I got up yesterday morning and turned on my computer to find news that the military had found Saddam Hussein. “Holy crap!” I exclaimed to my empty apartment. I guess I never really expected anyone to find him, at least not alive. It is sort of amazing. It will be very interesting to see how things in Iraq, and our policies there, shift now that the threat of Saddam returning is gone. Very interesting.
In other news, Jason and I are considering finding Roger Clemens’s house and standing on his front lawn begging until he comes out of retirement to reteam with Andy Pettitte and play for the Astros. Dude. That would be so awesome. With the Braves doing their whole get-rid-of-everyone-we-have-to-cut-payroll thing, at least the Astros are looking good.
Had a nice weekend. If you missed my rare weekend entry, you can go down and read about how I was up till 3 a.m. Friday night after making the “mistake” of putting in the Two Towers DVD. I should have known I could never watch just the first disc. Anyway. Saturday I slept in, then did some shopping (but not at Best Buy, where the line was at least 50 people deep; I walked in, guffawed, and walked out), then went to a “progressive dinner” that began at Sara’s, moved to Curt and Lisa’s, and ended at Mark’s enormous (and very bachelor-style) house.
Saturday night culminated with Ami’s going-away party, which was quite entertaining. The party was held at a house that I’d never been to before, and I totally got lost trying to find my way out of the neighborhood at 1:30 in the morning. Craziness. It took about 10 minutes, but I finally did find my way out.
Yesterday I slept in again, watched the news for a while, and then headed downtown with Buzz and Jes for a 5-mile race that started (oddly) at 3:00 in the afternoon. Not that I’m complaining — it was nice to be able to run a race without having to get up before the sun! And the weather was nice, bright sunshine that made me regret having worn a long sleeve shirt. The race went really well. I finished in 48:11! If you do the math, that comes out to 9:38 per mile, which amazes me. I didn’t feel like i was going that fast, and since Buzz also finished pretty fast, we have suspicions that the course may have been a tad short. But I’m not sure…see, i ran this same race last year, and didn’t notice any differences in the course yesterday…and last year I only ran it just under 54 minutes. Could i really have improved by almost 6 minutes in one year?? I don’t know. So it’s a new personal record for me in the 5-mile distance, but with an asterisk. I mean, by that result, I would have finished a full 10K in under an hour, which I didn’t think was quite possible for me yet.
So a little strange. Not sure what was going on; next time I’m downtown I’ll have to drive the course to measure it myself.
Then last night we had a soccer game, and played the best team in the league to a mere 2-1 loss. In a way, it was actually more exasperating than the games where we get blown out, because we played really well, and I was proud of our team. Unfortunately, at one point I did get really frustrated and vented at our manager/coach who was playing defense with me. Oops. I think she was mad at me. Sigh. I emailed her an apology last night after stewing on it the whole drive home. People seem to laugh at me for doing that, but I couldn’t help it; I absolutely cannot stand to have people mad at me! If I know someone’s upset with me, I just think and think about it and feel horribly guilty until I’ve managed to apologize or try to do something to make it better. Half the time this leads to more confusion, but what can I say? It’s a character flaw.
After soccer, I was again reminded that I have awesome friends. I went over to Chris’s, where he gave me Homestar Runner figurines as a Christmas present and, when he found out I hadn’t eaten, fed me steak! Wow.
