Really hating it. I think I need a vacation. Why is it that everyone else can go on vacation, but it seems like I never can? Even if I could go on vacation, I couldn’t go on vacation away from myself. Why does everyone think they are more important than I am? Even people who just aren’t…and have no reason to seem so entitled.
May 27th, 2009
Again, I find myself packing at the last minute! The dryer is on the fritz…its just not drying like it should…so, I’m packing my clothes a little on the late side. I am El Paso, TX bound for work. I was told that it is suffocatingly hot this time of the year.
I’m just hoping that all goes well and I can get in, get what I need and then get back to San Jose…without heat stroke. It was a very hot weekend up here this weekend…which is kind of a switch…it hasn’t been very hot lately. Today we had some rain in the afternoon…very tropical weather.
I walked the Bay to Breakers 12K yesterday with some friends…today, I was dragging my ass. My whole body aches and I feel like I have a hangover…but I didn’t even drink any alcohol or partake in any pot smoking during the race. I’m just getting old and out of shape. I’ll have to do a longer post on the Bay to Breakers 12K in San Francisco later on. I took LOTS of pictures…I couldn’t help myself. There were soo many costumes, freaks, and nudists (I didn’t get any full frontal shots…didn’t think anyone would want to see that). There weren’t that many sober people walking the race around me…everyone was either plastered or high. It was a fun experience. My friends and I decided that if we do this next year, we will walk within the corrals and do the “serious” walk, since they close the finish line at a certain time and redirect the course to Golden Gate Park. Its really hard to make it to the finish line in time when you are stuck behind floats and crazy people with big costumes. Yes, there were floats…floats of all sorts. Again, I will have to post about that later on.
Wish me luck on my trip and that my dryer starts behaving and drying my clothes quicker!
I did not forget to post this week. Work has been nutz! So, I didn’t have time after I got home from work to post anything. I will post the latest on the Great Deodorant Challenge of 2009 tomorrow or a couple of days from now.
Today, I spent a lot of time with my mom. She came up with my cousin, since Mikey had to work on Saturday. We were originally going to go down to visit, but his work got in the way…so, we asked her to come on up. Last night we had dinner at Rock Bottom…I had never been there before, but the food was pretty good!
Today, we took Mom out to Buca Di Beppo’s for Lunch…since that’s Mom and I’s favorite place to go. It was delicious! While we were there, we saw this little old lady with her grandson. She looked like the happiest person on earth. He was totally sweet to her and brushed her bangs out of her eyes for her…she just had this look on her face like, “I have the best grandson on the face of the planet!” It was too cute!
After we went to lunch we went down to Santa Cruz to cruise the beach. I think the next time they come up we will probably try to hit the boardwalk, because it had so much to do there! Think Santa Monica Pier on crack! I took a couple of pictures as well, you can see them below.
All in all, it was a pretty good day with Mom and Susan.
On a separate topic altogether, I’m doing the Bay to Breakers 12K next weekend with one of my friends from College! Its going to be a lot of fun. If you haven’t heard of this walk before, I’ll tell you a bit about it. This is a huge media event of a 12K race in San Francisco. Not only can you race in it, and do the run/walk portion, but floats are allowed and there is a costume contest. In previous years nudity was not restricted…I think it has been banned this year…but there are very little rules for dress code and costumes. After the 12K, there is a music festival (which is free to the public), complete with Wine and Beer Gardens in Golden State Park. Anyhow, I watched part of it last year on the news…and it looks like a gigantic free for all…it should be very interesting and lots of fun…I will have to remember to bring my camera, so I’m not taking iPhone pictures. Although, today’s iPhone pictures came out ok…I’m using a new app to take pictures…so that might be it.
Anyhow, it should be fun. I’ve recently joined a Weight Watchers walking group and although I have only been going for about 3 weeks now, I feel better prepared for this walk than I would be otherwise. In July, I’m supposed to do a 5K with the walking group…we will see…I think it might conflict with Mikey and I’s Anniversary plans. I may just have to count this 12K for my Weight Watchers Walking Challenge. The walking plan that I have been doing has taken a lot for me to stick to, but I am sticking to it and the weight is falling off a lot faster with it. I’ve hit a 47 lb weight loss…3 more pounds and I’ll hit 50…keep rooting for me, cause I am going for it! Heck, I might loose 5 lbs the week of the 12K…we will see.
That’s about it, catch y’all later!
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