I’ve been in Charlotte for two days, and I’ve already seen two awesome/crazy things while driving. Yesterday on the way to the mall, my mom was behind an old clunker of a car, belching smoke as it burned oil and proceeded down the road at about 25 miles per hour. As she pulled into the next lane and passed it, I glanced in the window to see an old man in a toboggan hat eating corn on the cob on a stick. Yes, corn on the cob. On a stick. While driving.
I laughed so hard. I tried to get a picture, but he moved into another lane and was turning. Too bad.
Today on our way back from a little last-minute shopping, Katie and I were passed by a yellow car with a “The Cheat” sticker on the back window. (If you don’t know who The Cheat is, visit Homestar Runner and watch a few of the Strong Bad emails or The Cheat’s intro.) Better yet, their license plate said “THECHEAT” as well. I was able to get a picture, and this, people, is why I always carry my camera with me. You just never know when you’ll need to take a picture.
So let’s see. Today I slept until 11:00. Bliss. Then Katie and I went to this place called Beadlush at Mom’s request; it’s a bead store and she wanted us to make her necklaces for Christmas. It was so cool, and so much fun! I’ve already decided that I’m going back after the holiday to make something for myself. I can also get around to making Becca’s lanyard (for her work badge) that I promised her, and ooh, I can make one for myself too. If any other work girls are reading this and want one, let me know. Maybe I’ll just go ahead and do it as Christmas presents for the girls. I don’t usually do many friend Christmas presents, but making the necklace today for Mom was just so much fun. I seriously don’t do enough creative things; every time I end up at a store like that, or a make-your-own-pottery place, etc, I feel so craft-deprived.
Grandmother arrived this afternoon so Mom and I drove up to Huntersville to pick her up. We had family dinner, all seven of us. Wow. And we didn’t even argue! Double wow.
Katie and I went on another run today. We did the exact same 4.5 mile route as yesterday, but did it almost two minutes faster! Go us. We still talked a lot, but were huffing and puffing at the end. Tomorrow I’m gonna do a 6-miler and then take Saturday and Sunday off before the biiiiiig loooooooong run I have planned for Monday. Monday will be my longest training run of all, twenty days before the marathon. I plan to run for 4 hours, which should be close to 21 miles (my goal time for the marathon is 5 hours). I forgot to bring my Fuelbelt with me from Houston so I’m either going to have to run a 4-5 mile lap multiple times and stop in the house to get water, or stash water bottles along a pre-planned route.
