it's definitely summertime
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marathoner45292*/heat index of 98* right now
98*/heat index of 109* tomorrow
98*/heat index of 112* Wednesday
95*/heat index of 105* Thursday
Our water heater is broken, which means we have to take cold showers until it gets fixed. Given how hot and humid it's going to be this week, I'm not thinking that's going to be a problem. Thank goodness for air conditioning.
I spent this weekend down at St. Mary's at the annual Special Olympics sailing regatta. Alice and I ended up with a bronze medal, and never mind that meant we placed 3rd out of 4 teams in the lowest division, she was very happy about it. She's happy about most things most of the time. She was happy because she thought it was funny when the wind died in the middle of our last race and I was standing up in the middle of the boat blowing on the sail because that was about all the wind we were going to get. Paul, the Special Olympics athlete my dad used to sail with, was happy because he found lots of shells for his girlfriend down at Church Point. I was happy because I spent the better part of Saturday night withctlavery and her husband Tom, and we got to eat Vietnamese food at The Hot Noodle and catch up on life.
It was a happy weekend. Anytime spent down at St. Mary's, especially when it involves sailing, usually is.
Next up: delivering renter's insurance brochures, ignoring all the summer safety advice I've given out to elementary school kids and going for a run in this heat, reading about sled dog racing in Alaska/-35* weather, and working on the Bachman Valley 1/2 Marathon. And plotting my next trip to New Orleans.
~Bethany
98*/heat index of 109* tomorrow
98*/heat index of 112* Wednesday
95*/heat index of 105* Thursday
Our water heater is broken, which means we have to take cold showers until it gets fixed. Given how hot and humid it's going to be this week, I'm not thinking that's going to be a problem. Thank goodness for air conditioning.
I spent this weekend down at St. Mary's at the annual Special Olympics sailing regatta. Alice and I ended up with a bronze medal, and never mind that meant we placed 3rd out of 4 teams in the lowest division, she was very happy about it. She's happy about most things most of the time. She was happy because she thought it was funny when the wind died in the middle of our last race and I was standing up in the middle of the boat blowing on the sail because that was about all the wind we were going to get. Paul, the Special Olympics athlete my dad used to sail with, was happy because he found lots of shells for his girlfriend down at Church Point. I was happy because I spent the better part of Saturday night with
ctlavery and her husband Tom, and we got to eat Vietnamese food at The Hot Noodle and catch up on life.It was a happy weekend. Anytime spent down at St. Mary's, especially when it involves sailing, usually is.
Next up: delivering renter's insurance brochures, ignoring all the summer safety advice I've given out to elementary school kids and going for a run in this heat, reading about sled dog racing in Alaska/-35* weather, and working on the Bachman Valley 1/2 Marathon. And plotting my next trip to New Orleans.
~Bethany
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Date: 2006-07-31 06:34 pm (UTC)I personally didn't run because we of our time constraints down there. If we had more time down south, I would've run a couple times, probably through the Garden District. I did pack a water bottle and a small canister of Gatorade, but I never used it.
~Adam
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Date: 2006-07-31 07:01 pm (UTC)Nope. Not flying. :-)
Just you pack your Gatorade today. I don't want to read about runners in MI or MD going to the ER with heatstroke, mmmkay?
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Date: 2006-07-31 11:43 pm (UTC)There is heat and then there is HEAT. What we have right now deserves extra-capital letters. I'm still running, but I'll wait until 9:30 or so.
~Bethany