It was the tambourine I was asking about. Ouch. But that does sound like a fantastic day!

In the back side of my second lap today a bike rider came through on a cross trail, saw me huffing and puffing along and called out "You're doing great! Keep going" and it was entirely awesome.

The first year Tim's brother ran a marathon, we went down to cheer him on at mile 22 or 23, and he told us later that we got him at the point where he had hit the wall and really thought he would have to stop, but our cheering helped him keep going.

Can't run, will never run, happy to cheer. People who run marathons are badass (and a wee bit crazy). (Oh, and talk about crazy? There's a guy who runs the marathon dressed in a big shark costume. The whole 26 miles. That's got to be hot as hell.)

Also, do not envy the person that has to clean it.

My cheers: -you've got this -looking good -you are awesome -dance it out - awesome/nice/fab skirt/kilt/[whatever unique thing they were doing. Lots of wings. Some superheroes. One juggler. Really.]

If a name was visible, that.

And I meant it.

Ah I've had so many tambourine injuries! Mostly bruised hip.

Occupational hazard, I guess.

Just finished SPN S6. And I will add mean Cas to the list of things I DO NOT LIKE.

Also bon baby finally fell asleep just now after 30 minutes of banging his teething keys across the bars of the crib. I half expect him to burst into "Attica! Attica!"

Hee

I need to print out a sample ballot and make a cheat sheet with all the questions, proposals, and recommendations from the Chicago Bar Association on judges.

Me too. I wish I could find the site that consolidated a bunch of different recommendations for judges. edit: Found it! [link]

the responses from the Libertarian candidates made me want to claw my face off.

The senate candidate is a piece of work.

And NO NO NO NO S7, not different mean Cas. NO. bad writers, no biscuit.

As a runner, can I just say thank you so much to all who cheer? It really does make all the difference in the world.