Friday the 13th is cold and drizzly in Houston. How underwhelming.
There’s a good article in the New York Times today about Greece’s rush to be ready for the Olympics this summer. When we were in Athens last October, it was amazing to see the amount of construction going on in preparation for the Games, and yet it also seemed like everything was just teetering on the edge of falling into mass chaos and confusion. Take the airport, for example: we waltzed out of the terminal without ever going through any apparent security checkpoint, not to mention European customs. We made it into the city without our bags ever being checked, or our passports being scrutinized. We just walked out the door and ta da–hopped on a bus to the middle of the city. As the acticle says, “They have also begun to manage expectations downward, casting Greece as the little engine that could, and that will, but only barely.” I wish Athens the best in getting ready for the Games, but I think it’ll be a tumultuous six months.
Today in the cafeteria they are making “Why I Work Safely” badges. Most people take in a picture of their spouse, or their kids. The people laminate the picture and put in on a badge. Since I have no husband or children, I printed out a picture of my fish. I am curious to see what they’ll say when I ask to have a picture of my fish laminated onto a badge.
I don’t have any plans for tonight, but tomorrow morning we head to Austin. We’ll have a big dinner tomorrow night and hopefully get to bed early. The half marathon starts at 7 on Sunday morning, then I’ll come back to Houston. We have Monday off work (hooray!) so I’ll get to take it easy again. I have to say, this trend of having a day off work after I run a half marathon ain’t bad.
In other news though, I’ve decided to do the MS150 in April. It’s a bike ride from Houston to Austin, about 180 miles, in two days. I was talking to Angela, a coworker who did it last year, about it and she answered all my questions with the answers I was hoping to hear, so I’m signing up. Yeah, I’m crazy. So now, by July, in 2004 I’ll have run two half marathons, at least 4 10K races, probably a couple 5Ks, and done both the MS150 and the Danskin triathlon. Either I’m getting a tad obsessive, or I just really want to make another t-shirt quilt as soon as possible. You decide.
It’s supposed to be 45 degrees on Sunday morning in Austin. Brr.
