Instead

So instead of suffering my way through doing the Half Marathon today, I walked a few miles through Wash Park with M-Dawg, and spent some time doing homework in a cute little coffee shop.  It beez what it beez.

The leaves are so gorgeous this time of year, but they don't last.  It's already getting so cold at night that our heat turns on (it's set to like, 55 degrees!).  G and I were planning to do our last fall drive next weekend, but I think we'll do a hike instead.  Most of the leaves will be gone by then so we might as well save the gas and carbon emissions and burn some calories instead.  It's insane.

I may or may not have ordered an iced Pumpkin Spice Latte as big as my purse.

I thought I would feel a lot worse about flaking out on the race, but frankly, I made the right decision.  If I hadn't succumbed to The Sinus Infection From Hell, it is entirely possibly that I would have at least adequately "trained" for it.  And by "trained" I mean burn some calories a few times a week by jogging and lifting weights.  Instead, I have been cuddled up with the Sudafed and my homework.  And now that I finally feel better (FINALLY), it would not be wise to throw my body into something so ridiculous as stressful as 13 miles.  So.  It was the perfect day for it, though!

I can't believe it's already the middle of October.  This blows my mind.  We are basically a month away from Thanksgiving, and two months away from Christmas.  I got so freaked out about slacking on some of my goals, that G and I made a frantic trip to Home Depot for paint samples.  Gotta get something done in the kitchen before the Christmas Cookie Exchange.  First world problems.

Must go prepare for a week of student conferences (The Next Big Paper is due soon) and tutoring.

I'll pay you $1,000 to write a conference abstract for me.  Come on over.