X2

Okay, so the problem with saying to your fanboy husband, “So are we going to a midnight showing?” is that your fanboy husband will look indecisive for about fifteen seconds and then say, “YES!” and then you will find yourself posting at two thirty in the morning to say… …that kicked ass.

lots of detail work

50K in 30 days: 1325 ytd wordcount: 125,950 ytd miles biked: 167 miles to Rivendell: 90 Sarah’s miles to Rivendell: 13 Oh, oh, I have a Plan for working on being able to walk a half marathon in June. Next week, I will walk 4 miles twice (’cause I know I can do that, so it’s a good number to start with) and 5 miles once. Then the week after that I’ll walk 5 miles twice and 6 miles once. And then 7 twice and 8 once and so on…

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wow

Ye gods and little fishes. Did you know there’s approximately 324523987 zillion walks, ranging from semi-organized to very organized, up here, both seasonal and year-round? There’s the Anchorage Volkssports Club, which does walks and bike rides and a zillion other things, and then there’re races (none of which I could possibly *run* in, but maybe I could walk in them) and all kinds of things listed here. I think I’m going to do this walk next Friday evening. And there’s a Walk to Whittier through the tunnel on June 14.…

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tired

Tired. I /did/ get up this morning, although not as early as planned, and did a 2 mile walk. Tomorrow I’ll try to get up 5 minutes earlier… Of course, that will make it 5 more minutes of wakefullness before I get to see X2! Augh! :) Silkie says I may start my 50K in 30 days over again today because it’s a new month, but I better get on the ball. (She didn’t say that part.) I’m hungry, need to shower, need to pee, need to put the dog…

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goals: ytd

Goals: year to date. Parenthetical statements indicate # achieved in April. Words written anticipated: 132,000 achieved: 124,630 (4380) Miles biked anticipated: 250 achieved: 148.5 (137.25) Miles swum anticipated: 40 achieved: 17.8 (0) Drawings drawn anticipated: 33 achieved: 4.5 (.5) Books read anticipated: 35 achieved: 31 (6) Pounds lost anticipated: 10 achieved: +4 (-1)