Awww Bartleby.

We did get to wander the zoo when we were done. They showed us a shortcut from the hospital to the main zoo area that went behind the chimpanzee enclosure. Did you know that chimps spit when they are not happy? Did you know that having people pass closely behind their enclosure does not make chimps happy. Yep, got spit on. Good times.

So tired. Am supposed to be hopping in the shower and going to the A's game....

I've got to figure out a way to get to the primo running store (not Metro accessible, which just seems weird) where I bought them...shake my tiny shoes at them and say, Fix this shit!

beej, if you take the orange/blue to Rosslyn and walk across the key bridge, you're about 100 ft from a really good running store in G'town. That's where I got all my gear when I was training for the Marine Corps. (Marathon, not actual corps, ftr.)

Highly, highly recommend the double layer socks. And it sounds like you might be near the new shoe point anyway.

sj, I'm sorry TCG's mother is such a... delightful personage t /tongue in cheek

vw, go you, with the date having, and all.

lisah, here's to your next furnace paying for itself in amazing fuel efficiency in next to no time.

Beej, I hope you can figure out how best to care for your feet while you pull off this amazing feat.

a really good running store in G'town

Really? Whatzit called? I love the Fenty's at Fleet Feet, but getting there is such a trial.

Good pup, Bartleby. I'm leaving the long distance walking advice to those that have actually done it, but I'll gladly send some foot~ma, Beej.

Did you know that chimps spit when they are not happy?

I did not know that.

Did you know that having people pass closely behind their enclosure does not make chimps happy.

I'll be sure to duck behind whoever I'm with, should I be passing by a chimp enclosure. Thanks for the heads up!

I should be getting ready for a bbq. I really don't want to go. Well, I want to go, just not with this headache.

Monkey spit?

That must be a sign of good fortune is some culture.

Congratulations!

eta: Thanks Nicole. It didn't even occur to me to ask for foot ~ma but, boy howdy, can I use it! Much obliged.

I also like the double layer socks.

Sports tape? ears pricking up

I get the worst blisters of anyone I know, but taping did the trick for me. I used tape over every place I ever got a blister. Some pictures here [link] It works for preventing. I covered the existing ones with moleskin. Some more tips here [link]

Just make sure not to tape tight. It works. I didn't think I would survive my last marathon, but finished 26.2 without a single blister.

Last link - me taping my feet before LA Marathon. [link]

Anything is possible.

Funny side note - they have big signs in front of the chimp enclosure - "Quite Please - noise disturbs the chimps". Ok. There was even a zoo volunteer there shushing people who didn't mind the signs.

As we returned from break and went through our shortcut back to the animal hospital we had to climb over a rope and go through an "employee only" gate. We didn't have Raul the maintenance dude with us this time, so the zoo volunteer sees us going where regular people aren't supposed to go - so she tries to stop us by YELLING at us. YELLING. In the quiet zone.

...

Yep. More expectoration. We were laughing so hard by the time we got back to work.

Coffee?

Yes. It is coffee. It may be as far as this goes, but hey. It's a date.

YELLING. In the quiet zone.

Oh geez. BUT! Maybe the chimps spit at her for it.

It may be as far as this goes, but hey. It's a date.

You never know, it could be a great beginning. And if not, it's still *a* beginning to getting back out there in the dating game. Either way, I'm happy for you, bug.

I've managed to drag a straightening iron through my hair and put on a little make-up. Pets are being fed now and pretty soon I'll get to work on picking out some clothes.

For me, that is. Not the pets. Putting clothes on them would result in my needing, at the very least, a blood transfusion.