Glad it wasn't bad, Burrell--that definitely sounds like it could be a nightmare.

Other nightmares: my autocorrect does not update "belieber". Wtf.

I just got to the race start (it doesn't start for an hour but I have a book. And the Internet). They claim at least a few people are walking the 10k...but there's only about 90 people signed up. Eek.

May the road before your feet be smooth. May your mind and body be strong. May you run your best for you. May there be no injuries today.

Have a good run, meara. Hooray for books and the internet!

I am thinking about signing up for a 5k on June 21. It is tempting me with offers of champagne and chocolate at the finish line. That's more than a month away, plenty of time, maybe.

Relatedly, I am still sore from riding my bike on Thursday so I should probably do more of that.

meara! You're doing the thing! That's more than most people do. Gold star for showing up. A waterfall of gold stars for crossing the finish line -- doesn't matter how long it takes you to get there.

I am eating Dubliner cheese and blackberries and drinking coffee. In a few minutes I'm going to throw on an eShakti dress and get brunch downtown.

Jesse, you've been doing tons of fun travelling along the coast recently. I'm awfully envious. Or is it jealous. What's the difference between the two again?

Easy way to remember: envy is when you want something (or someone) that someone *else* has; jealousy is when you don't want someone to have what *you* have (someone or something).

Hence jealous-feeling spouses if they feel like something is threatening to take away what they have and envying someone's vacation because you wanna go on vacation too!

It is tempting me with offers of champagne and chocolate at the finish line.

That's (almost) better than a finisher's medal! (Seriously, those medals are like crack to me.)

Chicago sucks. None of the runs I've done the past several years have had medals.

Chicago sucks. None of the runs I've done the past several years have had medals.

Seriously, we only seem to get poorly designed white T-shirts in a men's cut, which I always donate.

There was an electronics recycling event two blocks from me today. I got rid of SO MUCH STUFF. I have no TV! I get to act all smug and superior to y'all, until tomorrow, when I buy a replacement.

Also, I didn't realize it, but there's clothing recycling every Saturday near me. I was wimping out on decluttering my apartment, because it was so overwhelming to me, but it seems a lot more feasible now!

Tom, that's perfect! The hardest thing about decluttering, for me, is getting the stuff out without just throwing it away. The only thing better would be if people just showed up at my house and said, hey we'll take your junk. Oh, well, I guess that's what Freecycle is, though!