Planning a “simple” group trip to climb Longs Peak is more complicated than I expected. It’s not that there are any major issues…it’s more that it’s just hard to work out the nitty gritty details (like arrival times, departure times, who wants to share a tent, who wants to eat what on the trail) for eight individuals. But plans are starting to come together. We have a place (or, rather, campsite) to stay each night, and I think we will have enough of the necessary equipment (tents, etc) to go around. Next up is figuring out dates and times for everyone to buy plane tickets. Whew.
I have to go take Mom to the airport in about an hour. We went out to dinner last night with Gavin, Jen, Becca, Chris, and Ignacio, and that was nice. I think she enjoys meeting my friends, and why shouldn’t she? They’re all cool people. Anyway, it has been really nice having Mom here. I don’t know what we did before cell phones, but now that I talk to my parents so often, I sort of forget that I only see them in person twice a year. I hadn’t seen Mom since Christmas, and probably won’t see her again until next Christmas. But I’m glad she came to visit. Of course, now that she’s leaving I will have time to exercise, and I won’t eat out every meal (I think I’ve gained back each of the 5 pounds I’d lost in the previous month)….but still. Moms are good.
I have no big plans for tonight or tomorrow, which is probably good, since I need to catch up on sleep before going to Atlanta for the weekend. Tonight I may try to run 6 miles, just to reassure myself that I haven’t lost the ability to complete at 10K… Well, I mean, I know I can run it, but I’m concerned that it might take me an hour and a half… Well, ok, not that long, but a long time.
