I came home today and saw that the cats had been up to NO GOOD. I walked in the door to find three Da Bird attachments (one still in its bag) and one empty Da Bird bag in my entry way.
Exhibit A:
I then walked into my bedroom to find my sock drawer—which just happens to be where Da extra Birds live—wide open. Which is not the position I left it in this morning. (Yes, they are quite capable of opening heavy wood drawers).
Exhibit B:
It’s a good thing they’re so damn cute.
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current book: The latest Atlantic.
current music: Listened to some Calexico and Bloc Party at work today.
current socks: Knee-high SmartWools in blue stripeys. Yummy.
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Normally the new year brings some sense of renewal or rebirth. I’m not much for either New Year’s Eve partying or for resolutions, but the rest of the world seems to celebrate both, and so the passage of time somehow seems more profound. Except that this new year didn’t feel that new to me. Maybe it was the dreariness of winter clinging to me, or that I was so busy at work, or that I didn’t make a big celebration of it. But the new year doesn’t feel very new this time around.
Fortunately, I’m heading down to Austin in—yikes!—11 days. Not only will the weather be reasonable, but I’ll see friends I haven’t seen in ages, and I’m running a half-marathon. I trained pretty well until the start of the new year, so I’m trying to get back on track with a few more good runs before heading south. I plan to do a split long run over the next two days, running two separate 5-mile runs in less than 24 hours. I’ll follow it up with another 5- or 6-miler this weekend, and then a couple short runs, and then race day! It’s a downhill course, and if the weather’s in the 50s or 60s as expected, I could be able to set a PR if I can overcome the mental rut I’m in right now. Hopefully a big dose of Texas sunshine and a half-gallon of Bluebell Cookies n’ Cream will do it.
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current book: I read a lot over Christmas: The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Ice Storm, An Abundance of Katherines, and Stuart: A Life Backwards. I should blog on the last two books, and all of you should go read An Abundance of Katherines as soon as possible, if only for the fantastic footnotes. I have Annie Dillard’s The Maytrees in my work bag, but I did the crossword puzzle on the bus this morning instead of cracking it open.
current music: Saw Canasta play at Simon’s last night. It ended up being a great show—the space there was really small, and I thought that might adversely affect them, but it was a lot of fun. And they even covered Kraftwerk’s The Model!
current socks: Tall, fuzzy blue argyles.
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