Thank you Mr. Washington and Mr. Lincoln

Carter just called to tell me not to waste my President’s Day sleeping, but I had the last laugh — I was up at 9:30 and had already been on a 16-mile bike ride and showered by the time he called. Woohoo. Nacho and I rode around the lake today, including up and over the Kemah Bridge. That monster is a tough climb. Well, and, the only climb in this area…

It’s been a lovely three-day weekend. I’ve managed to exercise each day with a 3-mile run on Saturday, a 4-mile run yesterday, and this morning’s bike ride. This bodes well for me getting back into some sort of routine. The runs were both tough, but I’m glad I did them. A month ago I ran a marathon, and yesterday four miles seemed like a long way. I have to admit that it’s a bit discouraging to see how quickly we lose our fitness if we don’t keep it up. But I’m determined not to let the marathon training benefits disappear entirely.

Saturday night I had fondue at Becca’s house with her, Nick, Cari, Melanie, and Carlos. MMMMM, it was so good. I love fondue, but rarely have it. We did cheese first, took a break, and then did chocolate. It was delicious.

Yesterday I worked on Becca’s webpage and caught up on my TiVo recordings. Chris was in town for the full-timer beach party (which I declined to attend). He’d been down in Surfside partying on Friday and Saturday nights but was back in Clear Lake last night, so I joined him for a group dinner at Lupe’s. Ian was also in town from LA for the party, so he was at dinner as well. It’s always nice to see old friends. Ian, of course, lives permanently out in California and so I’m lucky if I see him more than once a year. Chris is out at Stanford for the year and it’s weird not having him around, so it was good that he came back as well. Now I’ve got to figure out a time to go visit him…and make my heart ache for California again…

Now it’s off to Mediterranean Chef for lunch! Mmm.