is there no way around it, even if you were in Florida?

Even if I were in Florida, I would need a court order. So annoying.

Boo, Florida lawmakers!

Isn't Florida pretty much where people GO to die? You'd think they'd have that figured out. Or maybe they do and it's a big cash cow.

It was my neighbor's first communion today, and a bunch of his cousins were here and playing outside with some other neighbor kids, and I just realized they made it inside without anyone crying, as far as I can tell. Not bad!

I'm sorry for your loss, Sarameg.

-t, wow. I hope the run was good for all of you.

I was feeling crappy all week. Achy and with a pounding headache. I stayed at work for wine night anyway (it's a thing we do after the final dress), drank too much wine and it totally knocked the headache back to a negligible level. I don't think it's supposed to work that way, but I'll take it.

Today I've been trying to figure out if that random job offer in the Bahamas I got last month was actually for the Fyre Festival. The dates match up pretty well, but they did mention different islands.

Glad the wine helped, aurelia, and I hope the headache stays gone. I am choosing to believe it was the Fyre Festival, because not having taken the job is a close enough connection to tickle my fancy without actually landing you in a mess.

Had a very good day yesterday! Experimented with "High Intensity Interval Training" for my 5k, which is heart rate based rather than the cadence-based training I have been using. I had been shying away from it because that High Intensity was intimidating, but it's actually easier than the cadence-based because it, duh, reads my heart rate and when I'm working hard walking uphill it registers as working hard and does not urge me to go faster. So that's good. I finished a few minutes behind my 74-year-old mother, but in between being sick and being injured this month I have been a slug, so that's no surprise.

And it was quite warm, but when the breeze came up as it occasionally did it was quite pleasant. And a gorgeous day to be out on the lakeshore.

Dad finished his half-marathon in about 4 hours, not the last person to finish, and the only 75+ year-old out there. We got his medals engraved. And for lunch we stumbled onto a Korean restaurant that offered vegetarian food and that was quite delicious (Mom wanted a salad for lunch and Yelp was not finding me anything likely so we were just driving around looking for something and the House of Tofu sign called to me)

On the way home I swung by the grocery store to buy ice to try this ice bath post-workout thing (possibly a success? I do not seem to be as stiff this morning as I was yesterday after lunch) and found my favorite piroshki on sale (not my favorite flavor, but my favorite brand, and a perfectly tasty flavor), so that was a nice little bonus.

Well done family -t! Your parents are inspiring for this old lady. Starting this crap again at 63 is tough. I have to keep reminding myself that no matter how stiff and sore I am in the hours after working out, the next day I am fine. (my last marathon took me over 8 hours and it was brutal)

That does sound like a good day, -t!

Today I've been trying to figure out if that random job offer in the Bahamas I got last month was actually for the Fyre Festival. The dates match up pretty well, but they did mention different islands.

Please do tell the story that you got offered a job at the Fyre Festival!!!

I cannot easily imagine running a marathon. I would like to someday, but it's not going to happen soon. My dad did the AHA training for the half, they really guided him well, so if there's something like that in your area you might try it.

I had to get off Facebook this morning because I found even the "look at the success our resistance movement has had, go us! It's working, keep going!" bits are discouraging me.

-t, your family amazes me! It's lovely that you all have this commitment to distance running and doing it together.

Sounds like you dodged a bullet to me.

ION "bullet" looks wrong to me.