south of the loop

I spent most of my Saturday moving from nap to nap, something that the kitties enjoy immensely. This makes me feel sort of less pathetic—like, I’m not napping! I’m spending quality snuggle time with my cats! My lazy Saturday means that I will now be getting up early to run eight miles tomorrow, which I think is excellent penance for staying in my pajamas all day today. I also found out on Friday that I have Monday off for Veteran’s Day, so at least I won’t feel like my entire weekend has to be crammed into tomorrow.

Speaking of running, I just started training for another half-marathon. I’m training for a race in Austin in late January (Mark, are you in?) which should be a lot of fun—with only about 4,000 other runners, it will be the smallest race I’ve run (by about 30,000 people!), and I’m really looking forward to being able to cross the start line in under 20 minutes. It also supposedly features “net elevation loss,” which is a convoluted way of saying “mostly downhill.” Also, the average high in Austin on January 27 is 61 degrees, a good 20 degrees warmer than it will be in Chicago. The Weather Channel claims the average high in Chicago on January 27 is 43; I remember it being more like 3, but maybe that was early February.

And now I am going to cap off my perfectly lazy Saturday by attempting to set up the DVD player and watch Bridget Jones’ Diary. I say “attempt” because it involves dealing with two gallon-sized plastic baggies filled with at least four different colors of wire, an amplifier, the TV, and the DVD player itself. I normally do okay at this sort of thing, but the sheer volume of wire is overwhelming. Wish me luck.

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current book: Rereading Tony Horwitz’s brilliant and funny Baghdad Without a Map. If you haven’t read it, do so immediately.

current music: Going to see Band of Horses at the Metro on Monday night.

current socks: Um, my white fuzzy slippers. I told you I was being lazy.

Posted 10 November 2007

Filed under: life in general by admin2

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