up this staircase, hanging on to the railing for dear life because I was still wearing my roller blades. Today, probably 16 or 17 years later, I was wondering why didn’t I take my roller blades off and carry them???? It made so much more sense!

51#

Date: 2010.08.20 | Category: I'm just saying | Response: 2

Guess who weighs 51 pounds? She doesn’t look that big from this angle, does she? She’s doubled her weight since June. DOUBLED! I sure hope she’s full grown pretty soon, they stop growing at six months old — RIGHT?

And she’s still got a little head. Little head, little dog. Right?

However, her body takes up the entire back seat of my Honda Civic. And what’s with all of those freckles?

Thursday Thirteen

Date: 2010.08.19 | Category: Thursday 13 | Response: 0

1. I ran 2 miles on Monday.
2. I ran 6 miles on Wednesday.
3. I’m supposed to run 16 miles on Saturday.
4. But here’s the thing, the Badgerland Striders has a build-up run on Saturday morning down at the lake front.
5. It’s 18 miles.
6. I think I’m going to give it a try.
7. The organizer of the run guaranteed me that I’d have fun.
8. And that there would be a lot of runners in my 13 minute mile pace.
9. It starts at 7:30 a.m.
10. 7:30 a.m.
11. Like in the morning.
12. Very early.
13. We’ll see.