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Jetpack guy saves the day!

I am the tired.

I had to go to a wedding this weekend, which involved all kinds of scurrying, last-minute activity.  And then on Sunday, I came back to the house to find that the dogs decided they were really hungry and would try cooking themselves some lunch.  It involved the demise of a 25lb sack of flour, a lot of rice, a small bag of tea, and some eggs.  Needless to say, this involved a cleanup of monumental proportions.  Then the dogs needed baths because they were covered in flour.  Also, my dad decided that it would be a good time to assemble furniture.  Not only that, he thought it was a good time for me to help him assemble furniture.  And then move it.  I’ve had a busy weekend and thus, I am the tired and it is seriously sapping away any motivation I had in reserve.

So…instead of a thoughtful and detailed post about something strange, you get a doodle from 2004.  I remember I had did this one night during class when I just couldn’t get myself to pay full attention to the matter at hand.  I found this floating around my things recently and I am amused by it, even now.  So…huzzah!  A doodle!

How to increase your mileage

I recently started running again.  Running and I have an interesting relationship.  We really don’t care for each other that much, but we both feel it’s an necessary evil to deal with one another.  We tolerate each other…we’re even civil to each other.  And so…I go running…generally with Yaris as my running partner.  Running likes Yaris a lot.  Yaris also likes running.  It’s not fair.

Anyway, this time around, I have started using Endomondo to track my progress.  I had previously tried using RunKeeper, which never really went anywhere because they were so late in putting an app out for my phone, and g-watch, which I liked a lot but they didn’t port the app over to wp7.  I noticed shortly after joining Endomondo that they regularly have challenges for their users, like “most calories burnt” or “most miles logged running” or whatever.  I took a look at these challenges one time and I was shocked (SHOCKED) the miles some people put in.  What were they doing?  Running everywhere?  Running even around their kitchen when they were making dinner?  Geez.  There would be no way I could ever win one of these challenges (there are prizes for the winner) with the relationship running and I have.  How would I ever compete with some of these people?

Well, I was talking it over with my friend, and I realized that in order to win one of these challenges would really be to run EVERYWHERE; my chilly relationship with running will just have to take a back seat.  I could run to and from work.  But the thing is, I have to bring some stuff with me to work.  Things like…a laptop and such.  I could use a backpack, but I don’t really like running with something on my back.  And there’s all that jostling.  I’m not sure if Roodee would like that.  So, I guess I’d have to wear a harness of some sort and then hitch a small wagon to myself.  Then I could put all my stuff in the wagon and kind of tow it along behind me.  What’s even better about the wagon is that I could stop buy Costco or something on the way back from work and get stuff instead of going home first and then doubling back to Costco.  I could even run all the way to the Costco Expo to get stuff.  Did you know Costco had expos?  I didn’t.  I was so surprised.  It’s like a Costco+ or something.

Anyway, I’m thinking this is the only way I’ll ever be able to win one of those challenges.  If Yaris comes with me, I guess I could hitch a little wagon to her too.  She already wears a harness.  And if we run at night, she carries the flashlight for me.  She likes to be helpful.