yes, i am quite busy. no, i have not abandoned my blog permanently.
work is good, possibly even great? we’ll stick with good for now. its busy, but not “encroaching on my personal time” busy, so that’s good. the commute is really kind of awesome. its about 50-60 minutes each way, which i have spent reading. brushing up on my russian and reading some books i’ve meant to read for a while.
we’ve really only had 2 or 3 weekends here since we moved where we weren’t traveling or having people in from out of town - which is great. its nice to keep busy. this weekend our friends philip and crystal and their baby and dog came to visit so that philip and i could get in our 20 mile training run for the marathon (which is in like a month - yowza). however, it started raining on friday at lunch and didn’t stop until about 3 hours ago, which totally sucks, because running 20 miles in wet socks is a terrible idea. this wasn’t like a sprinkle or “some rain”. we’re talking downpour all weekend. the interstates are closed, and last i heard it was 8+ inches of rain. no flooding on our street, but about a mile down the road is apparently getting the worst of the flooding in chicago. we ran 10. i’ll try for 20 next weekend when it’ll undoubtedly be dryer.
favorite restaurant discoveries to date: cafe 28 and wow bao
also, i’m happy to announce that its sweater weather. like the septembers of my youth. YAY! i’ve missed fall.
Just going through the music post on Runningahead and noticed all the Stars songs you had on your song list (nevermind all the other great music) assumed you must be from Toronto but no from Nashville. Just like to see Canadian bands doing well! If you’ve never seen them in concert definitely do it b/c they are awesome live. Happy Running!
Comment by Sara — September 16, 2008 @ 8:25 am
Even though I vowed last year that I was going to start running, it still hasn’t happened. Maybe some day. Glad to hear things are still going well there though. I am still envious of your commute (being able to read and NOT having to drive!). Sorry I didn’t get to see you all when you were in town this last time. Next time for sure. Oh…and just so you know, I have a new blog now, so you can change the web address for the blog you have listed for me on your site now (unless you want to put them both up there). It’s at http://potluckexposition.wordpress.com
Wheeeeeeee!!!!!
Comment by Donnie — September 18, 2008 @ 1:57 pm